The fiendish puzzles ramp up the pressure with progress – multiple paint pots, magnetic blocks, deadly spikes – but the quick replays and smartly implemented fast-forward and pause buttons make it moreish. Tap two portals and whatever touches one will appear at the next, along with a gratifying splat of paint. The task is to zap it around the landscape, using teleporters, so it can be reunited with the brush. Like the aforementioned rodents, it plods along until bumping into a wall, changing its direction. In this intriguing cross between Lemmings and Portal, an anthropomorphised paint pot makes its way across the landscape in search of its little brush friend. A return to the old 4in screen is much easier to handle for those with smaller digits and is the perfect platform for treats such as Telepaint. Given Donald Trump’s insistence that he has normal-size hands, Apple’s new iPhone SE clearly isn’t aimed at him. Modern Marios are often credited as ideas factories, turning the ingenious into the disposable at a frequency only Nintendo can afford, but it all started here with this unmissable piece of gaming history. Of greater interest to completists is the exclusive European debut of the 38 extremely rare e-Card reader (an obscure import-only GBA card) courses. These range from remakes of classic Mario courses to some demanding concept stages, shuffling power-ups from various Mario titles together. This Virtual Console iteration is the Game Boy Advance remake, complete with voiced Mario and Luigi. This, then, is the game that brought us raccoon tails, Koopa kids, sprawling world maps and the often-forgotten (until Super Mario Maker) Kuribo’s shoe. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3ġ988’s Super Mario Bros 3 needs no introduction – it’s one of the most celebrated platformers of all time, and even when weighed against the high standards of fellow Mario titles, it stands out as a highlight. ‘Unmissable’: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros.
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