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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: marvelvscapcom2 on October 29, 2017, 11:39:58 pm
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Hello everyone :) With the release of Mario Odyssey being official I have seen countless forums debating where it stands among other 3D Mario games, and I had the idea to see where you guys think it ranks not only among 3D Marios but every Mario Game ever made :). Or the ones you have played of course. My list will only be made up of all the Console Mario games and not include Mario sports entries because it'd take too long but feel free if you want to be extensive. :)
Here is my list from best to worst so far as I'm only half way through odyssey. :D
1. Super Mario 64 (This is my childhood game and wins off nostalgia points for me)
2. Super Mario World (It's a tried and true 16 bit masterpiece. Nothing more can be said)
3. Super Mario Galaxy (Flawless 3D adventure, will most likely be passed by Odyssey soon)
4. Super Mario Odyssey (Amazing Sequel Mario 64 always deserved, will most likely end higher after completion :D)
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Best Kart Racer ever made to me. :) )
6. Super Mario Bros. (The expert blend of difficulty, nostalgia and iconic level design. The one that propelled the franchise)
7. Super Mario Sunshine (I loved this game even though some don't, love the levels and jet pack)
8. Mario Kart 64 (My second favorite Mario Kart and again a childhood favorite of mine because I was a 90s kid)
9. Super Mario Maker (This game deserves all the acclaim it gets, it's very unique and executed well)
10. Super Mario Bros 3 (Surprised it's this Low on my list but it shows the depth of amazing games :) )
11. Mario Party (N64) (Amazing game and one of my childhood favorites)
12. Mario Kart Double Dash (An epic game, and a timeless classic although I think Super Mario Kart 8 is better )
13. Super Mario 3D World (Underated game with a unique linear 3D approach)
14. Dr. Mario (A good game, I do prefer tetris and Yoshi's Cookie for Puzzle games)
15. Super Mario Bros 2. (A unique 8 bit experience, doki doki panic forever lol)
16. Mario Kart Wii (A great Kart racer but the motion controls throw me off)
17. Mario Party 8 ( Not the best Mario Party, and my least favorite Mario game of the ones I have played)
Unfortunately I have not owned Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island or Super Mario Kart to play extensively to have a fair opinion on :(
This is a quick list I made of my top to bottom of the mario franchise. I probably messed up a bit but in General it's hard with such amazing titles in the line up :)
I have also excluded, Mario All Stars for Wii and SNES as they are compilations of many games and it doesn't seem fair.
What does your list look like? ;D
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Don't think I could do this for everything, so I'll just pick my top 5 and I don't really count games like Mario Party or Mario Kart as proper Mario games personally since Mario isn't really the focus.
1. Super Mario Odyssey
2. Super Mario 64
3. Super Mario World
4. Super Mario RPG
5. Super Mario Sunshine
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I couldn't possibly rank them. They're all products of their own time.
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Howdy Doody... that's quite an undertaking. I'm going to separate them into 2D & 3D, I'll compare favorites overall a bit though. ALong with other stuff... this is just gonna be some text block maniac review of Mario as a whole.
3D
#1 - Super Mario Odyssey - It finally happened, boys. A weapon to surpass Metal Gear... err... game to surpass Super Mario 64. Odyssey is exactly the kind of collect-a-thon I've been craving for ages that Yooka-Laylee largely fulfilled and Hat in Time didn't. Big, expansive worlds with an absolute crap-ton of stuff to find. So many movement options, a ton of variety in levels and theme and that solid Nintendo polish. The genre isn't huge, but this is now my second favorite collect-a-thon behind the untouchable and never replicated Banjo-Tooie, though Odyssey isn't far behind. It's funny Nintendo is gonna have the top 2 GOTY contenders this year.
#2 - Super Mario 64 - SM64 just has a charm that is hard to match, which is why no 3D Mario until Odyssey has surpassed it for me. Sure, on a technical level ever other one is superior, but the simple joy and creativity of Mario 64 is unmatched, especially considering what it did for games as a whole. I can jump right into it so easily unlike the others.
