Every Super Mario Bros. Game, Ranked

by Chris Hayner, for Metacritic – October 10, 2017

Updated November 20, 2017 to add Super Mario Odyssey

It's been more than three decades since the world first met Nintendo's plucky plumber mascot, Mario, and there is one undeniable fact: the Super Mario Bros. franchise has stood the test of time.

With Mario set to take the world again this month in Super Mario Odyssey on the Nintendo Switch, it's time to look back at the franchise to decide which entry is the very best. We ranked every Super Mario Bros. title, going all the way back to the original 1985 game, using scores from Metacritic and GameRankings.

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77*

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Conceived and released as the followup to Super Mario Bros. in Japan, The Lost Levels was deemed too difficult for American audiences and didn’t get a North American release until Super Mario All-Stars debuted on the SNES.

“This game might look, sound, and play like the original Super Mario Bros., but the level layouts aren't as memorable, and they're infinitely more sadistic.” —Frank Provo, GameSpot

* All scores marked with asterisks in this gallery are provided by GameRankings. (These older titles are not available on Metacritic.)

NES, 1986

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