Super Mario World

A side-scrolling platform game released by Nintendo in 1990 as one of the Super Famicom's launch titles. It introduced Yoshi, a dinosaur companion, and new moves such as the cape and the Spin Jump.

A 15-person team at Nintendo EAD began development in October 1988, shortly after the release of Super Mario Bros. 3; Koji Kondo spent around a year and a half on the soundtrack.

Developer

Nintendo EAD

Publisher

Nintendo

Players move across a world map to side-scrolling courses containing 96 exits in total, with progress saved via battery backup.

Platform

Super Famicom

CPU

Ricoh 5A22 (65C816-compatible) up to 3.58 MHz

Media

ROM cartridge

Bits (period term)

16-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

21 Nov 1990[1]

North America — Super NES

23 Aug 1991[1]

Europe — Super NES

11 Apr 1992[1]

Director

Takashi Tezuka

Producer

Shigeru Miyamoto

Designer

Katsuya Eguchi, Hideki Konno

Composer

Koji Kondo

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1985

  

  Family Computer

  Super Mario Bros.

  スーパーマリオブラザーズ

  Release

  JP 1985.09.13

  Dev

  Nintendo R&D4

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

• GAME1989

  PC Engine

  Bonk's Adventure

  PC原人

  Release

  JP 1989.12.15

  Dev

  Red Company, Atlus, A.I

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

• GAME1989

  PC Engine CD-ROM² System

  Ys I & II

  イースI・II

  Release

  JP 1989.12.21

  Dev

  Alfa System

  Genre

  RPG / Action

It sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling Super NES game, per English Wikipedia.

Series: Super Mario

This page uses no box art or screenshots, because their rights cannot be individually verified. The background artwork is an abstract pattern generated from the title's data. Credits for the platform photograph are on the console page.