super mario 4 | ( a .jp rom )

okay, the other day i got bored and tried to play this gameboy rom.

my word, this game stinks.

frankly, i'm not even sure it's a legit game.

the fact that you start off big, and able to shoot little mushrooms at enemies is just strange.

then, not far into the first level, you touch (not punch, but touch) a mushroom box, and nothing really happens. well, mario turns into a black blob for a second, but he doesn't have any new powers.



also, because the screen refuses to scroll down when you crouch, there are some spots in the game where you might just die if you're not sure where to land, due to the fact that you're walking on those "fall after you stand on them for a few seconds" platforms that we've seen incarnations of in almost every game in the mario series...

i dunno, all in all, i'd say that this is one of the worst mario games i've ever seen on gameboy.

any other thoughts?