Favorite Mario Game?

Vote for your favorite Mario Game, and state why if u’d like.

I think I would say super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario World was also a great game in my opinion (probably second place).

Super Mario Sunshine was the first of the 3D Mario games I ever remembering playing and I got really into the game like I haven’t done before for a mario game (except for Super Mario World).

All the other mario games like the original and the others age good but I get bored of them sometimes after playing over and over and losing. It’s probably having to start from the beginning of the world when I die which I don’t like in the first 3 games.

Oh, this is almost too close to call. 64 or RPG? Hmmmm. RPG 🙂

I was a fan of ‘rpgs’ even then and to see Mario in a fascimile thereof was very WIN. Geno :love:

Super Mario bros 3

Hey, why isn’t Doki Doki Panic up here? 😡 2 was good times.

well it’s not as if he’s gonna list every single Mario game, there’s been like over 100. O.o

I know, but 2 is definitely main lineage.

OG > All-Stars

OG > All-Stars

*Thumbs up*

Super Mario World: Yoshi’s Island (best side scrolling platformer ever IMO)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Definitely my 2 fav Mario games. And neither of them are in the poll… :/

From that poll it would be a close call between SMW and SMB3. Haven’t played Sunshine.

Good posts, my fave is mario rpg

mine is super mario world, what a game. in fact, here’s how i rank them

world > 64 > 3 > sunshine > 1 > 2

i hope to play mario rpg someday

SMW is a great game, but it just doesn’t beat out 64 for me. 64 was one of those WOW moments in gaming. Swimming down and seeing the ship on the bottom of the harbor materialize still gives me goosebumps.

mario rpg is one of the best games ever made. ever.
Sure, the first mario might’ve gotten me hooked on mario, but Mario RPG is just teh bomb

I know, but 2 is definitely main lineage.

Super Mario Bros 2 is most likely not there because it’s not a Mario Bros game to begin with (Nintendo took Doki Doki Panic as a framwork for their US release because they thought the US gamers couldn’t handle the difficulty of the real Super Mario Bros 2—which was called "The Lost Levels" over here and was included in Super Mario All Star). The official Super Mario Bros 2 certainly should have been put on the list. This game was fucking hard, but the levels design was great!

I have to go with Super Mario 3 on this one.

And I’m eagerly awaiting Super Mario Galaxy. I have great hopes for this game!

3d: Super Mario 64(obviously)
2d: Super Mario World
ever? Super Mario 64
i know Mario is best at home in his 2d purity but ever since i saw him dreaming of pasta and ravioli in SM64 it has been one of my favorite game of all time

What bothers me the most with the poll’s choices is the omission of NEW Super Mario Bros for the DS.

Some of my favourites are Mario Kart DS, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario World, Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros.

There aren’t many Mario I games I WOULDN’T play except for the sports ones (although I don’t mind Strikers Charged) and I don’t think I really have a favourite. I’ve probably put the most hours in Mario Kart DS and Super Mario World, though.

As for WHAT’S BETTER SMB3 OR SMW
I’ve never been too fond of Super Mario Bros. 3. It is probably because I always end up cheating and using the flutes so I jump to a crazy difficulty all of a sudden and I am still pretty bad and stuff. One day I’ll get around to actually FINISHING SMB3 but for now I prefer SMW (and even SMB1).

Super Mario 64 is pretty good too but imo its replayability is pretty darn low. That’s just me, though.

I never could find those flutes, well honestly I didn’t know they existed still I saw the SMB3 speedrun on youtube.

Notice I did call it Doki Doki Panic, Hynad 😉

Yeah, I noticed, but I mentioned it in my post for the people who might have no idea what Doki Doki Panic is.

Calling it a part of the main lineage when you know its history is completely wrong to me.

Super Mario Bros 2 (US) is Doki Doki Panic patched with Mario Bros characters, nothing more. The only things it shares with Mario Bros is its creator, Miyamoto, and the fact that the characters can jump.

Isn’t it also the origin of Mario and Luigi’s differentiated appearance, to fit the original sprite dimensions?

