What a relief! After months of waiting, Mario’s arrived on 3DS with all cylinders firing. Super Mario 3D Land isn’t just a good portable Mario game; it’s one of the very best Mario adventures, topped only (for me, anyway) by SMB3 and Galaxy 2. Sharp, ingenious, and fun beyond belief, this game’s a feast for Mario fans as it pays tribute to characters and locales from the franchise’s past, mixes in brand new concepts, and ends up as a wild race through dozens of unique, astonishing worlds. It’s pure Nintendo. This kind of experience is the reason we’re fans.