#3 - Mario Sunshine - Compared to 64, Sunshine felt lacking in content which I noticed even when I was in middle school when it came out. That isn't to say it's bad though, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It gave me to open world exploration I wanted and FLUDD was super awesome to play around with. I've never 100%ed this one due to the tedium of blue coins, but I've got most everything.
#4 - Mario Galaxy 1/2 - I'm putting these together because they are so similar. Galaxy took a turn away from the open world exploration and turned into something more linear. I am really not a huge fan of the planetoids and all the weird spherical movement. This is closer to the 3D world games than the other collect-a-thon titles. I played Galaxy when it came out, and Galaxy 2 only a few years back. After getting all the stars in 2, I noped out of the green stars because boy that seemed tedious. Very solid games, but not what want out of 3D Mario.
#5 - Super Mario 3D World - I played through this game completely, but I remember very little about it. It's a fine platformer, but I've never been a huge fan of tradition 3D platformers. I can't remember ever being particularly challenge, though I do remember the cat suit being fun. 3D Mario should stick to collecting and leave platform to the 2D.
#6 - Super Mario 3D Land - The 3D was really good... otherwise, a slightly-lesser version of 3D World. Was it this one or world where you had to beat every level AGAIN with Luigi to unlock the real final level...? Either way, screw that.
2D
#1 - Yoshi's Island - It feels a bit sacrilegious putting this at #1, but if it counts as a Mario game, then it's a tiny cut about the others. It is basically a 2D Collect-a-thon and I LOVE exploring the levels to find everything. The game has a ton of variety and a really good level of challenge. It's also visually adorable/stunning. All it's sequels where not as good, and below the next few numbers but I'll put them here anyway. Yoshi's Island DS was not quite as well designed but HOO-BOY those special levels are insanely challenging. Never played New Island as I hear it's dumbed down, Yoshi's Story is REALLY dumbed down and Wooly World is ok, but a little on the easy side most of the time.
#2 - Super Mario World - Again, I kind of feel like a dick for putting this above Mario 3. The exploration and secret exits put it above for me slightly, just because I love that kind of platformer. On top of the exploration. it offers a good level of challenge that I wish climbed a little faster, but some of the special levels are no joke. All around excellent.
#3 - Super Mario Bros. 3 - What can be said? Most people would rank it #1. As a pure platformer, it is better than World offering many memorable, challenging levels. It's bleeding edge platforming greatness, one of the best of all time.
#4 - Super Mario Bros. - The original, and a ball-buster. The basic grandfather of platformers that demands complete mastery of the controls and quick reactions. Brilliantly designed for basically being the first, still holds up today. Although World was maybe the first video game I ever played, I'm really glad I played this one soon after. I've never beaten Lost Levels... or played it that much at all... dunno why, I really should get on that.
#5 - New Super Mario Bros. - A new 2D Mario?! I was sure excited when it came out, and as far as I remember the game largely delivered. I liked finding the 3 big coins in all the levels, and I seem to remember some pretty challenging levels. NSMB Wii was pretty good too, I think a bit easier. I haven't played NSMB 2 or Wii U, but I'm sure they are pretty good... I'll get around to it.
#6 - Super Mario Land 2 - Amazing for a portable game. When my only system was a Gameboy Pocket (besides my dad's Intellivision) this was my jam. It has elements of finding secrets which I of course love. A great adventure for it's platform.
#7 - Super Mario Bros. 2 - Should I put this here...? While not really Mario per se, still a unique game. I've never actually beaten it... I got to Wart as a child and died. Was to frustrated to try again.
#8 - Super Mario Land - The weird Mario game... but also the first video game to ever be mine. It's a nice, if short, game with a lot of unique weirdness. It has some kick-ass underrated music.
