Best Mario Game?

[Hobobloke]

i searched and couldn't find any existing threads like this so if their is i apologise

Anyway i was just wondering what you goys favourite mario game is 2D or 3D central mario games or spin-offs like mario kart, provide some detail as to why its your favourite if you wouldn't mind

 

[Pas]

Ah. Man, tough question.

My favourite? Yoshi's Island, SNES. I can't exactly describe why this one does it for me more than any other, only that it's like glee in cartridge form. Maybe it's the brilliant soundtrack, the clever puzzles, the tight handling and controls, the story book aesthetic.. I dunno, it was just so cool.

From a technical standpoint though, Mario 64. Considering where gaming was at the time, it was totally revolutionary. It was huge, it greatly rewarded exploration and it still holds it's own today. It also totally captured the essence of a Mario game.

 

[Lord Viper]

I'm doing top 2 in my list.

Best Mario NES:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros.

Best Mario GB:
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

Best Mario SNES:
Super Mario World
Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars

Best Mario 64:
Super Mario 64
Paper Mario

Best Mario GBC:
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Mario Tennis (not enough Mario game's for GBC)

Best Mario GBA:
Super Mario Advance 4
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

Best Mario GC:
Super Mario Sunshine
Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door

Best Mario DS:
New Super Mario Bros.
Mario Kart DS

Best Mario Wii:
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario

That's it for my list. And the greatest Mario games of all time based on revewers is in white. Of course some people will disagree, but hey they might have a good reason.

 

[Thrillhouse-vh.]

Not only in Super Mario World my favorite SNES game, it's also my favorite game of all-time.

NES
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3

SNES
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario RPG

N64
Super Mario 64

NGC
No good ones

Wii
No good ones
lol galaxy

GB
Super Mario Land 2

GBA
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

DS
New Super Mario Bros.

cd-i
Hotel Mario

 

[.Marik]

Gee... that's almost like an impossible question to answer.....

I have a lot people. Deal with it.

Mario Party 1,2,3

Mario Kart 64

Super Mario 64

SSBM and SSBB

Luigi's Mansion

Super Mario Sunshine

Yoshi's Island

Yoshi's Story

and a bunch more...... ^^;

 

[Neon Ness]

2D: Super Mario World. C'mon! This game is legendary.

3D: Super Mario Sunshine. Yep. It was a tiny bit better than Galaxy.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I'm listing my favorite Mario games that aren't considered spin-offs.

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NES / Famicom

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2 (US)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
Super Mario Bros. 3
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SNES / Super Famicom

Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
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N64

Super Mario 64
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GBA

Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
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GCN

Super Mario Sunshine
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DS

Super Mario 64 DS
New Super Mario Bros.
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Wii

Super Mario Galaxy
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[Dastrn]

mario 64 is easily the best mario game ever made.

 

[Famous]

Every Mario game is the best to me...Except for Mario Picross and Mario is Missing. I played Mario 3 the most out of any..

 

[Moy]

Super Mario Sunshine. I like the whole island motif.

Also, first appearance of Bowser Jr. That rocks socks.

 

[Bowser King]

SMW....that game is amazing!

 

[XACE-K]

I like Super Mario 64 the best but the top 3 would most likely be SM64, Super Mario World, and SMB 3.

cd-i Hotel Mario

 

[The Executive]

Except for Mario Picross

I thought it was good, despite equating to Picross for *******.

SMRPG is definitely my favorite, but from the standard platformers I'd have to pick SMW.

 

[SkylerOcon]

Best Mario game ever made? Super Mario World, definately. My personal favorite? Super Mario 64.

 

[derek.haines]

My personal favorite and IMO the best ever made, Mario Galaxy. It took everything that made Mario 64 so good and brought it into the current generation, adding new concepts without alienating the core of the game. The 2D games were legendary (SMB3 and World in particular), but I just don't think you can beat the expansiveness of the 3D titles.

 

[Grandeza]

darn this is a hard one. Ehhh Super Mario Sunshine. I loed how you could just roam delfino and had so much room to run around and goof around. ricco harbor blooper surfing was secks.

 

[Zevox]

Hm, well....

NES: Super Mario Brothers 3.
SNES: Never had one...
N64: Mario 64, Paper Mario.
Gamecube: Mario Sunshine, Paper Mario: TTYD.
Wii: Mario Galaxy. (Super Paper Mario gets honorable mention, but should have stuck to the turn-based RPG format of it's predecessors.)

Overall: 64, Paper Mario, Galaxy, in more or less that order.

Note that I don't like most of the spin-offs, particularly the sports and racing based ones, due to not enjoying those genres of games to begin with. The early Mario Party games were good (but not great), but they've been milking that series for so long without doing anything special with it that I've just stopped bothering with those.

Zevox

 

[aurasword]

Ah. Man, tough question.

My favourite? Yoshi's Island, SNES. I can't exactly describe why this one does it for me more than any other, only that it's like glee in cartridge form. Maybe it's the brilliant soundtrack, the clever puzzles, the tight handling and controls, the story book aesthetic.. I dunno, it was just so cool.