I’ve always enjoyed 2, and when I learned how it came to be, it didn’t really bother me since I was never a huge fan of the original (I spent much more time with Zelda :)), but I will concede that it isn’t really main lineage when looked upon in that light.

It has always been interesting to me the way 3 iconic series changed things in major ways for their first sequels. Mario Bros. 2, Simon’s Quest, and Link’s Adventure are very different games. I prefer two out of those 3 to the originals, oddly enough :p

Tell me the second one is Link please?

I prefer Super Mario Bros just because I like to play on the regular Nintendo.
It just seems fun.
Especially in the underground level where you cheat and go up on the roof to warp to another level.
Then if your playing with a friend you can get way ahead of them lol.

I wouldn’t call using Flutes in SMB3 and warp pipes in the original SMB as being cheating. After all, they aren’t like Game Genie code or the Konami Code. They are part of the levels and are well hidden secret passages.

Hrm… Of the choices listed in the poll: SUPER MARIO BROS. 3!

But I have to say may most favorites are Paper Mario and Mario and Luigi: Superstar Sega.

I want to play Super Mario RPG…

Tell me the second one is Link please?

Um. NO. Simon’s Quest is my favorite NES game.

SIMON’S QUEST?

god have mercy.

I know it has some flaws, but it’s about aesthetics and atmosphere. The quintessential Halloween game, imho.

Sorry but AVGN makes a compelling argument. :p

And in his first ever video, to boot! I’m sorry that he didn’t spend his childhood pouring over Oriental Trading catalogues hunting down the 5 parts of Dracula in the hopes of making the greatest Halloween costume ever concieved.

No, I’m really sorry he didn’t get the chance to do that, because I did, and man I had such good times 😀

I’ve played Super Mario World more times than I can think of, and my second choice would be Super Mario 64.

sunshine or 64 idk which I dont own either though

I really liked the original. I chose 3 though, for I always enjoyed it more. Yoshi’s Island I felt was awesome as well.

smb3~

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=9421974

Mario Bros music! This guy is a G!

By the way, Mario World is my favorite.

i go w/64

…

Suoer Mario Bros. 3, easily. I just have so many fond memories of that game. And It was one of the happiest moments of my childhood when my dad bought it for me and my bro.

Mario Bros 3 and RPG

Definitevely, Super Mario 64. My first game ever.

While I certainly enjoy the newer Mario games (i.e. Galaxy, 64, Super Paper Mario), I think my absolute favorite is the classic Super Mario Bros. 3.

I voted for smb3..because it’s awesome

But RPG is a close second

You kids shouldn’t be playing with dead things. Or double posting~

I’ll let this stay for now, though ^_^

Mario’s in Brawl. So I vote Brawl. 😀

Yes, I do play Mario in Brawl.

You kids shouldn’t be playing with dead things. Or double posting~

I’ll let this stay for now, though ^_^

its either you closing revived topics because someone actually cared to look for a topic of his/her interest
or that decepticon addict BASHING said user because he made a topic which has already been made, and said topic has been abandoned for over a year.

everyone, chill!.
i prefer to post in revived threads that catch my interest, than to make one and get bashed (of course, only if said topic doesnt exist).

oh and on the topic, super mario bros 3, super mario rpg, super mario land 2 legend of the six gold coins and wario land: super mario land 3 (yes, it IS a mario game)

SMB3 was definitely my favorite for a long time….until I played SM64. I don’t know exactly how or why it became my favorite, but I always got this ‘feeling’ whenever I played the game to where I just wanted to play it all the time. Still like that when I play it.

its either you closing revived topics because someone actually cared to look for a topic of his/her interest
or that decepticon addict BASHING said user because he made a topic which has already been made, and said topic has been abandoned for over a year.

everyone, chill!.
i prefer to post in revived threads that catch my interest, than to make one and get bashed (of course, only if said topic doesnt exist).

I said that to let the reviver know the policies of the forum, such that they wouldn’t be surprised if 8 month old (or older) threads they revived were closed, if they weren’t adding anything of value or there was a newer thread on the same topic. Perhaps I could have said that explicitely instead of a in a cheeky way, but here we are~

I let this stay open because there isn’t another thread here like this, and because they responded with something of value.

kk? ^_^

Though one, I guess is a tie between Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario 64 for me, but then again I just can’t ignore Super Mario World. Sunshine, on the other hand, was a huge letdown.