RPGs
I'll be a little less formal here. Super Mario RPG is the one I have played through the most, and it some odd stuff, but thoroughly enjoyable. I also have a lot of nostalgia for Paper Mario, which I kind of want to rate above The Thousand Year Door because of nostalgia, but I think TTYD objectively more polished. Both games are amazing and hilarious. Super Paper Mario is ok... I never got into the gameplay much, but the story was classic Paper Mario madness. Sticker Star and Color Splash... never played them, never will... the less said about that sadness the better. Mario & Luigi really kept the spirit of Mario RPG games and also had really good combat. The first one was probably the best, I beat Partners in Time and Bowser's Inside Story and both where good. I didn't finish Dream Team, but it seemed more of the same and haven't played Paper Jam.
Mario Kart
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Best Kart Racer ever made to me. :) )
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I just need to rant for a second about the direction of Mario Kart. Super Mario Kart came out and it was great, but it was a new concept. When Super Mario Kart 64 came out (Though it is one of my least favorite of them all) it removed the coin system, which was a HUGE improvement. Ad the games kept coming out, they kept not having coins as they should. Then MK7 Came out and look whats back... friggen coins. In a game that already has a lot of things to hold back those in low places, coins are just overkill. I HATE coins. I hate the whole damn speed system linked to them. Then MK8 has COINS AGAIN! NO MORE COINS! MY goodness I hope they stop using coins in the next one, but I am afraid it will be permanent...
Anyways...
Double Dash is the best Mario Kart by a pretty wide margin to me. It has a ton of great tracks, really good controls and I love the doubles system. I have played this one by far the most, many late nights of screaming with my friends. Mario Kart DS is 2nd, despite some problems. The course designs and online and basically everything was near flawless. The only problem was snaking... if you don't know, it was a back and fourth powerslide you did at all times if you wanted any chance. I hated it at first, but then I just gave up and mastered it. I became nigh unbeatable in that game. Next is Mario Kart Wii. It's courses where weaker than DD and DS', but it has that sweet, sweet online play. The motorcycles where a nice addition, adding more than upside-down underwater hover nonsense and BRINGING BACK DAMN COINS...! I played this one a ton with my friend, getting up to 9999 score online despite not playing Funky Kong the yell bastard (who was the best character). Super Mario Kart is next. Despite being the basic origin, it was super fun and still is for what it is. It is one of only 2 Mario Karts to have good battling... sadly. Mario Kart 64 is really bland with not a lot of frills... I dunno why it's so highly regarded. The racing is the most meh in the series to me, but the battle mode is SUPERB. This is a unique saving grace that makes the game worthwhile. I dunno why they ruined the battle mode after it. Mario Kart 7 & 8 are largely interchangeable to me because of how much I hate coins. They have a lot of levels and options that I can't enjoy thanks to coins. This is the Witcher 3 all over again. I haven't played Super Circuit, but it's probably similar to the original.
Mario Party
Mario Party is largely the same, and usually passable. Individual entries basically live and die by their unique boards, gimmicks and minigames. I don't rememebr which of the mid-series used what gimmicks. Mario Party 2 is in my opinion the best with lots of good games and costumes(!), Mario Party 3-7 are pretty similar, though I'd give the edge to the GC ones over 3, Mario Party 8 had something new going for it with the motion controls but wasn't too much different than the rest and the first Mario Party was the most basic level but still fun. I played though every Mario Party, 1 board a week with my friend over the course of a year, so I have done every board.
Next you have in descending order:
-AIDS
-Post-revival Family Guy
-Current PC culture
-Literally Hitler
-MARIO PARTY 9 & 10
The fugging friend car in those games is even worse than coins in Mario Kart. Mario Party is supposed to make you yell obscenities ad your friends, not work together in damn 15 minute game. Another series killed by dumb Nintendo decisions. You're lucky you hit it out of the Park with Odyssey and BotW, Big N, cause I was having doubts about your decision making...
