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→Reception and legacy: according to Wikipedia, Minecraft, GTA V, Tetris, and Wii Sports all beat it. Making a definitive set ranking when considering mobile sales and downloads can count or not isn't the best move, so changing the phrasing
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The game was placed 14th in the 100th issue of [[Nintendo Power]]'s "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.<ref>http://www.gamekult.com/communaute/forum/voirmessage.html?foid=13000909, retrieved 6/4/2009</ref> It ranked the first spot in Electronic Gaming Monthly's ''"Greatest 200 Games of Their Time"'', named in IGN's top 100 games of all time lists in 2005 and 2007, and declared the second-best Mario game of all time. IGN also placed it 3rd in their Top 100 NES Games list<ref>[http://au.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/3.html]</ref>. | The game was placed 14th in the 100th issue of [[Nintendo Power]]'s "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.<ref>http://www.gamekult.com/communaute/forum/voirmessage.html?foid=13000909, retrieved 6/4/2009</ref> It ranked the first spot in Electronic Gaming Monthly's ''"Greatest 200 Games of Their Time"'', named in IGN's top 100 games of all time lists in 2005 and 2007, and declared the second-best Mario game of all time. IGN also placed it 3rd in their Top 100 NES Games list<ref>[http://au.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/3.html]</ref>. | ||
''Super Mario Bros.'' sold 40.24 million units with its NES release<ref>[http://www.gamecubicle.com/features-mario-units_sold_sales.htm Super Mario Sales Data: Historical Units Sold Numbers for NES, SNES, N64...] GameCubicle. Retrieved January 25, 2015.</ref>, being the best-selling ''Mario'' game and the | ''Super Mario Bros.'' sold 40.24 million units with its NES release<ref>[http://www.gamecubicle.com/features-mario-units_sold_sales.htm Super Mario Sales Data: Historical Units Sold Numbers for NES, SNES, N64...] GameCubicle. Retrieved January 25, 2015.</ref>, being the best-selling ''Mario'' game and among the best-selling video game of all time. It has received several other works such as ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' and the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]]. | ||
The game's impact on popular culture was so big that during 2010, a street in Zaragoza, Aragón (Spain), was named after it. | The game's impact on popular culture was so big that during 2010, a street in Zaragoza, Aragón (Spain), was named after it. | ||