Yesterday's topic got us thinking about another awesome game set to come out this year: Super Mario Galaxy. As we're sure you've noticed, there have been a few of these Mario games over the years (and spin-offs!), and each one tends to have something special. Then there are remakes, tie-ins ... Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis ... is there anything the crew can't do? But that isn't the question on the table. The question is: what's your favorite of the Mario games? Since there are so many different types and styles, we won't fuss if you choose a few favorites instead of just one.
Yesterday's topic got us thinking about another awesome game set to come out this year: Super Mario Galaxy. As we're sure you've noticed, there have been a few of these Mario games over the years (and spin-offs!), and each one tends to have something special. Then there are remakes, tie-ins ... Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis ... is there anything the crew can't do? But that isn't the question on the table. The question is: what's your favorite of the Mario games? Since there are so many different types and styles, we won't fuss if you choose a few favorites instead of just one.
Reader Comments (35)
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:10AM vidguy said
I'm afraid my favorites are pretty cliche, but I'll go with it. Here's a couple of categories and my favs for each.
"Classic" Mario: SMB 3
"Sports" Mario: Mario Kart Double Dash
"Platforming" Mario: Mario 64
"Odd-ball" Mario: Super Mario RPG
"Classic" Mario: SMB 3
"Sports" Mario: Mario Kart Double Dash
"Platforming" Mario: Mario 64
"Odd-ball" Mario: Super Mario RPG
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:11AM (Unverified) said
Mario 64 is probably the best. I hated Sunshine. Only played the first 2 levels. I loved Golf and Tennis too. Mario Kart is fun but repetitive. I probably spent the most of my childhood free time playing the original trilogy though....wow i forgot how many marios there are!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:45AM chicagojosh said
SMB 1 & 3
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:27AM Bakeriffic said
I'm really hoping that Super Mario Bros. 3 is released on the VC in time to promote Galaxy. I guess that I'd pick that one as my favorite although Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, New Super Mario Bros., and of course the original Super Mario Bros. are all very close.
As far as tie-ins go, I loved every Mario Kart game except for Double Dash with Mario Kart DS as my favorite. My other favorite tie in that I am REALLY hoping is released on the VC soon is Super Mario RPG. Mario + RPG was a great idea and IMHO none of the semi RPG follow-ups (Paper Mario, Superstar Saga, etc.) have lived up to the original Mario RPG.
As far as tie-ins go, I loved every Mario Kart game except for Double Dash with Mario Kart DS as my favorite. My other favorite tie in that I am REALLY hoping is released on the VC soon is Super Mario RPG. Mario + RPG was a great idea and IMHO none of the semi RPG follow-ups (Paper Mario, Superstar Saga, etc.) have lived up to the original Mario RPG.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:28AM Jitaroo said
my fav is mario tennis and strickers for sports. For seriousness i prefer sunshine over 64 because i was too young to ever get how to play when i first got it and keft it alone ever since
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:35AM (Unverified) said
Homie can't play basketball; he has no skiiiills! The other sport he seems to cower in fear from is football. I would very much like to play a NFL Blitz like Mario game. I bet Donkey Kong would make a monster linebacker. His hits would be malicious!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:35AM hvnlysoldr said
Super Mario Bros. 3 one of my first games and Super Mario 64. Tie-in would be the Mario Party series since my brother, sister, and myself have a blast together with it.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:38AM (Unverified) said
Luigis mansion ^^ joking, it would have to be sunshine for gamecube.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:43AM (Unverified) said
Classic: Super Mario Bros. 3
3D Platformer: Super Mario 64
Sports: Mario Kart 64
RPG: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
3D Platformer: Super Mario 64
Sports: Mario Kart 64
RPG: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 12:11PM (Unverified) said
It's a hard decision but I'd have to say my favorite of the Mario games is Super Mario 64. And in a close second is Super Mario World. Both are great
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 12:18PM Shadow31 said
That would have to be Mario is Missing. Hahaha, kidding, anybody heard of that one though? Sometimes I wonder if I made it up, until I find my copy of it for SNES.
Actually, it would have to be Super Mario RPG. Greatest Mario game of all time, possibly greatest RPG of all time... that game had it all. Second it's available on Virtual Console, I'm getting it. I will probably be like the first person to download it, ready the exact second it appears... :)
Actually, it would have to be Super Mario RPG. Greatest Mario game of all time, possibly greatest RPG of all time... that game had it all. Second it's available on Virtual Console, I'm getting it. I will probably be like the first person to download it, ready the exact second it appears... :)
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 12:52PM quiggy said
Shadow, I totally remember that game! My friend and I used to play it because we thought it was fun. How we thought that I'll never know...
Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World are pretty much tied in my book for best Mario games. Mario 64 is also excellent, and Mario Kart DS is my favorite tie-in.
Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World are pretty much tied in my book for best Mario games. Mario 64 is also excellent, and Mario Kart DS is my favorite tie-in.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 12:57PM (Unverified) said
SMB 3 got everything right- Super Mario 64, as good as it is, has a terrible camera system, and though it's still a terrifically fun game to play, Mario Brothers 3 in my mind was perfect, in the same way A Link to the Past was the perfect Zelda game.
Super Mario World is a close second- not only is it a beautiful game, it controls like a dream, and the levels were fun and inventive, especially the usage of Yoshi.
Super Mario World is a close second- not only is it a beautiful game, it controls like a dream, and the levels were fun and inventive, especially the usage of Yoshi.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 1:19PM (Unverified) said
Super Paper Mario World 64 3, if you want me to list all of mine at once! I think you can get the 4 games out of that.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 1:20PM vidguy said
Ah, Mario is Missing. There's a tie-in game that I enjoyed as a kid but had forgotten all about!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Is_Missing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Is_Missing!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 1:24PM (Unverified) said
Super Mario Bros 1-3
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros
Super Paper Mario
MarioKart: Double Dash
Super MarioKart
Honestly I can't get into the 3d Mario games, mainly because of the camera and the goofy stuff in Sunshine, it looks like Galaxy will change my mind on this.
Super Mario World
New Super Mario Bros
Super Paper Mario
MarioKart: Double Dash
Super MarioKart
Honestly I can't get into the 3d Mario games, mainly because of the camera and the goofy stuff in Sunshine, it looks like Galaxy will change my mind on this.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 1:32PM (Unverified) said
Paper Mario, for sure.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 1:41PM (Unverified) said
SM World and SMB 3 are probably tied for me at the top of the list.
Then it's Super Mario 64, then the Mario Karts.
Then it's Super Mario 64, then the Mario Karts.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 1:44PM flameofdoom666 said
As far as Mario games go... I love them all. I never disliked any, and I even thought Super Mario Sunshine was great (the story was awful though). Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World come to mind when I think of the best of the best though.
I love ALL of the Mario Kart games. I liked Double Dash the best, but I put the most time into the DS one.
I absolutely love the Paper Mario series, but Mario RPG has a special place in my heart, lol..
I also thought the best spin off out of all of the sports, games and just spin off's, the best 2 were: Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Thats my 2 cents.. lol
I love ALL of the Mario Kart games. I liked Double Dash the best, but I put the most time into the DS one.
I absolutely love the Paper Mario series, but Mario RPG has a special place in my heart, lol..
I also thought the best spin off out of all of the sports, games and just spin off's, the best 2 were: Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.
Thats my 2 cents.. lol
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 1:51AM (Unverified) said
Side Scrolling: Tie Between Super Mario World and Super Mario 2 (Super Mario USA)
3D: Mario 64
Racing: Mario Kart Double Dash
Favorite Game with Mario in it would have to be Super Smash Brothers Melee. The hours of enjoyment we've gotten out of that game - no other game comes close.
3D: Mario 64
Racing: Mario Kart Double Dash
Favorite Game with Mario in it would have to be Super Smash Brothers Melee. The hours of enjoyment we've gotten out of that game - no other game comes close.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 2:18PM (Unverified) said
Sports: Mario Strikers Charged... With 4 people this is the best party game ever!!!
Platformer: Super Mario Sunshine... Was I the only one who loved the water mechanic?
Oddball: Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door... I Loooooved this game!
Classic: Super Mario World... I spent sooo many hours on this it's ridiculous!
Spinoff: Luigi's Mansion... It's no Mario, but it's a great game nonetheless!
Platformer: Super Mario Sunshine... Was I the only one who loved the water mechanic?
Oddball: Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door... I Loooooved this game!
Classic: Super Mario World... I spent sooo many hours on this it's ridiculous!
Spinoff: Luigi's Mansion... It's no Mario, but it's a great game nonetheless!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 3:22PM (Unverified) said
Classic: Super Mario Bros / Super Mario World
Platformer: Super Mario 64
Odd-ball: Super Paper Mario
Sports: Mario Golf / Tennis / Kart DS
:P
Platformer: Super Mario 64
Odd-ball: Super Paper Mario
Sports: Mario Golf / Tennis / Kart DS
:P
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 3:56PM PunisherAB said
Classic: Super Mario World/Super Mario Bros. 3... I couldn't choose between both of them. They are both my favorite Mario Games.