...and the rest
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Super Mario Maker is really great. I enjoyed it immensely despite the fact I was basically designing levels for nobody, I wish I still had friends. Dr. Mario is a fun puzzle game, but not too much different than others. Yoshi is another puzzle game, not quite as good as Dr. Mario, but more unique. Wario's Woods is like my favorite puzzle game of all time after Sutte Hakkun. Speaking of Wario, the Wario Land games are amazing. Wario Land is great, Wario Land 2 is better, Wario Land 3 is not as good as 2, but I like the Metroidvania elements, and Wario Land 4 is last overall in Wario Land hierarchy. Wario World is ok, but kind of meh. Wario Land Shake It! is great except for forced speed runs at the end of every level...! Forced speedruns are almost as bad as Mario Kart coins and friendship cars...! Hotel Mario is given a bad rap I don't think it deserves. I bought it in the early days of YouTube poop because of le memes, but it's actually a challenging puzzle platformer. Those Zelda games which i got at the same time deserve the crap they get, though. The only Mario sports game I have played is Mario Tennis on the N64, but it was a very competent tennis game. Mario Teaches Typing is the best of the educational games... mainly for nostalgia, all the rest are baby=grade.
Is that all of them...? Well, uhm there you go! A novel of text about Mario noone will read. Goodnight everyone!
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1. Super Mario Bros. 3
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. Super Mario Bros. 2
5. Super Mario World 2
Growing up with the plumbers ever since Super Mario Bros for NES (which I still own) was great fun. Although I never was a fan of the 3D renditions of the Mario Bros series.
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I'll give this a shot. I'm a big fan of that plumber. I haven't played Odyssey and I'm not putting the OG Mario Bros. in this because it's not the same kind of game. This could be tough. Main Series & Home Console games. Here we go. These are my favorites. So, don't argue.
A) Super Mario All-Star + Super Mario World
1) Super Mario World
2) Super Mario Bros 3
3) Super Mario Bros
4) Super Mario Bros 2
5) New Super Mario Bros U
6) New Super Mario Bros Wii
7) Super Mario Galaxy
8 ) Super Mario Galaxy 2
9) Super Mario 3D World
10) Super Mario Sunshine
11) Super Mario 64
12) Yoshi's Island
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I'm only going to rank main Mario games and not spinoffs like Mario Kart or Mario Party
1. Super Mario 64
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. New Super Mario Bros 2
4. Super Mario Bros
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario Bros 3
Sadly, that is all the main Mario games I have beat. I am currently in the middle of Odyssey and if it maintains it current pace it will likely rank at number 2 or 3 once I am down. I regretably have never plaid Galaxy 2 or Sunshine.
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This only includes the ones I have played:
2D
Yoshi's Island
Mario 2
New Super Mario Bros DS
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Mario 3
Mario Land
Lost Levels
Mario 1
3D
Galaxy 2
Galaxy
Sunshine
Mario 64
Kart Racing
DS
Wii
GameCube
GBA
Snes
N64
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Can't really rank them, but Super Mario 3D World is sublime. Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Galaxy 2 would be really high up on my list as well.
As far as Super Mario 64 goes, I never owned a Nintendo 64 back in the day, so I never got really into it. Undoubtedly the game is very influential, not to mention groundbreaking, but I never managed to become a full-fledged fan during the game's haydays.
I remember playing Super Mario Bros. 2 a lot when I was a kid, and enjoying it a whole lot. I was so weirded out by the fact that game had no Goombas and literally no returning enemies of any sort. Only around a decade later I learned that the game wasn't even a Mario game originally.
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I'm only going to rank main Mario games and not spinoffs like Mario Kart or Mario Party
1. Super Mario 64
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. New Super Mario Bros 2
4. Super Mario Bros
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario Bros 3
Sadly, that is all the main Mario games I have beat. I am currently in the middle of Odyssey and if it maintains it current pace it will likely rank at number 2 or 3 once I am down. I regretably have never plaid Galaxy 2 or Sunshine.
Damm you have missed out on allot if you haven't played those 2 games in terms of mario overall
Mario galaxy 2 was even better than the first one and mario sunshine is an excellent 3D mario game in it's own right with a different style. Two of the best mario 3D games with very nice creative visuals and gameplay in my opinion better games than mario 64 even when ignoring the visuals.