From a technical standpoint though, Mario 64. Considering where gaming was at the time, it was totally revolutionary. It was huge, it greatly rewarded exploration and it still holds it's own today. It also totally captured the essence of a Mario game.

My two choices exactly. Especially Yoshi's Island.

Apart from those two, Super Mario RPG is up there, as is Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario All-Stars remake).

 

[OmegaXXII]

no doubt it's Super Mario RPG (pureEpic) followed by Super Mario Bros. then Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door.

 

[Hobobloke]

wow so many different opinions that is the beauty of mario they can all be different games in there own way but still be great, i personally never had a NES or SNES so havent played much of the games from those platforms but now i really want 2

 

[Banjodorf]

My favorite?

SMW, SM64, or Sunshine. (Come on you guys, Sunshine was different, but it was still incredibly challenging and amazing)

Followed by Yoshi's Island 1, SMB3, SMB2 (japan),

Spinoffs

SMRPG, Paper Mario 64 MK:DD, Mario Power Tennis (They featured Diddy, I know Toadstool tour did it first, but I never owned that one)

Runners up: Paper Mario TTYD, a couple others

 

[Super Angry Luigi]

Well these are my favorite Mario games on each system:

NES: Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels
SNES: Super Mario World
N64: Mario Kart 64
Gamecube: Mario Golf Toadstool Tour
Wii: Super Mario Galaxy

Overall: Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels (original NES/VC version, not the SNES/GBC remakes)

 

[zrky]

Super Mario galaxy without a doubt

Spoiler

woooo for 242 stars

 

[cheap_josh]

The first Paper Mario and SMB 3.

 

[Vulcan55]

Paper Mario and SM64.
N64 had some of the best games ever.

 

[Hobobloke]

N64 had some of the best games ever.

very true there were so many fantastic games i sold mine to get money for a new console ages ago and i missed it so much i bought another one

 

[SuperRacoon]

Even thought a bunch people already said this one, Super Mario World

The best 3D Mario game is Super Mario 64

Galaxy was too easy and too linear to top 64, but it was still a very fun game.

 

[Hyper_Ridley]

wow so many different opinions that is the beauty of mario they can all be different games in there own way but still be great ...

Agree'd


Anyways, I feel that the best Mario game is SMB3. The level designs were great, the powerups were great, the music was great, the secrets were great, the whole darn game is great! The only thing I don't like about itis it's repetative boss battle, though the final one is once again, great.

A close second would be the best 3d Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy (wohoo?). The only things keeping me from calling it #1 are its relative lack of difficulty and its seeming obsseion with water-levels. Otherwise it's awesome.

 

[notftomearth7]

I'd say that Super Mario 64. It was very freeform compared to all the other Mario games, even galaxy, where you were still confined to a certain space, whereas in Super Mario 64 you could explore every perimeter of the castle, even the outside.

 

[Omis]

My top three
Mario 64: because it was my first video game and a amazing one too
World: played it at my neighbors like crazy until i got it for the vitual consel
Galaxy: EPIC

 

[Minato]

I'd say Super Mario Bros 3 hands down for me. Has my favorite power ups and level designs. World was fun too, but It was way too easy. SM64 stages were a tad too long for me, but I still liked it. But all in all:

Favorite 2D: Mario 3
Favorite 3D: Mario Galaxy

 

[IWontGetOverTheDam]

The RPG/Paper/Partners series is, in my opinion, better than the main series. Other than that, however, I'd have to say Galaxy. It's just such a good game.

 

[Touffeboy]

My Top 5:

Mario Party 1
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Super Mario 64
Super Mario World
Mario Kart Double Dash

 

[Firus]

Um...Brawl isn't a Mario game. Just a note.

My favorite Mario game is Super Mario 64. Sunshine comes in a close second.

Not the question, but just thought I'd throw in that the worst one = Galaxy.

 

[The H Kid]

My favorite (that i can remember) is Paper Mario. Not the 2nd one. Not the 3rd one. The First one. .

 

[Lovely]

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, and Partners in Time is my favroite, but my most favroite is Super Mario Galaxy, the music, the atmosphere, and more, I love it. ;D

 

[PhillipthaGoober]

My list
1. Super Mario RPG
2. Super Mario World
3. Super Mario 64
4. Super Mario Bros 3
5. Super Mario Bros

 

[Hyper_Ridley]

Um...Brawl isn't a Mario game. Just a note.

My favorite Mario game is Super Mario 64. Sunshine comes in a close second.

Not the question, but just thought I'd throw in that the worst one = Galaxy.

You are allowed to count the 2d games in this you know. Unless you're saying that your favorite and least favorite Mario games both happen to be 3d games, in which case, just ignore me.

 

[Mr. Rogu]

thats a good question. even though galaxy was really fun, i still like super mario 64 the best.

 

[M.K]

Favorite and First Game Ever Played: Super Mario 64
Second Favorite: Paper Mario
Third Favorite: Super Mario Galaxy