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I lived through Mario taking over the world and it's really no mystery; the main line Mario games have been universally really solid. The one black sheep, Super
by ebbv 10y ago
I lived through Mario taking over the world and it's really no mystery; the main line Mario games have been universally really solid. The one black sheep, Super Mario Sunshine, is still a solid game it just was too big of a change from Mario 64 for people to handle at the time.
Particularly Super Mario Bros 1, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World and Super Mario 64 really pushed games forward. Each one of them really opened up new possibilities in games that the rest of the industry was influenced by.
The amazing thing is that Nintendo did that with the Zelda series as well, but this thread is about Mario.
- cableshaft 10y agoSuper Mario Sunshine holds up pretty well. I still really enjoy going back to it today. Even more than Mario 64 (although that's still a great game too). The controls were a lot tighter than Super Mario Galaxy, I feel, because it didn't use any motion controls.
- pryelluw 10y agoIm playing through SMG1 for the 1st time and the controls are a bit weaker than M64. Not bad, but there is a noticeable difference. Its still a fun game, but I fInd myself playing SMW more often. That one has perfect controls. Even on the Wii version.
- godzillabrennus 10y agoSuper Mario Sunshine caused me to buy a GameCube and to sell it within two weeks. That was a really bad game. Super Mario Galaxy redeemed them. Biggest issue of the Wii U has been no solid open world 3D Mario title.
- gohrt 10y agoDon't forget Mario Kart, another long series of genre-defining games featuring the same characters.
- rhizome 10y agoThe original Mario Bros. is probably another black sheep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.