Super Mario Sunshine. Fuck the haters!

Yeah fuck the haters, not the disappointed ones.

SMB3 and Galaxy

Yeah fuck the haters, not the disappointed ones.

Fuck them too!

I’m partly with you on this one. Although I prefer SMB3 and Galaxy to Sunshine, I think it does beat SM64 easily.

The "classic" levels in that game were pure joy.

Let’s not forget Yoshis!

Though their tendency to dissolve in water kinda sucked. Then again Sunshine would have been too easy, imo.

Speaking of SMB3, I played it recently on the Wii’s VC with the Wiimote sideways. Never. Again. Just doesn’t feel right. =/

Ok then, fuck Sunshine lovers too!

This thread fails for not having Mario 2 as an option. And don’t reply with that "it wasn’t a true Mario game crap"

Did it have Mario and Luigi in it? Yes.
Did it have Princess Peach(Toadstool) in it? Yes
Did it have the Koopa Troppa and the other Mario game enemies in it? yes

Therefore it IS a Mario game. Just because the gameplay was taking from another game doesn’t matter. If it did, then Mario RPG isn’t a real Mario game either.

Mario 3 was pwnage.

Mario 2 was weird, good and fun yes, but weird, I always thought it was a russian game, along with Donkey Kong Country 3, and don’t ask me why because I don’t even know.

Wow this is an old thread, I think most consider SMB2 as a mario game even though it was ‘borrowed’

This thread fails for not having Mario 2 as an option. And don’t reply with that "it wasn’t a true Mario game crap"

Did it have Mario and Luigi in it? Yes.
Did it have Princess Peach(Toadstool) in it? Yes
Did it have the Koopa Troppa and the other Mario game enemies in it? yes

Therefore it IS a Mario game. Just because the gameplay was taking from another game doesn’t matter. If it did, then Mario RPG isn’t a real Mario game either.

You’re fucking stupid. The sprites were just swapped.
I’m pretty sure there were NO koopa troopas either. Nor any other Mario enemies.

You fail. Jackass.

Dude stop being a troll and insulting people. Don’t blame me if you fail at life. Your Sonic avatar is annoying enough to look at.

And Mario 2 is a Mario game get over it.

Someone’s in denial.

Super Mario Bros 2 (US) is NOT a Mario game. It’s the game Doki Doki Panic (also created by Miyamoto) slightly altered to make the sprites and music fit the Mario Universe. The decision to go that route was made by Nintendo of America because they were weak gamers who couldn’t enjoy the game in its original form (and difficulty). Super Mario Bros 2 (released here as Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels on the Super Mario All Star SNES cart) is in fact almost identicial graphically to the original Super Mario Bros.

All Seeing Eye, if you’re ignorant to these facts, please don’t shove it down our throats like you are doing right now.

Educate yourself for a change.

Super Mario RPG isn’t the same, by the way. Since it was created from the ground up to be a Mario RPG game by Squaresoft and Nintendo, and that’s what it was in the end, unlike Doki Doki Panic and the US version of SMB2.

I know full well the history of Mario 2, and it doesn’t mean anything to me. I still say it’s a Mario game. It has Mario in it. It was made by Nintendo. It was included in Mario All-Star lineup for the SNES. Not to mention many Mario fans consider it a Mario game, and now SO DOES NINTENDO. Rather it was a different game and changed doesn’t matter to me, nor does Mario RPG being developed from the ground up matter. It’s still wasn’t a traditional Mario game, therefore an argument can be made that it was just an RPG, never a real Mario game.

You won’t change my mind on the matter, so don’t bother trying to. This thread failed. Period.

You’re the one who fail. Period.

The Super Mario Bros 2 you’re mentioning wasn’t created by Miyamoto. Nintendo USA are the ones responsible for its "Mario" treatment.

The original Doki Doki Panic game was indeed created by Miyamoto, but he is not responsible for its Mario treatment.

