Mario Games

[MasterKeyX]

I don't know if anyone else on these forums is a Mario freak (like me)...  :P

Anyway, seeing the relatively recent release of Super Mario Galaxy, I decided (while sitting in my school library) that it would be a good idea to create a topic dedicated to telling us which Mario game is your favorite of all time.

You can pick any game you want, as long as it's Mario related (this includes mario's various forays into sports and even games like Luigi's Mansion).

So, discuss! And be sure to add some details!  :)

[DW]

Well, let's see...

The original Mario Bros., of course, was amazing. I love it, still play it sometimes at Grandma's house. It's just so simple, but challenging to see how fast you can make it to the end.

The second Mario Bros., I sadly can't remember much about...

Super Mario Bro. 3, now THAT was amazing. The transformations, the whole open-worldedness...It was addictively good like the first, but more complex as well. It had a remarkable amount of storyline for games those days.

Mariokart, the whole series is fun as hell. I remember the original on SNES, I played that obsessively. It's still the best as far as I'm concerned. Double Dash was good, I might have enjoyed it more had I not been playing it with a whiny cousin who always *had* to be in the right position on the kart. ::)

The Tennis series, superb. It was much simpler than normal tennis, but still got incredibly difficult. I played all of them, bought both the Gameboy and the console versions.

The Golf series, good, but not as fun. Maybe because it was golf :PI enjoy golf, just...actually golfing, you know? Not a game about it or watching it...

Baseball was great fun. I still play it, trying to 100% it. It gets really challenging, once again, with simplified gameplay. It's got a good humor about it, and it's fun to play against Scotty.

Strikers series...It's fun as hell, no doubt about that. But it's still not really soccer, you know? Everything's so...Mario. Most of the time you can't go anywhere without getting blasted into the wall by a chain chomp or bullet bill. Still, the intensity is great, I wish the matches were longer though.

Mario 64. Simply AMAZING. Just everything about it was brilliant--Even the graphics, at the time. Every world was wonderfully designed and unique, the storyline was there and it had tons of replayability with all the extra missions.

Sunshine, also amazing. For some reason people say they don't like it much, but I think adding in the water element was interesting. I had fun with it, even though I haven't beaten it since I don't have it. I do love it though. I guess it's because the idea of having a talking portable fire hydrant is too outlandish for people. It's ahead of it's time--Wait ten years, and everyone'll have one.

Galaxy, I've only played the demo for a bit. I know, I know, it's sad of me. I can't really include Galaxy in the review because of this, so...

It's a toss up between 64 and SMB3...I'd have to go with SMB3. Now, I've got a buttload of posting to do at HA2, so I'm not going to wear my fingers to the bone here before I type up huge posts there, so I'm not going any more in depth than that.

[Takun]

The original mario bros for the snes.

[Hi no Seijin]

I love me my Mah-rio Kart.  Super Mario 64 (DS) is good as well.  I tend to lead towards the DS, if only because I'm used to those controls now.

[darkphantomime]

You all forgot Super Mario World and Yoshi's island. HOW DARE YOU!  :'(

[Rev Rabies]

And those are my two favorites

for same

[DW]

You all forgot Super Mario World and Yoshi's island. HOW DARE YOU!  :'(

Well, I don't consider the latter a real Mario game, but a Yoshi game, and I also forgot the Paper Mario series. Oh well.

[Rev Rabies]

And Super Mario Rpg, another favorite of mine

[DW]

Egads, nevermind, that one is my favorite. Gawd...

[Hi no Seijin]

Keep in mind that I haven't played all of them.  Remember, I only have access to an old NES, N64, GBA SP, and DS.  I also think emulators suck, so don't try to use that against me.

[darkphantomime]

Umm, SMW and SMW-2 (Yoshi game = mario game) were rereleased for GBA under the Super Mario Advance Series. As SMA 2 and 3 respectively.

And Shika, did you forget that Baby Mario is featured in Yoshi's Island? So is Baby Bowser. And Baby Luigi.

[Hi no Seijin]

Umm, SMW and SMW-2 (Yoshi game = mario game) were rereleased for GBA under the Super Mario Advance Series. As SMA 2 and 3 respectively.

Still doesn't mean I've played them.

[o0Zelda0o]

I like Super Mario 64, Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart DS (And hopefully the Mario Kart Wii will be good aswell ^.~)
And Super Smash Bros Melee :D

[Fishalicious]

I love Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Story, Paper Mario, Super Mario RPG, and the GBA re-releases of the Super Mario brothers games. I especially love the second one, that was my first ever game...

[Zelda Veteran]

I love Super Mario 64. Thats my all time favorite.
I like the Paper Mario series too.
Super Smash Bros rocks too.