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6. Super Mario Bros.
Seems a little fuzzy to put this guy in the list in the first place, and I can understand why some might think that way. While it is responsible for both the "true", popular birth of Mario, as well as keeping video games alive in North America after the crash in 1983, the game itself is rather simple.
My rebuttal: so what?
Super Mario Bros is simplicity in its finest, and was the introduction to video games for an entire generation. If you've never played it, you have problems that you need to sort out immediately. While the story is by no means fantastic (not like Mario platformers ever really have good stories), and the gameplay is simplistic (honestly, the game can be finished in 15 minutes if you know what you're doing), the game is a fun time and can be a bit challenging at some points.
However, despite it's great platforming design and fun levels, the game itself can be repetitive as time goes on, with little design change in most "worlds". As previously mentioned, the game can also be completed in a very quick amount of time if you are aware of the shortcuts. While this doesn't make the game less fun, it makes the fun last a shorter time, which is certainly not a good thing.
Still, despite these flaws, the game itself has contributed not just to the Mario franchise, but all of gaming as a whole, creating the Platformer genre and allowing Mario to become the face of Nintendo and one of the most famous icons of all times. Few games can make you come back to play more than 50 times and still present a fun time (certainly not any other game on this list). Still, we cannot award merit based on what the game has spurred, but rather what the game is in itself.
Which is about a good 20 or so minutes.
-Taylor
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