View Poll Results: FAVORITE MARIO GAME OF ALL TIME?

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  • Super Mario Bros.

    23 8.58%
  • Super Mario 2

    8 2.99%
  • Super Mario 3

    88 32.84%
  • Super Mario 64

    32 11.94%
  • Mario Sunshine

    2 0.75%
  • Super Mario Land 1-3 (GAMEBOY)

    3 1.12%
  • Super Mario World (SNES)

    74 27.61%
  • Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island

    8 2.99%
  • Paper Mario (N64)

    3 1.12%
  • Super Mario RPG (SNES)

    18 6.72%
  • OTHER

    9 3.36%
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    Default BEST Super Mario Game of ALL-TIME?

    I was just wondering what the best super mario game of all-time to all of you was?
    My vote is going for Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo 64. I chose this because, just flat out took my breath away. I mean all the different levels, graphics, gameplay, different things to do was amazing too me!! I think that is where mario sunshine wasn't as good as the others. I felt like I was playing pretty much the same level over and over. I mean don't get me wrong, I own and love the game, but it's only about forth on my list.
    My second vote would go to Super Mario Brothers 3. Sure it was OUTSTANDING for its time, the best selling video game ever, I think, and one of my favorite games of all time. I definatley played this game the most out of all the mario's, had the most memories, but like I said, Mario 64 just had the edge and is the best mario game that I have played yet!
    I made this vote because Mario games are my #1 favorite out of every game, so would greatly like to hear and see what you guy's opinion is!
    ALso, sorry if I left out a Mario game that is your favorite, I just put the one'e that did well, if it's not on there then pick other.

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    Super Mario 3. I never get sick of this game.

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    I chose SMB 1, with my next choice being SM64.
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    I voted for #3 just because the game some how still seems magical to me. Whenever I play the ice world, cloud world or giant world they seem so new to me. I wish Nintendo would take some of the world ideas and put them into a 3d adventure. Mario 64 was a very, very close second.

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    Super Mario 2. I know a lot of people dont like the game, but I do.

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    Wow, thats a tough one. I'd have to say my favorite is a tie between SMB 3 and SM 64, followed closely by the rest of series.

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    Lost Levels>SMB1>SMB3>SMB2>Mario 64>Than the rest..

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    I'm a big fan of games that are easily controlled, and Super Mario World has the best play control of any of Mario games. I'll never forget the joy of finding this game and the SNES under my tree on Christmas 1991. SMW will always be my all time fave.
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    Mario 1, 3, and World are masterpieces. I chose Mario 1 because it is *almost* perfect. Lost Levels is too hard, Mario 1 is too easy, too bad they couldn't find that perfect balance somewhere in the middle.

    As for Mario 64, it's alright to play, but I think it contains many of the elements in modern videogames that I have come to abhor. My biggest beef is what I call "scavenger hunt gaming". This is the technique used by almost ALL modern developers to create artificial replay value. In Mario 64 you had to pass each level multiple times (up to 6!!! times each for a perfect score) this involved hunting for red coins, hidden stars, and the like. I absolutely HATE this. I do not want to be FORCED into replaying the same level 6 times. Make the game fun and I'll naturally WANT to replay the game over and over. There were around 20 levels (I don't remember exactly) but you needed around 50-70 stars (again, I don't remember the exact number) to get to bowsers final chamber. That means replaying each level an average of 3 times is MANDATORY. WTF is up with that???

    Phew... I didn't expect to rant like that, but oh well... Long live 2D Mario's!
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    SMB3 hands down for me. It was, by far, the most innovative Mario game ever created. If you compare each Mario game to the one that came out before it, I think SMB3 is the most inventive. Mario 64, it is true, was a leap in a new direction (3D) but, really, it was gamers expectations and the modern era of 3D gaming that forced Nintendo's hand with Mario 64. Gamers expected a 3D game, so Nintendo had to give it to them. That doesn't mean it's not a great game - and it is a terrific game - but, in my mind, it does mark it down a notch or two in terms of innovation. Besides, as already mentioned earlier in this thread, having to complete the same levels several times over for each one is a little tiresome.

    SMW would be my second choice. This is, actually, one of the least inventive Mario games but still my second favorite just because the gameplay is so damn good. Plus, there is Yoshi, of course. Yisssssssssssssssssshiiiii

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    SMB3>SMW>SML1-3>everything else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Retsudo
    Super Mario 2. I know a lot of people dont like the game, but I do.
    OH Yeah, there are alot of people that don't like the game (SMB 2), but I love it as well!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Red Warrior
    I'm a big fan of games that are easily controlled, and Super Mario World has the best play control of any of Mario games. I'll never forget the joy of finding this game and the SNES under my tree on Christmas 1991. SMW will always be my all time fave.
    Hey, we have the same memory! Actually though I got mine on christmas eve '91 I think, right when they came out, from my grandma and then on christmas morning I remember waking up around 3 or 4 in the morning and opening it up and playing it! Super Mario World was by FAR the best game I had ever played then, and is still to this day in my top 5.

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    Super Mario World hands down.

    I still will sit down and play it through start to finish every so often.
    Those moving backgrounds still bring a tear to my eye.

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    Super Mario RPG. Best. Game. Ever. Plus, it has Geno. Square(-Enix) must make a true sequel. NOW.
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    Mario 3, no doubt. It epitomizes gaming for many folks, harkening back to a simpler time. If you ask most folks about Mario games on the NES, this is the one many of them will remember, along with the first one.

    Mario 3 does everything a great platformer should, it's straightforward, and provides a decent challenge when played straight through.

    Mario 64 was close, as it turned around and redefined games as we know them, but Mario 3 is such a magical game, it can't be topped.
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    I chose SMB 3. I had it in 1990, and I bought it on GBA this past year, and it's still just as addictive as ever, no matter how many times I beat it.

    Second place would have to go to Super Mario RPG, and in close third place I'd say Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, one of my favorite handheld games of all time.

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    Voted Super Mario World. I really like SMB3, it loads of great things that makes it one of the best platform games ever, but i didn't played the game as much as SMW. Got it with the SNES release here in Europe and since i was only 12-13 years old i had to play more then a day with the same game
    I liked the new stuff like the yellow cape, loads off routes to choose, the map where you could go back to earlier worlds and the best ... Yoshi! Damn i love that dino

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    I voted Super Mario World. All the secrets in that game made it brilliant. Plus you could fly forever.

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    Wow, I can't believe Mario 64 isn't winning... I thought Mario 64 was considered one of the best games of all time?

    Anyways, Super Mario World on the SNES was always my favorite... I beat that game six ways from sunday... I even managed to beat all the levels without using any of the switch palaces one day when I was bored (even the Special Zone).

    I was actually disappointed that Super Mario World 2 was so completely different.

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