 Delgrego continued that the game's countdown-based life was a "revolutionary" mechanic that would later become ubiquitous in games like the "Halo" series.Martin Watts also of "Nintendo Life" considered "Super Mario 64" to be a more momentous event in gaming history, but felt that "Yoshi's Island" was the "most significant" event in the ""Mario Bros." timeline".In a retrospective, IGN wrote that Super Nintendo console owners widely embraced the game alongside "Donkey Kong Country".