He is and always will be Mario, especially in Mario Forever

Mario Forever is a 2D platform game that resembles the oldest Mario editions for nostalgic gamers and the lovers of those first titles.

Play as Mario in his adventure to rescue Princess Toadstool from the wicked Bowser who keeps her captive in his castle. Run through over 50 different worlds beating goombas and koopa troopas.

The game keeps the scent from the original one, but this time it includes some new upgrades. New enemies, new levels and an improved gameplay are part of this remake.

Gameplay

Mario forever keeps the same controls as usual platform games on PC. The arrows are used to move the character, Z is for jumping and X is for throwing fireballs. You have to jump on your enemies in order to defeat them or just shoot them with the fireballs once you get the fire flower on your possession.

You have to avoid being touched by your enemies if you want to survive this adventure. Destroy blocks to get points, collect the coins that are spread through the stages and finally rescue the Princess. But don’t mistake the castles!

Among the official levels you can find different extra ones if you investigate enough. Get in the pipes along the levels and always look for any suspicious entrance, this way you will be able to unlock all the secrets.

Technical aspects of Mario Forever

The graphics of the game shows influences from the SNES Super Mario but with better definition. So Mario forever presents better graphical aspect than the original title. There are some details like 3D objects that appear in the screen like an eight pointed sun in contrast with the general landscape and characters that are 2D made.

The sound effects are not the original, but we can see some similarities between them. Coin sounds, blocks breaking and smashing the goombas are pretty the same.

Alternatives

There are some alternatives for this game like Super Mario Bros. X that is other remake of the classic one with different added features. SuperTux is another freeware game which main character is the Linux penguin Tux.

Conclusion

Mario Forever is a good remake of the first titles of the franchise. Enhanced graphics and modified gameplay to update the game to the actual age of gaming.