Trivia
It was named #88 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" by EGM Issue #200 (Feb. 2006).
This game took approximately 29,000 hours to program. (Sources: Nintendo, World Features Syndicate)
Super Mario World was voted #1 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 37).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Jul 18, 2007.
Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to have Mario ride an animal since Super Mario Bros. (among other discarded ideas), but couldn't figure out how to make it work within the limits of the Famicom's graphical capabilities. This was finally resurrected in Super Mario World as Yoshi.
Why did Super Mario World sell so many units? Simple: It was the original "pack-in" game for the Super Nintendo. A copy was included in the package when you bought a new SNES.
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Mar 01, 2005.
With sales of 17 million units it is the best selling Super NES game and the best selling 4th generation console game ever.
Yoshi's arms in the game are orange no matter what color Yoshi you are riding. Art on the box and in the game manual portray only green Yoshi with green arms. The re-release on the Game Boy Advance now has each color Yoshi with arms matching the color of his skin.
Super Mario World was voted #46 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Jun 29, 2004.
Super Mario World sold over 20 million copies and is the second best-selling Mario game ever (only behind the original Super Mario Bros., which sold over 40 million).
Contributed by
Mumm-Ra (385) on May 04, 2003.