It was then re-released in Japan as Super Mario USA. It should tell you a lot.

Now tell me. Do you concider Final Fantasy Mystic Quest as a real entry in the Final Fantasy franchise?

Rather it was a different game and changed doesn’t matter to me, nor does Mario RPG being developed from the ground up matter. It’s still wasn’t a traditional Mario game, therefore an argument can be made that it was just an RPG, never a real Mario game.

Colossal fail.

To say that Mario 2 is a "real" Mario game because it has Mario in it and that Mario RPG is not because it "wasn’t traditional" is a case of applying two different standards, both of which are applicable in the case of the other.

In other words, you’re talking out your ass, and any fool with half a brain can see that it’s utter bullshit. You fail.

Also, this argument fails. Mario games have not been known for conforming to a single formula, so calling Mario 2 by that name, regardless of how it was originally developed, is perfectly fair on the grounds that it does have the Mario characters. If you claim otherwise, you’re doing nothing but arguing semantics, which is something that no one can ever win.

This thread fails for not having Mario 2 as an option. And don’t reply with that "it wasn’t a true Mario game crap"

Did it have Mario and Luigi in it? Yes.
Did it have Princess Peach(Toadstool) in it? Yes
Did it have the Koopa Troppa and the other Mario game enemies in it? yes

Therefore it IS a Mario game. Just because the gameplay was taking from another game doesn’t matter. If it did, then Mario RPG isn’t a real Mario game either.

it is not a mario game.
its a cheap copy-pasta of doki doki panic.
they just edited the characters.
that doesnt make it a mario game.
sure, birdo, the shy guys and all those characters were absorbed into the mario universe, but tell me, WHERE have we seen wart (sp?) again?

a quick dramatization:

nintendo of japan (NOJ): hey, we have made super mario bros 2! lets send the data to our slaves at nintendo of america! (NOA).
NOA: cool, we have recieved the data, now lets test the game
*tests*
NOA: holy bologny (.. the 80’s…) this game is hard! no way 4 year old kids can beat this, no sir! hey, what about that other game our god miyamoto did? toki moki something? it seemed fun and interesting… what? oh, yeah, doki doki panic, the one we were gonna release as "saladin’s adventure" (fake title).
hey, the characters look like mario, luigi, toadstool and toad! lets just paint them and make them look like mario and CO. and VOILA! we have ourselves super mario bros 2! no one will question the completely different gamestyle for at least 10 years… MUAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA.
*months later*
NOJ: it seems the bastardized mario bros 2 sold well in USA, so lets bring it over here and name it super mario USA, so its not to be confused with the REAL mario bros 2.

the end.

Prak. I never said Mario RPG wasn’t a real Mario game, I’m simply saying that it wasn’t a traditional Mario game, just like Mario 2 wasn’t a traditional Mario game. My point is, how these games came about doesn’t matter to me, they should still be considered Mario games.

Hynad. Like I said, It doesn’t matter how it came about, it’s still a Mario game. Because MARIO is in it. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is completely a different story. That game was made by Square of America. It wasn’t made by the people behind the real Final Fantasy Series. It was just a game that they thought would sell if it had the Final Fantasy name. With that said, I enjoyed Mystic Quest and think it’s cruelly underrated.

Catastrope. It’s still a Mario game. And what does not seeing Wart again have to do with it?

ALL MARIO IS GREAT

Sunshine, 64, adn Galaxy are my top 3

lol, bologny

Prak: Hi!

Edit: All Seeing Eye: Double standards much? You claim FF:MQ is a different story because it was created by SQUARE of America so it isn’t part of the FF deal; Yet when Hynad and CATASTROPHE point out that Mario 2 was a copy/paste/sprite swap job from Nintendo of America it’s part of the Mario games? The fuck kind of logic is that? Selective reasoning? Fuck off.