I will admit that mario 64 was a bit bigger in terms of exploration but than again for the objectives lvl's were not as free as one might think far from it.
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I'm also going to rank it based on the ones I can remember having played, but I'll separate them by 2D and 3D.
3D
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Super Mario 64
- Super Mario 3D Land
2D- Super Mario World
- New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros. 2
NSMB (DS), NSMB (Wii), NSMB (WiiU), and Super Mario 3D World are games I haven't finished.
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Pretty easy.
64 > Galaxy > Sunshine > Bros 2 > World > Galaxy 2 > Bros 1 > 3D World > 3D Land> NSMB Wii > NSMB U > Bros 3 > NSMB > Land
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This is Hard, but this is my top 5.
1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
2. Super Mario 64 (n64)
3. Super Mario Sunshine (GC)
4. Paper Mario . (n64 and GC version)
5. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
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1. Sunshine
2. Odyssey
3. Galaxy
4. n64
5. Mario Maker?
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I'm only going to rank main Mario games and not spinoffs like Mario Kart or Mario Party
1. Super Mario 64
2. Super Mario Galaxy
3. New Super Mario Bros 2
4. Super Mario Bros
5. Super Mario World
6. Super Mario Bros 3
Sadly, that is all the main Mario games I have beat. I am currently in the middle of Odyssey and if it maintains it current pace it will likely rank at number 2 or 3 once I am down. I regretably have never plaid Galaxy 2 or Sunshine.
Damm you have missed out on allot if you haven't played those 2 games in terms of mario overall
Mario galaxy 2 was even better than the first one and mario sunshine is an excellent 3D mario game in it's own right with a different style. Two of the best mario 3D games with very nice creative visuals and gameplay in my opinion better games than mario 64 even when ignoring the visuals.
I will admit that mario 64 was a bit bigger in terms of exploration but than again for the objectives lvl's were not as free as one might think far from it.
They are on my backlog and I own both so someday I'll try them out. I've heard nothing but good things about both so I'm sure I'll like them.
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From the Mainline Series, in order:
Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Odyssey This position will likely change position once I have beaten it.
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Land
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
I have no played Super Mario Land 2, Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. 2 or Super Mario Sunshine
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Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario 64
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Land
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D Land
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This is mine from most of the core games, favourite to least favourite. Thanks Cartagia for making the original list (slightly different). :)
I haven't included Super Mario Odyssey as I don't own it yet.
It's interesting how our preferences can differ a lot. I know an associate whose favourite game is Yoshi's Island, while I personally don't like it as much.
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Mario Bros Wii
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I'm inlcuding only platformers and no spin-offs like Yoshi's Island or Wario Land.
1. Super Mario 64
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Mario Bros. 2
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
6. Super Mario Sunshine
7. Super Mario Galaxy
8. Super Mario Galaxy 2
9. Super Mario Odyssey
10. Super Mario Land
11. Super Mario 3D Land
12. Super Mario 3D World
13. New Super Mario Bros.
14. New Super Mario Bros. U
15. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
16. New Super Mario Bros. 2
17. Super Mario Maker
18. Super Mario Bros.
19. Super Mario Bros 2 (JP)
20. Mario Bros.
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super mario bros is my no 1 favourite game and after that cat mario is best game but very hard everything is trap in cat mario level 4 (https://impossiblecatmario.com/) .
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1 Super Mario World
2 Mario 64
3 Super Mario 2
4 Super Mario 3
5 Super Mario
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Mainline
The best of the best
1: Mario galaxy 2
2: super mario galaxy
3: super mario sunshine
4: super mario 64
5: super mario odyssey
solid
6: super mario 64 ds
7: super mario world
8: new super mario bros ds
9: super mario bros 3
10: yoshi's island super mario world 2
average
11: new super mario bros wii
12: super mario 3d land 3ds
13 super mario bros lost lvl's
14: super mario bros 2
15: super mario bros
decent but dissapointing in comparison
16: new super mario bros u
17: new super mario bros 2
18: super mario land 2
19: super mario land
20: mario 3d world wii u
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There's too many Mario games to rank them all. I won't be bothering to include any side games and I prefer the 2D games far more. Here's my ranking of the top 3 splitting the dimensional versions...
