If there’s one series that is bound to come up whenever the topic of gaming is approached, it would have to be the Super Mario franchise. This series has swelled into several spin-offs and versions, with Super Mario World being one of the most popular ones.
This has proven to be such a hit with fans that the game, and its resulting sequels, have brought about memes of their own. Here, we’ll be considering any follow-up, be it a sequel, spin-off, or a re-imagining to form part of the Super Mario World series as we bring you 10 best memes that fans will have no problem understanding.
10 The Gruesome Reality
Some fans have jokingly referred to Yoshi as Mario’s reluctant sidekick, which has gone so far as to garner Yoshi his own set of memes in this regard. All that talk will only be bolstered after checking out this fairly representative meme.
Since the characters simply respawn after hurtling to their deaths, there’s always a chance that there just might be hundreds of dead Yoshis whom Mario has replaced. We won’t even be surprised if this does turn out to be canonical since it would at least explain where the dead versions of Yoshi went.
9 Still Counts
It’s hard not to get sucked into the Super Mario experience, and with there being so many games to play through, one does find oneself getting a bit too involved. Those who aren’t as crazy about these games make jabs at players’ expense, but this person seems to have turned it around.
In a way, you could say they did do exactly what they were asked to, as getting multiple lives in Super Mario World is technically what “getting a life” means.
8 Just Mario Problems
Ever wonder how Mario feels about things? Nope, all we’ve ever done is use Yoshi to get the job done, rather than ask if Mario himself would like to fly. It appears Mario does want to let that inner soaring eagle out, but using Yoshi has him restricted.
You could imagine Mario breaking down like this during a visit to the therapist, considering in-universe he has displayed powers of flight, meaning he’s been stuck on Yoshi’s back for no reason other than the game forcing him to.
7 We All Know That Feeling
This isn’t so much “ha-ha” funny as it is to realize that every Super Mario fan has at some point felt this way. After all, when you’re a kid you think you’re the first one to have an original thought, but in actuality, all fans were connected.
Super Mario World had proven that the franchise would only get better as the series progressed. While that might not have exactly been the case in the long-run, nothing could have convinced our younger selves that there was a better series than Mario out there.
6 Disposable Yoshi
Continuing from our earlier point about Yoshi, here’s a meme that appropriately reflects just how disposable players view him to be. Seeing as it’s Mario that players control and that Yoshi seems to spawn pretty easily, letting go of him is pretty secondary stuff.
In-universe, though, you wouldn’t blame Yoshi to feel hard done by Mario for yet again being thrown away like he meant nothing. While we sympathize with Yoshi to an extent, there’s no doubt that players are going to want to dispose of him more after seeing this meme.
5 Taking The World Quite Literally
The game was revolutionary for its time for featuring a big world that players could play through, although it feels like an actual world for those who have spent so long in the game. For this reason, we can agree that the “world” here feels like our own.
A fan was so into Super Mario World that they went to great lengths in making the map out to that of Earth’s, to the point where major landmarks and environments are shown exactly as they are in the real world. Now that’s one challenge we’d all like to take.
4 Now What?
People always used to wonder what the game would be like from Princess Peach’s perspective, as she’d made it a habit to be the one in distress. Since Nintendo has started making the princess as a playable character, though, gamers have gone through an identity crisis.
After all, rescuing her was what most of us grew up on. Now that Princess Peach became part of the fun, players started questioning their history with Super Mario to begin with. We still have to hand it to Super Mario World for making this possible, though.
3 We've All Been There
You can never claim that a Super Mario World fan hasn’t had a near-death experience, as there have been countless occasions where players feel as if they’ve just had a heart attack. The most usual instances would be where certain death was just a literal inch away.
During these times, even surviving isn’t much of a relief, seeing as you need to then painstakingly figure out a way to make another jump or make a further move to escape this precarious position.
2 A Part Of History
Here’s something to make you feel old, with the very real fact that Super Mario World first came out three decades ago. In fact, even this meme is about a decade old as it references the game being two decades old at that point.
Now, Super Mario World can easily join history as it leaves contemporary days to become part of the distant past. While that will no doubt make fans feel ancient themselves, at least we can now make more memes celebrating this anniversary.
1 Something To Think About
All this naming business sure does give one a big headache, what with game developers preferring to title installments with bizarre sequences. There’s a good point to be made in this meme, which speculates that Yoshi’s Island ended up becoming Super Mario World 3.
Considering that the original Yoshi game was supposed to be a sequel, you can’t really argue with this assertion, can you? This might not seem like much of a deal for an outsider, but Super Mario World fans will continue wracking their heads over this matter until a consensus is reached.