Hynad. Like I said, It doesn’t matter how it came about, it’s still a Mario game. Because MARIO is in it. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is completely a different story. That game was made by Square of America. It wasn’t made by the people behind the real Final Fantasy Series. It was just a game that they thought would sell if it had the Final Fantasy name. With that said, I enjoyed Mystic Quest and think it’s cruelly underrated.

ahhh, FFMQ is a completely different story…
developed by NOA? mmm, where have i heard that before? doki something and mario comes to mind… i dont know why i see a 2 there but…

Prak. I never said Mario RPG wasn’t a real Mario game, I’m simply saying that it wasn’t a traditional Mario game, just like Mario 2 wasn’t a traditional Mario game. My point is, how these games came about doesn’t matter to me, they should still be considered Mario games.

I misunderstood. Apologies.

Hynad. Like I said, It doesn’t matter how it came about, it’s still a Mario game. Because MARIO is in it. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest is completely a different story. That game was made by Square of America. It wasn’t made by the people behind the real Final Fantasy Series. It was just a game that they thought would sell if it had the Final Fantasy name. With that said, I enjoyed Mystic Quest and think it’s cruelly underrated.

And on the note, the banging of my head against the wall commences. If you don’t consider Mystic Quest to be a Final Fantasy game because of who made it, then you also have to disqualify a bunch of other FF games because they weren’t made by the same people who made the first one.

If you look at the details it is. Nintendo of America turned Doki into a Mario game. Square of America just took at game they made and gave it the Final Fantasy title. Big difference.

Prak. Were they made by Square of Japan? MY point is MQ was just a game they gave the title to. It wasn’t created to be Final Fantasy to begin with.

But by that logic, Super Mario RPG is NOT a Mario game after all because it was made by Squaresoft instead of Nintendo. Every single time you guys try to claim that something with a franchise title is not really part of that franchise, you trip over your own logic.

PRETTY SURE DOKI DOKI WASN’T CREATED TO BE MARIO 2 TO BEGIN WITH

Edit: Obvious reply to A.S.E. and not Prak.

If you feel that way Prak, I won’t argue. Like I said, that argument can be made. I still think it should be a Mario game because Nintendo did have input into it’s development.

I basically agreed with you until you made the FF claim.

Do you consider MQ to be a true entry into the FF Series?

I’m not arguing over Mario RPG. Mario has been in many "side" games such as Golf, Tennis, RPG, Paper, etc…

They are not part of what is called the "core" titles like Mario 1-2-3, World, World 2, 64, Sunshine and Galaxy.

Doki Doki Panic is not a Mario game. Period.

SMB3 remains the only mario game I completed, but I did it on emulator on a PSP which probably means I cheated slightly (I saved at hard parts and reloaded every time I died until I got through).

ORIGINAL:

Prak. Were they made by Square of Japan? MY point is MQ was just a game they gave the title to. It wasn’t created to be Final Fantasy to begin with.

edited (by me):

Prik. (sorry, COULDNT resist) Was it made by nintendo of Japan? MY point is SMBUSA was just a game they gave the title to. It wasn’t created to be mario bros 2 to begin with.

i see what you did there…

I’m not arguing over Mario RPG. Mario has been in many "side" games such as Golf, Tennis, RPG, Paper, etc…

They are not part of what is called the "core" titles like Mario 1-2-3, World, World 2, 64, Sunshine and Galaxy.

Doki Doki Panic is not a Mario game. Period.

If you feel that way, then fine. But to me, Doki Doki Panic was turned into a Mario game, therefore it is a Mario game.

Doki Doki Panic is not a Mario game. Period.

Emphatically insisting does not make it so.

ORIGINAL:

edited (by me):

i see what you did there…

Doki was made into a Mario game. It wasn’t just given the Mario title, but still had the original Doki content. MQ is an example of the latter. Get it now?

If you feel that way, then fine. But to me, Doki Doki Panic was turned into a Mario game, therefore it is a Mario game.

Then by your logic MQ was turned into a Final Fantasy game, therefore it is a Final Fantasy game.

Emphatically insisting does not make it so.

If Miyamoto would have wanted Doki Doki Panic to be a Mario game, he would have made it as such from day one. We both know it’s not what he did.

If Miyamoto would have wanted Doki Doki Panic to be a Mario game, he would have made it as such from day one. We both know it’s not what he did.

According to various sources. Miyamoto gave the okay for Doki being made into a Mario game, because he thought the Lost Levels would be too hard for American gamers.

