it would unquestionably be Super Mario Bros. 3. The most anticipated game on the NES, SMB3 had nothing short of a feature length film (The Wizard) plugging it before it hit store shelves.
At minimum, The Super Mario Bros. Movie will top $610 million ... sequel will come and will probably be another hit. But just how big this franchise will become remains to be seen.
Not only is it one of the very best and most iconic videogames ever conceived, but having shipped with the majority of NES consoles, Super Mario Bros. quickly became synonymous with the NES itself.