2D:
- Mario World (SNES)
- Mario 3 (NES)
- New Super Mario (Wii - possibly the only good game on the system)
3D:
- Mario Sunshine
- Mario 64
- Mario Odyssey
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Super Mario 64 (it's also my childhood game !)
Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Mario Odyssey
Mario Kart DS
Super Mario Bros, I never really liked those
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HOO BOY THIS IS TOUGH
It is my lifelong dream to play every Mario game.
Every.
Single.
One.
INCLUDING the Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong games.
And there are some I might as well just accept I'll never play ( i.e. The Satellaview broadcast exclusives, 64DD Mario Artist games, and the original Mario Game and Watches, the Capcom Mario Party games...), so I'll just rank all the ones I have played here with a VERY brief analysis.
Notable exclusions: Paper Mario, Thousand Year Door, Color Splash, and Origami King (1 and TTYD are much too expensive for me to buy right now, and the Switch Online Expansion isn't worth it yet for me. I also don't own a Wii U and have no intention of getting one.)
Any Wario game (I'll get into the Wario Land and WarioWare serie$ one day, but there's too much else to play now.)
Basically every Mario Party (I'm so sorry, but they're also too expensive for me to buy right now.)
Any Game and Watch games/ Nelsonic game watch games (I'm looking to find the Game Boy G&W gallery games to try them, but not yet.)
Mario Educational games (Mario Teaches Typing, Mario is Missing, Mario's early years, Mario's game gallery, Mario's Time Machine..., I WOULD, however, put Hotel Mario near the top, but ONLY because the cutscenes have inspired a legit art form in the YouTube Poop.)
Any Virtual Boy game.
Without further ado, let's-a-go!
(Ranked from worst to best)
60. Mario Clock (haven't played, but it's just a clock. With Mario. Yes this is a purchasable DSi game.)
59. Mario Party Island Tour (3DS) (It's boring and unfun.)
58. Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS) (See previous entry. I just stopped playing it after the first mission.)
57. Yoshi's New Island (3DS) (Nintendo didn't even try to capture what made the original Yoshi's Island so magical. It's boring and cookie cutter, the music sounds like a kindergartener wrote it, and the bosses are so freaking easy.)
56. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (FDS) (It's so bad.)
55. Mario Kart Tour (iOS) (Microtransactions bad)
54. Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) (Horse Riding is interesting, but nothing else captured my interest.)
53. Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) (Thank God we got Superstars)
52. Donkey Kong 3 (NES) (You shoot Donkey Kong in the crotch, and avoid annoying enemies.)
51. Mario Party: Star Rush (3DS) (Not as bad as you'd think, but little to no effort was put into this.)
50. Donkey Kong (NES) (I respect this game more than I actually like it. Mario moves so clunkily, and it's just four levels that repeat themselves.)
49. Dr. Mario World (iOS) (Too different, and too simplified.)
48. Super Mario Kart (SNES) (Controls very poorly, and the A.I. is unfair)
47. Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA) (Slightly less unfair, but barely more fun. It does have a lot of tracks, and I commend it for that.)
46. Luigi's Mansion (GCN) (It's a nice enough game, but I don't like the controls for vacuuming up ghosts.)
45. Wario's Woods (NES) (Just a really standard puzzle game.)
44. Mario's Super Picross (SFC) (A surprisingly fun Picross game! Shame it's not in English, though...)
43. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) (The bosses are too easy, and I honestly have trouble with the regular levels.)
42. Yoshi (NES) (A pretty engaging one!)
41. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES) (I don't like turn-based RPG battles, and struggle with them, so this is the reason it's this low.)
40. Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) (Easily the best of the trilogy.)
