Then & Now: How Your Favorite Nintendo Games Evolved

November 10, 2008 | By: Chris Buffa

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From 2-D to polygons, Nintendo's classic franchises continue to evolve.

Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985)

After battling for the spotlight with Donkey Kong, Mario earned a starring role in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., where he explores the Mushroom Kingdom in search of the princess. With secrets to find, goombas to stomp and castles to explore, this NES classic helped define our childhoods.

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vesfai11 at 12:43 pm on January 26th 2009

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vballgirlrosyb at 5:09 pm on December 1st 2008

Man do these games bring back memories. I use to bring my gameboy everywhere and I was lucky enough to get all of the gameboys from gameboy color to the DS :D

tapirsrule at 3:41 pm on December 1st 2008

jUST THAT PICTURE MAKES ME WANT TO PLAY POKEMON RED AGAIN...GOOD TIMES...

mookumookumooku at 2:49 pm on December 1st 2008

Smash Bros, Pit, and 007 shouldn't really have been mentioned. I mean, Metroid, Castlevania, and Mega Man have received numerous switches and styles. Smash Bros. is still the same crush everything that moves, despite online and more characters. Pit's only other game was Brawl, and that alone doesn't categorize as a game meant just for him. Bond is still a first/third-person shooter, not much has changed besides storyline and background.

rockinrose922 at 11:45 am on December 1st 2008

i actua11y 1ik3d it. im a basic gam3r but this taught m3 stuff i n3v3r kn3w b4.

kungfu1221 at 11:33 am on November 23rd 2008

The most stupid commenter's comment is on this page. Congrats, bbct043! You just humileated yourself on the web by claiming Zelda is stupid. Maybe you should work for Gamedaily...

bbct043ofs at 6:36 pm on November 14th 2008

No stupid I mean Zelda is overated in everyway: OMG ITS AN ELF LETS WORSHIP HIM its stupid. its one game i mean cmon

christiansayssss at 2:56 pm on November 14th 2008

What about "Tales of Phantasia" from 95? Which turned into the best of all series the "Tales of" series including, Tales of Symphonia, Abyss, Destiny, Destiny 2, Eternia, Vesperia, World(4 different versions), Innocence, Rebirth, and now which was just released 2 days ago, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World