 Retrospective reviewers agreed that the game's visuals were still of a high quality.Karn Bianco from "Cubed3" enjoyed the game's relaxed visual style, and praised Nintendo for keeping everything "nice and simple" designing a game perfect for children.IGN's Lucas Thomas heralded the game as a significant leap over the visuals of the 8-bit era, but in retrospect felt that it did not distinguish itself from being a graphically-upgraded continuation of its predecessor, "Super Mario Bros. 3".