Rank the Super Mario titles

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#1 drekula2
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  • 1 --- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - Strong level design, color and diversity. Innovates with the anti-gravity.
  • 2 --- Super Mario World (SNES) - Excellent atmosphere. Quality title all around.
  • 3 --- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) - More of that same great gameplay.
  • 4 --- Super Mario Bros 1 (NES) - Classic. Short and simple but holds up damn well.
  • 5 --- New Super Mario Bros (Wii) - My favorite of the NSMB bunch gameplay-wise.
  • 6 --- New Super Mario Bros (Wii U) - Not original, but pretty, colorful and fun all around.
  • 7 --- New Super Mario Bros (NDS) - A strong revival for the 2D Mario games.
  • 8 --- SMB2 The Lost Levels (NES) - A nice challenge mode for the fans.
  • 9 --- Super Mario Sunshine (GCN) - Gets the atmosphere right.
  • 10 --- Super Mario Land 2 (GBC) - Big improvement. Lots of creative atmospheres.
  • 11 --- New Super Mario Bros (3DS) - Not very original but a good title nonetheless.
  • 12 ---Super Mario 64 (N64) - Like the exploration but other elements are dated.
  • 13 --- Super Mario Advance (GBA) - Significantly improved SMB2.
  • 14 --- Super Mario All-Stars (SNES) - Good compilation but physics feel weird.
  • 15 --- Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) - Never got into it - not a fan of the atmosphere.
  • 16 --- Super Mario Land (GBC) - A simple little classic.
  • 17 --- Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - IMO, boring. The 3D effect is kinda nauseating.
  • 18 --- Super Mario Bros 2 (NES) - Bland ugly art style. Screen is jerky.
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#2 ProtossX
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3

Yoshi Island

64

World

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#3  Edited By deactivated-5e90a3763ea91
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@drekula2: I won't list every single game, but here goes:

Two-dimensional Titles

Super Mario All-Stars

New Super Mario Bros. games

Super Mario World

Super Mario 2

Super Mario 3

Super Mario 1/Lost Levels

Comments

I think the all-stars collection was fantastic, and made all of the Mario games up til that point better. I think the NSMB games have done a great job of preserving the spirit of the games and modernizing them, even if the presentation could be better. SMW had decent graphics and sound, and felt like a proper sequel of a sequel of a sequel. I actually think SM2 is the best of the NES games, which is funny considering that it isn't even a Mario game, but maybe I liked how different, refreshing and trippy and exotic it all was - being able to play as Toad and Peach also helped. 3 was great, but unfortunately I mentally put some of these other games before it. SMB 1 and its hard sequel are classic and groundbreaking games, but I actually don't think they're the greatest thing ever. I tend to prefer 2D Mario games, but that's probably because the 3D Mario games haven't evolved much.

Three-dimensional titles

Super Mario Sunshine

Super Mario 64

Super Mario Galaxy

Super 3D World games

Comments:

Sunshine is my favorite 3D Mario game. It felt like it expanded upon SM64, and I thought the FLUDD pack added an interesting mechanic to the game, as did the goop you had to clean up with it. No other 3D Mario game since has really taken things to the next level in my opinion, instead I feel like they give you even less control. SM64 was decent, but to be honest I wasn't as big a fan as a lot of other people. It would be kind of low on my list if I were to combine both lists. I really didn't like Galaxy, I felt like it took us further away from the style of play 64 and Sunshine emphasized. And I think the 3D World games look downright crummy, taking things even further in the direction Galaxy introduced with bite-sized puzzle worlds.

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#4  Edited By YearoftheSnake5
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Out of those I have played:

  1. Super Mario Galaxy 2(Wii)
  2. Super Mario World(SNES)
  3. Super Mario Galaxy(Wii)
  4. Super Mario(NES)
  5. Super Mario 3(NES)
  6. Super Mario Sunshine(GC)
  7. New Super Mario Bros(DS)
  8. Super Mario 64(N64)
  9. Super Mario 3D Land(3DS)
  10. Super Mario 3D World(Wii U)
  11. New Super Mario Bros U(Wii U)
  12. Super Mario 2(NES)
  13. New Super Mario Bros Wii
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2 deminsional games

1 super mario bros 3

2 super Mario world

3 smb lost levels

4 smb

5 Mario world 2 yoshis island

6 smb 2

7 Mario bros

3d side scrollers

Nsmb Wii

Super paper Mario

Nsmb D's

Nsmb wiiu

Nslu

3d titles

1 super Mario galaxy 2

2 super Mario 64

3 super Mario 3d land

4 super Mario Galaxy

5 super Mario 3d world

6 super Mario sunshine

GB tities

1 sml2

2 sml

3 sml 3

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#6 elheber
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Top 5:

  1. SMG
  2. SMB3
  3. SMW
  4. SM64
  5. SMG2

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#7  Edited By hrt_rulz01
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Super Mario Sunshine still sticks in my mind the most... just felt different to the others.