In 1996, Mario 64 came out and revolutionized the way we would play video games forever.

However, a revolutionary game is not always the best game.

For the best Mario game ever made, we must travel back to 1991 when the Super Nintendo debuted and came packaged with the Suber-Mario game, Super Mario World.

After the release of Super Mario Bros. 3, gamers never believed that such a game could be topped. However, the designers and programmers of Super Mario World took the basic game play mechanics from Super Mario Bros. 3 and tweaked them to perfection using the new 16-bit system's power.

The graphics were more colorful than had ever been seen before and the 96 levels dazzled players. On top of that, almost every level had multiple secrets and exits and could be re-entered as often as desired, adding a vast amount of replay value to the game.

This time around, though, beating Bowser and rescuing Princess Toadstool wasn't enough for gamers.

Now they had the challenge of playing some of the most challenging secret levels ever created, many of which could not even be reached until players had discovered other secrets, such as how to fill in the colored boxes across the game world.

Some of the most memorable secrets include discovering the Star World and the only secret-world-within-a-secret-world, the Special World.

Super Mario World also introduced fan favorite Yoshi, Mario's dinosaur companion. Eating berries and enemies along the way, Yoshi greatly aided everyone's favorite Italian plumber by also providing an extra hit point.

The various colored Yoshi's added even more variety to the game, allowing the player to perform special maneuvers while riding them.

Mario's other power-ups were fewer than found in Super Mario Bros. 3, but still just as fun to play with such as the cape which allowed Mario to fly, hand-glide, and dive-bomb enemies.

The innovative item box at the top of the screen also greatly helped gamers switch back and forth between the best weapon needed at the moment.

For gamers lacking a Super Nintendo, Super Mario World has recently been re-released on Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. The port is essentially an exact replica of a classic of the same name, but with a few added features -- such as a bonus version of the original Mario Bros. arcade game and the ability to play as Luigi who can jump and fly higher than his brother.

Gamers can now take the best Mario (and best platform) game ever made on the go with them all the time.