Platformer: Super Mario 64...Love that Game. :)
Sports: Mario Kart DS...The reason I got a DSlite
Oddball: Super Mario RPG...Great RPG by Square and Nintendo
Platformer: Super Mario 64...Love that Game. :)
Sports: Mario Kart DS...The reason I got a DSlite
Oddball: Super Mario RPG...Great RPG by Square and Nintendo
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 4:34PM Gavelwrench said
Classics: Super Mario World (Mario 2 and 3 close behind)
Classic Spin-off: Yoshi's Island
Sports: Mario Kart DS
Other Spin-offs: Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion
I also really enjoyed Sunshine! I didn't play Mario 64 until after Sunshine (skipped the N64 generation), and wasn't all that impressed going back -- so I kinda missed the Mario 64 love train.
Classic Spin-off: Yoshi's Island
Sports: Mario Kart DS
Other Spin-offs: Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion
I also really enjoyed Sunshine! I didn't play Mario 64 until after Sunshine (skipped the N64 generation), and wasn't all that impressed going back -- so I kinda missed the Mario 64 love train.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 4:45PM (Unverified) said
Super SMASH Brothers Melee and Super SMASH Brothers!!!!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 5:16PM (Unverified) said
World 5-3 of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Other than that, I've really grown to appreciate the focus of the original game over the sequels.
Other than that, I've really grown to appreciate the focus of the original game over the sequels.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 5:26PM (Unverified) said
I guess Mario Bros. 3 was the one that captured my imagination. It was pretty much perfect in my mind.
Other than Mario 64, I'd say the original Super MarioKart on the Snes is the 'Mario' spin-off which I've spent most time on. In my opinion it's never been beaten since - no other "Kart" sequel has matched the pace and excitement of the original. The learning curve was just genius - you can become VERY good at that game, where future versions (except the Advance one, which was similar to the original) made to too easy for poor gamers to win.
Other than Mario 64, I'd say the original Super MarioKart on the Snes is the 'Mario' spin-off which I've spent most time on. In my opinion it's never been beaten since - no other "Kart" sequel has matched the pace and excitement of the original. The learning curve was just genius - you can become VERY good at that game, where future versions (except the Advance one, which was similar to the original) made to too easy for poor gamers to win.
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 5:38PM samfish said
Let's see here...
Classic: SMB2
3D/Modern: Mario 64
Sports: Mario Kart 64
Other: Super Mario RPG
What I *REALLY* wish they'd do is pay Square however much money they want and have them make a Smash Bros RPG semi-sequel to Mario RPG
Classic: SMB2
3D/Modern: Mario 64
Sports: Mario Kart 64
Other: Super Mario RPG
What I *REALLY* wish they'd do is pay Square however much money they want and have them make a Smash Bros RPG semi-sequel to Mario RPG
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 9:15PM (Unverified) said
Honestly, I'm shocked at the lack of love Super Paper Mario and New Super Mario Bros. are getting. I revise my favorites to include only these two, to balance things out.
New Super Paper Mario Brothers 64 3!
New Super Paper Mario Brothers 64 3!
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Regular:
1) Super Mario World
2) Super Mario 64
3) New Super Mario Bros.
4) Super Mario Bros. 3
5) Super Mario Bros.
Spin-off:
1) Mario Kart DS (well all Mario Karts really)
2) Mario Tennis
3) Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
4) Mario vs Donkey Kong
5) Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
1) Super Mario World
2) Super Mario 64
3) New Super Mario Bros.
4) Super Mario Bros. 3
5) Super Mario Bros.
Spin-off:
1) Mario Kart DS (well all Mario Karts really)
2) Mario Tennis
3) Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
4) Mario vs Donkey Kong
5) Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Posted: Aug 12th 2007 11:45PM (Unverified) said
I love pretty much every Mario game. Seriously, each one of them are great for parties and I can't get enough of them.
Mario Golf/Mario Kart:DD are definitely up there though!
I also loved Mario: Sunshine!
Mario Golf/Mario Kart:DD are definitely up there though!
I also loved Mario: Sunshine!
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:24AM Nushio said
If Fiery Mario is in it, its my favorite game.
I hated Smash Bros, and Melee, for not including Fiery Mario. Gotta love Fiery Mario.
Say it with me! Fiery Mario!
I hated Smash Bros, and Melee, for not including Fiery Mario. Gotta love Fiery Mario.
Say it with me! Fiery Mario!
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 8:30AM (Unverified) said
seriously i dont get why people dont like the camera system in the 3d games. Constant manipulation is made a joy with the way the pads are designed, and realy adds to the interaction .
Posted: Aug 13th 2007 12:45PM (Unverified) said
or so i thought!
Posted: Aug 14th 2007 10:33AM (Unverified) said
My favorites have to be Super Mario 64 an Mario Kart
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