The best Mario game?

Ryu said:
Woah, that is some major dedication. Wish I was that passionate about Mario Galaxy. I beat the game, but never dreamed of 100%'ing it :)
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I've 100%ed it at least 10 times. It's my most replayed game ever. :p

I forgot about 2D Mario games which says something... Anyways, favorite would probably be New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The boss fights were the most interesting of the 2D games.
 
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Okay but really, I haven't played every Mario game so I can't really decide on a favorite.
SM3DW was really good though, And Super Mario 64 (DS version, don't have the original)
 
Super Mario World without a doubt. Super Mario 64 would be a way distant second. Overrated as *censored* but still a great game. I also have to mention the western Super Mario Bros. 2 which is basically just the japanese DokiDoki Panic but with Mario-characters. Not considered a "true" Mario-game by some but still an awesome 2D-platformer.
 
2D: Super Mario World/New Super Luigi U
3D: Super Mario 3D World
Spin off: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
 
uhg Sunshine is my favorite game of all time.
A close second would have to be Paper Mario TTYD.
And don't get me wrong the Galaxy's were some of the greatest games I've ever played, but nothing beats those two for me.
 
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Yoshi's Island on the SNES/GBA. Though I guess it's more of a "Yoshi game" than a Mario game. I really like Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story and 3D World too.
 
Honestly, I don't think any Mario title really impressed me as much as the original Super Mario Galaxy. Nailing both atmosphere and awesome gameplay to boot. Recently got 120 stars.. didn't even know about the reward for that. ;D Neat!

Although, honorable mention to Super Mario Bros. 3. Honestly, I feel that this was the first game to truly nail the Mario formula, and it's surprisingly difficult to boot! Whereas nowadays Mario titles tend to be geared towards a more casual audience (and thus, have a much lower difficulty*), Mario games before and around Super Mario World has some surprising difficulty to them. Plus, flying around with the Racoon and Tanuki suits was hyper-satisfying.

* Titles like Super Luigi U and Super Mario Galaxy are an exception here.
 
I'd probably have to say either Super Mario 3 or Super Mario 64, as those are the ones I re-play the most. If Dr. Mario counts, that would be up there too. And reading some of these replies makes me feel like I really should give Sunshine another chance. I played it when it came out and thought it was pretty lackluster, but a lot of that probably comes from the fact that I SUCKED with the water pack thingy.
 
'Super Mario World' because nostalgia.
Saying that though, I completed it again like a month ago (it's got to be a yearly thing at this point) and I still felt it held up. I'm usually not one to let nostalgia skew my opinion.



Galaxy if we're talking about 3D games. It was simply just damn good. Galaxy 2 would probably take the cake since it's apparently more of the same but with 100% added Yoshi's but it's still on my shelf unplayed.
 
TTYD is the best spinoff hands down. My favorite main Mario game would probably be sunshine because of nostalgia.
 
For a long time I couldn't decide whether my favourite from the main series was 64 or Sunshine. 64 is the most nostalgic for me. (*plays 10 hour version of the Dire Dire Docks song* *cries for 10 hours*) It's the one I can really say I grew up with. I would watch my sister play it all the time. Even though I was fairly good at it, I'd rather watch my sister play because she was just better at it than me. But the one I personally enjoy playing the most is Sunshine. Mario controls sooo so well, and the fludd pack adds another edge to 3D platforming. It's so freaking fun to even just run around the hub world doing dumb stuff with the fludd nozzles. I love that it kept with the 64 level format of 8+ stars per world that you often have to explore to figure out what to do, which is something I missed having to do in Galaxy. And I just really love the atmosphere of the game, too. So I have to say Sunshine is my favourite.

My favourite spinoff is the original Paper Mario. I dunno, I just love it a lot. A lot. Alot.
 
Super Mario Advance is the fertilizer

I'd probably go with Sunshine though since I haven't played it since I was a kid and my judgement is clouded by nostalgia
 
My favorite main series game is a tie between Sunshine and 64. I wish they'd kept the pattern up in the later 3D Marios, but both of them have a great 'world map' that was almost a level in itself. In galaxy there was nothing to do, so it was just extra walking, and in galaxy 2 they almost completely cut it out. *sigh*

My favorite spinoff is Thousand Year Door. Too bad they completely changed the Paper Mario series after that. Twice. Arg. At least the Mario and Luigi series, though ranking second, is consistent for the most part.

Oh yeah, almost forgot another good thing about 64 and Sunshine: you weren't always roped into getting a specific star; most of the time, the world was the same no matter which star you were going for, which gave it a cohesive feel. Like having the nice hub location, that also made it a lot less linear that Galaxy 1 and 2. In terms of individual star getting Galaxy may be better, but as a whole they really lack the fun of exploring and dcking around just doing whatever
 
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Huh. The above is also the reason I love Luigi's Mansion so much more than its sequel (I still haven't finished it). I don't like being railroaded,
 
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