Mario Games

[MasterKeyX]

You know, I learned something today. There really are other Mario spazzes out there!!!  ;D ;D

Anyway, my perosnla favorite is Super Mario Bros. 3. I beat SMB3 like... 5 times. It never gets old, really.

I of course have an odd obsession with Mario Strikers Charged (I'll eat all of you alive). The idea of charging a ball and shooting it violently at a crocodile in a warped soccer game pulls me. I did play all the other mario sport games on the gamecube/64. My favorite is Mario Kart. Double-Dash, to be exact, but the 64 version was so addiciting that i Nearly brought it from my friend, Joe.

I don't even have enough time to get into Mario 64 or Mario SUnshine. I have to get off my computer.  :P

[Bboy94]

Personally, the only Marios I liked were sidescrollers (and not Paper, I hate TYD so much). Personally the older the better, with a few exceptions. Personally, I believe that Mario has gone too far. It has ran out of ideas, mainly. Sunshine was a good idea, as is Galaxy, for the most part, but they make so many Marios that they just aren't special anymore. Every once and awhile you have a good one, but the series has overall gone downhill IMO.

/rant

[MagmarFire]

Funny you should mention Mario, MK. :D

Of course, I am a Mario fan, having played it since I was little. I haven't played Super Mario 64 much, but now that I have Wii Points to spend, I'll see if I can get to downloading it after I get done with Metroid and (relevant to the topic) Paper Mario.

Sunshine and Galaxy are great in my opinion, as well. I just loved being able to shoot water in the former and being able to defy the laws of gravity and use the Wii's motion sensitivity in Galaxy. :D

[MasterKeyX]

Gravity defy-ment-ness has always been one of my dreams. And Mario came through for me!  ;D ;D

No one seems to be mentioning Luigi's Mansion. Is that considered by you guys to be a really bad game? I mean I liked it.... I love Luigi.... :(

[MagmarFire]

I've never played it, unfortunately. ???

[Fishalicious]

No, no, I got it when I got my cube, as a matter of fact. I love the game, I just... er, it scares me. I don't like ghosts. ;_; I can't play it alone XD

[alical]

I love Super Mario 64 had it on the N64 and DS.
Galaxy is great as well.
And we have all the GBA remakes, Super Mario World being my favourite of those.
I have Yoshi's Island GBA and DS very cute and fun.

New Super Mario Bros. is very good.

[darkphantomime]

No, no, I got it when I got my cube, as a matter of fact. I love the game, I just... er, it scares me. I don't like ghosts. ;_; I can't play it alone XD

But... but... SILENT HILL!

[kamakaziplumber]

G-g-g-GHOSTS?!?!

*runs*

*60s music montage*

Seriously though, I also hate scary games. But Luigi's Mansion was different, loved that game, good old fun. The ghosts were more funny than scary, honestly. It made for good playing...

Plus the fact that Luigi was as freaked out as you were in the house added plenty of classic moments. On a side note: I loved how Luigi would hum or whistle the theme song where it was dark in the house, since the song would only play once you'd lighted up the area.

Anyways, I love Mario, have... almost every game? Platformers at least, except Galaxy, which I have now, rented. It's worth it to say that I actually own all three originals... American ones at least, though I have the original compilation for SNES which includes Lost Worlds but doesn't include SMW, which I have for GBA. All in all a great series.

Still, Galaxy doesn't beat SM64 in my heart. SM64 forever. I beat that game twice, 100%, the second time because my first game erased, which caused me to all-out cry back in the day. Games can surely be powerful, eh?

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I was playing Mario WAAAAY before I even KNEW what Zelda was. Like years. It's sad really, but I was so clueless that when I was little I actually PLAYED Link's Awakening without knowing what it was until some years later when I played it again. Of course Mario is a video game staple (even more so than Zelda), I wouldn't be surprised if that was true for all of us.

[Fishalicious]

No, no, I got it when I got my cube, as a matter of fact. I love the game, I just... er, it scares me. I don't like ghosts. ;_; I can't play it alone XD

But... but... SILENT HILL!

.... And? I can't be afraid of ghosts because I play Silent Hill?

I really don't mind Silent Hill because it's just a place, but ghosts... er, yeah. Ghosts can be anywhere. >:

[MagmarFire]

Well, I managed to beat Galaxy a few minutes ago. Excellent game, indeed. :D

[DW]

Luigi's Mansion was fun, but I don't consider it a Mario game. It's a Luigi game. Pretty much THE ONLY Luigi game. :P

I just realized we haven't talked at all about Superstar Saga. I thought that was fun.

[darkphantomime]

Luigi's Mansion was fun, but I don't consider it a Mario game. It's a Luigi game. Pretty much THE ONLY Luigi game. :P

I just realized we haven't talked at all about Superstar Saga. I thought that was fun.

I take it you haven't heard of the infamous Mario is Missing!, have you?

[Aureliano]

I have to go with HNS and Shika on this.  Mario Kart was awesome, especially Double Dash and Super Mario 3 was great too.  I still play both, actually

[Bboy94]

The Mario Kart games are still good, since they have simply adapted it as new technology comes out.
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