39. Super Mario Land (GB) (The controls are really weird, making this one harder than it needs to be.)
38. Super Mario Bros. 35 (Switch) (WHY DID YOU TAKE IT DOWN, NINTENDO?)
37. Super Mario Run (iOS) (Why is everything behind a $10 paywall?)
36. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) (I mean the Doki Doki Panic reskin.)
35. Wrecking Crew (NES) (It's easy to get hooked on this one.)
34. Mario Bros. (NES) (There's very little room to jump, and the timing is pretty narrow, but a fun experience nonetheless.)
33. Mario Party DS (DS) (It's fine, I guess.)
32. Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS) (Interesting, but not different enough from a standard golf game.)
31. Mario Tennis Open (3DS) (See above, but this game has you play tennis against a scrolling version of the original Super Mario Bros.! Really.)
30. Mario Party 8 (Wii) (The mini games are fun, and so are the boards.)
29. Super Mario Bros. (NES) (I respect this one more than I like it. The controls are kinda funky.)
28. Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix (GCN) (Really fun, but it makes my feet hurt.)
27. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (Haven't touched the side game, but I really enjoy the main game!)
26. Dr. Mario (NES) (An immortal classic!)
25. Dr. Mario Online Rx (Wii) (Only above the original because it has better graphics.)
24. Poochy and Yoshi's Wooly World (3DS) (What Yoshi's New Island should have been! It builds upon Yoshi's Island's introduced mechanics quite nicely!)
23. Super Mario All Stars (SNES) (Good collection of good games!)
22. Super Mario Sunshine (GCN) (Harder than one would expect. A little different, but different is sometimes good.)
21. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB) (Better than the original. The carrot power-up is so O.P.)
20. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) (I don't think it's as good as everyone says, but I had fun with it.)
19. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) (It was good before the series got milked dry.)
18. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) (Just a standard Mario Kart. Doesn't mean you won't have a good time!)
17. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) (Why did I enjoy this more than 1? Probably because it's not as easy to game over.)
16. Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Switch) (I hate artificial scarcity, but it's a collection worth checking out, especially if you've never played these games before.)
15. Super Paper Mario (Wii) (It has, without a doubt, the best story of any Mario game. It combines 2D platforming with RPG storytelling and stats, and it's a real hidden gem.)
14. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN) (It still astonishes me that the "two characters in one kart" aspect of this game was never used again.)
13. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) (It's too much of a 2D game stretched out slightly to be considered a "full" 3D game.)
12. Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) (I need to dabble in the player-created levels more, but the story mode and level creation is enjoyable.)
11. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch) (3D World is a bit more 3D than 3D Land, and Bowser's Fury is utterly glorious.)
10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) (Items are too weird, but I love everything else.)
9. Super Mario 64 DS (DS) (A solid remake, but still lesser then the original (The controls are its biggest downside). If you want to play this game, please play it on a 3DS system, as the circle pad works tons better than the D-Pad)
8. Super Mario World (SNES) (Just about the best a 2D platformer can be, except that I died way too much the first time I played this.)
7. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) (Super Mario World may be a better game, but I like this one more. It's just so charming!)
6. Mario Kart DS (DS) (Racing at its near finest. The mission mode and the ability to draw your own emblem are great touches.)
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) (Racing at its true finest! It also looks the most fabulous of any Mario game I've played!)
4. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) (Mario moves oh so well with Cappy! The shear level of content and the variety of the worlds make it a truly magical time!)
3. Super Mario 64 (N64) (IT'S SO COOL! Mario moves smooth as butter, yet nice and tight as well. It's amazing how well everything works, and it's the greatest possible experience on the Nintendo 64.)
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) (It's beautiful, everything is creative, Mario also moves well here. It's just a great all-around game!)
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) (Better than the first because there's Yoshi, and you don't have to play the full game as Luigi to get every star. Best game ever made!)
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Best; Every Super Mario title except Sunshine
Worst; Mario Sunshine
xD soso true
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decent but dissapointing in comparison
18: super mario land 2
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