So yeah Call it MarioUSA, Call it Mario 2, call it whatever. Just make sure you call it a MARIO game.

According to various sources. Miyamoto gave the okay for Doki being made into a Mario game, because he thought the Lost Levels would be too hard for American gamers.

So yeah Call it MarioUSA, Call it Mario 2, call it whatever. Just make sure you call it a MARIO game.

according to other sources, miyamoto didnt even knew doki was made into smb2

All Seeing,

Just give it up, you’ll never win with these cats….

Just to make sure… Does anybody here still call Final Fantasy IV and VI respectively II and III?

Where is Mario Kart DS? Luigi’s Mansion? Super Princess Peach?

My favourite Mario games aren’t here. And why is there Super Mario RPG? It’s not even a Nintendo creation. 🙁

Edit: As for the listed games, I say SMB3. It was challenging, had very nice levels and introduced Dry Bones and Thwomps, my favourite Mario enemies ever.
Oh, and Angry Sun. It had fucking Angry Sun. I loved that thing, even though it killed me everytime.

Just to make sure… Does anybody here still call Final Fantasy IV and VI respectively II and III?

no.
never actually called them 2 and 3.

mostly because i didnt like final fantasy back then

Catastrophe. Those sources are wrong. How can a guy who worked so hard on a game, not know it was being used in the USA as the new Mario game?

Sherlock. Another reason this thread fails. The Paper Mario series isn’t an option either.

Discodan. I’m not trying to win anything. Because I know a huge majority of people agree with me, even some at Nintendo.

Well, Super Mario RPG wasn’t even good to begin with. 🙁
And Geno sucks. Yes, he really does. Deal with it.

I think the worst part of the whole Super Mario RPG was having to listen to that annoying battle music.

I have played 4 of 6 games that’s listed on the poll (that’s listed under this particular thread).=) The only games that I haven’t played before was "Mario RPG" & "Mario Sunshine".:-( In this particular case it was almost very hard to choose between "Super Mario World (SNES)" & "Super Mario 64 (N64)" as my top favorite ‘Mario’ game. But because I like the music & the gameplay on "Super Mario 64" more than on "Super Mario World", I voted for "Super Mario 64" on the poll.:angel:

*sigh*

Although, I totally suck at platform games…and given the limited amount of choices (it would’ve been nice if the poll had the "OTHER" choice)…… my pick would be SMB 3 (NES). The game had a lot variety of levels/items/characters that made it fun for me to play.

Anyway, my official favorite Mario games are Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64. They’re so freakin’ fun to play!

I voted for Super Mario Bros. 3. It add a lot oh new elements
that the series needed for groth, plus it kicked ass.

I am quite suprised that Super Mario Galaxy and The Super Mario
Land games aren’t here. oh well. You can’t have them all I
guess.

Brimmy, I don’t think Galaxy was released when the poll was made.

Can’t say anything for why Land wasn’t added.

Sherlock, Super Mario RPG is mentioned because it is a Mario game that is published by Nintendo. I could’ve made the game and if Nintendo published it that would make it a Mario game. I enjoyed the game but if you personally didn’t like it I don’t care too much I am sure we agree and disagree on other games and such and such.

Hynad, Super Mario Bros. 2 is a Mario game because it is. Like, it is called Super Mario Bros. 2. It may have originally been another game but the moment Nintendo decided to do what they did it made it a Mario game even if you want to say it isn’t. I am pretty sure every game that has "Mario" in it is a Mario game to some degree.

As far as this poll is concerned whatever I voted for is a lie. I simply can’t decide. Super Mario Galaxy though is a definite no, it’s a great game but Super Mario 64 I found that better so it wins, and then all the NES ones yes even SUPER MARIO in UNITED STATES they are all I think good if only for the nostalgic value but Super Mario World man I didn’t enjoy it too much I liked Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island a lot though.

If you consider Suikoden II a Mario game, I would vote for that one without hesitation.

this was difficult because i love all of them! But the best 1 has 2 be SMB3 – the levels are just brilliant! especially pipe world (7 i think), that just got me confused but hooked