After nearly two-years of on-again and off-again play, we've finally defeated Bowser the end of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. Some call this the best in the series of Mario games, and based on what I've seen I agree -- an amazing mix of emergent behaviour for your protagonist (Mario or Luigi), a diverse landscape with challenging scenes, and enough flexibility and replayability to keep you hooked.

In the end, my double-jointed super GBA son actually did all the work to get to the castle -- but he wouldn't finish the job...as he simply doesn't care about "winning" or completing the game. How wonderfully zen.

Two years is a nice commitment for a game, even off and on. Just think that all three movements and score and parts for this thing took a mere nine months.