The BIG Mario Vote Thread! Voting Closed, Top Ten Unveiled - Thanks For Playing!

Hooray for SMB3, as far as I'm concerned! I'm happy to see it chart because I doubted that it could (for some reason; maybe because I get the impression that there's more love for World than 3 in these parts).

For the record:

1) I voted for five platformers, three 2D and two 3D.
2) Phillips is right - there's a good game inside Paper Mario: Sticker Star somewhere. The main mechanic is a great idea.
3) 3D Land is in my top 3 3DS games. It may well have been repetitive and used a lot of previous ideas without expanding things a great deal but it was fun. And being fun means I forgive a lot.
4) I want to see a handheld game in the list before too long.

I'd say that almost all the Mario games are fun. That's why I enjoy playing 'em! For me, SM3DL was a lot less fun than any of the other 3D Marios. Where was the Blooper-surfing, ice skating or Wing Capping, eh?

And there may have been fragments of a good game in PMSS, but they were overshadowed by... well, a lot of stuff. If I say too much now, there won't be any point in a dishonourables section.

Balladeer wrote:: If I say too much now, there won't be any point in a dishonourables section.

In truth, you were the only person who posted any dishonourable mentions. If you feel it'll add to the debate or give us something else to talk about while we wait for the other six games on this list to be published, it might be worth adding to the thread...

Okay, here goes:

Balladeer's Not-Quite-So-Good Mario Games Wot He's Played:

Lock and load.

Totally disagree with the SMB comments - I don't think it's aged badly whatsoever. Granted, because it was such a pioneer a lot of its mechanics cropped up elsewhere, but it's an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" scenario in my eyes. I enjoy firing up Super Mario Bros and blasting through it more than with many other Mario games.

I was going to send in dishonourables, but I realised that there weren't any stinkers out of the Mario games I'd played!

Even a weaker Mario game still has plenty of good things going for it, though if I were to mention a dishonourable it would have to be Dr. Mario. I didn't find the Super Mario Strikers on the GameCube and Mario Clash on the Virtual Boy (both of which I only played twice, to be fair) to be too clever either. I've heard Super Mario Pinball on the GBA is a genuine duffer, maybe that would be a dishonourable had I played it.

I too still enjoy SMB for what it is. It's still fun to run through, and I'm still discovering the odd accessible warp pipe to this day. Whether this is due to faulty memory or repetitive levels remains to be seen. The only real gripe I have with it is Mario's somewhat stiff in-jump corrective steer. It feels a bit like trying to get a knee joint to go the other way.

I forgive this, though, because at least it's possible to adjust to it, and at least it exists, as it doesn't at all high-regarded NES platformers/adventures like Castlevania.

I love firing up SMB and blasting through it really quick, especially with a crowd.

JayMoyles wrote:: Granted, because it was such a pioneer a lot of its mechanics cropped up elsewhere, but it's an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" scenario in my eyes.

For me, it's "if it ain't broke, then it'll suffer gradual wear until it does."

Citizen Kane. Great Expectations. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. And #6 on our list.

In sixth place...:

Unfortunately I've never got on with this one. I've tried several times but never quite worked out what people like about it. I thought it would probably show up at some point so now that's out of the way let's hope for a perfect top 5!

This didn't make my list, but if it was a top 11, it would have. Fond memories of this - first time I ever played it was on a dusty old French SNES at a holiday villa before picking it up on Wii VC. A natural and brilliant progression from the NES Marios.

My tenth place. This was GBA for me, and while we never quite got intimate enough, we were certainly at "good friends" level. Mind you, I used a walkthrough liberally to find the secret exits.

Sadly, if Phillips' cruel response to my predictions is correct, that means one of my top six (Mario Tennis being 3) missed out. All of them better games than World. Sob.

A wonderful game and no mistake, but not quite as pick-up-play today as the NES games are for my money.
Also the only Mario game with a world map I actually managed to get lost on and therefore never finished the game.

Yet another game I voted for.

Balladeer wrote:: Phillips' cruel response

You've got your dig in, now let's stick to Mario, aye?

~

I've got to say, I thought SMW was going to finish near the top of the list. Maybe not a load of first place votes, but I thought it was going to be more consistently involved in the PM's I received. Tomorrow night's game plays the role that I thought World would, mind...

That's another that didn't make my top ten, full house so far!

I'll just stick my top ten here, let me know how these get on will you?

1. Mario Superstar Baseball
2. Mario Superstar Baseball
3. Mario Superstar Baseball
4. Mario Superstar Baseball
5. Mario Superstar Baseball
6. Mario Superstar Baseball
7. Mario Superstar Baseball
8. Mario Superstar Baseball
9. Mario Superstar Baseball
10. Mario Superstar Baseball

Although I didn't vote for it you can't argue with the classics. I don't know why I never took to it like the previous 2D Mario games.

...But that's exactly what we're doing further up the page with SMB! Razz

Buskalilly wrote:: A wonderful game and no mistake, but not quite as pick-up-play today as the NES games are for my money.

That pretty much sums it up for me. It's so easy to boot up SMB and blast through it, SMW requires more of an investment. Although mandlecreed would probably disagree, speedrunning maniac that he is.

Is it just me or does that Yoshi on the cover look creepily smug?

Not smug... seething.

Yoshi's message to GNamer:

He looks like he's got a grown man in those cheeks already.

He's more likely to kill us for omitting Yoshi's Island entirely. Masofdas will be the only survivor of his saliva-filled rampage...

"AH, AH, AH, AH, NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER FIVE! AH, AH, AH, AH, NNUUUUMMMMBEEEEER FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-IIII-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-III-IIII-IIIIIII-IIIIIIIIVVVVEEEEE..."

In fifth place...:

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