Whats the Greatest Mario Game Ever?

This is a toughy. The first Mario on the nes was awsome. Couldn't stand Mario 2. Super Mario World on the snes had me hooked for months. Mario Kart I still play, its why my snes is still under my tv next to my 360. For some reason I've never been able to get into Mario 64 and Mario sunshine. They maybe excellent games, just not my cup of tea. Super Mario Bros on the ds is a very good game and goes someway to recapturing the magic. Overall though my vote has to go to Super Mario Brothers 3 on the nes. I played this game constantly. Finding out every secret I could, every hidden block, I was hooked for years, litterally.

Also are we including mgames with mario appearances or just ones where he was one of the main characters. If we are I'll have to say super smash bros. melee on the GAMECUBE but if not I think its a tie between super mario all stars+super mario world (it is literally one game, they came all together didn't they, or just super mario world), paper mario,and super mario 64 ds

duz yoshis island count ? that or super mario world on snes

The first game I played on the first system I ever had. I've beaten it at least 100 times (probably more).

I think it is the best game because of the incredible control you have over the characters. You just feel like you are mario or luigi and you can get out of any bad situation. The flying is also amazing in the game. I just don't feel the same control in the older nes games and in Yoshi's Island. You kind of feel like you're tied down by the controller.

But in SMW I just feel like I'm melted into the controller and you have full control. It's a little harder on PSP because of the different controller but I still crank a few games out once in a while while standing in line somewhere.

I just can't say enough good things about Super Mario World. My favorite racing game is Mario Kart 64. And I haven't gotten too into the 3D ones but they're OK. (18yo)

Super Mario Bros. for NES! It started it all! :D

Its a tie between
Mario 64 and Super Mario 3 for Nes
for me
Super mario 2 was good but never could finish it

Super Mario World for Snes. I played it exclusively for 3 years back then when i bought it.

SMB3 on NES still playin today
showed it to my lil bro and he can t stop playin it :)

smb3 on NES was by far THE game to have back in the day. played it non stop for like 3 days beat it like 14 times in a row lol still play it today with my family..awesome game

Atari 2600-Mario Brothers started it all! Sorry, just had to resay that. . .

mario 64 all the way baby!

ok... how about super mario deluxe for game boy color and super mario rpg snes!

super mario bros 3
(i lika a lot of stuff like naruto and metroid but i also lika da mario)

i should make a thread about what i lika:p

Super Mario 3 (Nes).

Super Mario 3 hands down. The jump in game play and in-game features from SMB2 was drastic. Super Mario World added yushi and changed around some of it's previous features in SMB3.

"Super Mario Brothers DID NOT start it all guys. . .research it Mario Brothers started it on Atari 2600."
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Actually, Mario started with Donkey Kong in the coin-op arcade machine. His original name was Jumpman translated from Japaneese. When he came to America, they called him Mario. I am not sure, but I think he was a carpenter at first, before he went to the sewer in Mario Bros.

mario kart

Best Mario game? That's tough but here's my list in order (am I the only one that loved the Mario RPG games?):
Paper Mario - N64
Paper Mario & the Thousand Year Door - Gamecube
Mario RPG - SNES
Mario World - SNES
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - NDS
Mario 3 - NES
Mario 1 - NES
Mario Land - GB
Mario Land 2 - GB
Mario Tennis - N64
New Super Mario Bros - NDS

by the way hodey, Mario was NEVER on the 2600.
Mario Bros was originally an arcade machine, I played it.

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Best Mario game? That's tough but here's my list in order (am I the only one that loved the Mario RPG games?):

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Your not :D Paper Mario is my favorite game of all time :cool:

i have to say super mario world for the snes because it was the first video game i owned and i still play it till today but mario kart 64 and mario bros 3 for the nes is a tied for second then comes mario 64.

MARIO IS MISSING! ;)

I keeeeeeeeeed! I'm going with Super Mario 64, mainly because it was the first game that I ever really ever remember uttering, "HOLY CRAP, THAT'S AWESOME!" to. Well, that and when I first booted up Final Fantasy VII, but that's another story... Second place would definitely be SMW...

Super Mario all stars would be the best in my opinion because it has super mario 3 that allows u to pick items and such.

Super Mario rpg!
All the way guys and then mario broz 3!
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For some reason i like paper mario on the GC but a close second would be mario kart on snes

SUPER MARIO WORLD!!! CAT BEAT THAT... i liked da old skool mario and super mario 3 but world was the best:D

Who cares? Mario games are fun, play them, the end. Which one's the best? It doesn't matter.

Super Mario Bros. 3

I'd say either Mario 64 on N64 or DS, or New Mario Bros. on DS (which I know wasn't one of the options but I think it's still worth mentioning).

donkey kong arcade

A tough question. I remember going over to my friends house and playing Mario on the NES the first time(the best selling game ever with over 40 million copies sold, bundled with the NES as well though)... the disapointment of Mario 2.
Beating but not being terribly impressed with the first few mario games on the Gameboy (man that first gameboy could take some serious abuse).
The sense of wonder and awe that was Super Mario 3... anyone remember those comercials(the best selling game ever if you exclude bundle packages with over 18 million sales)? Finding everything in the game for the first time...
Then of course saving up and buying a SNES for myself. Super Mario World of course on it and playing that game to death, but there was a slight disapointment as it just wasn't quite as rich as SMB3. Once again unlocking everything in that game. Darn but those super secret levels just past the star world were hard...

Mario Kart was awesome... four player battle mode with a bunch of friends... many an evening was spent that way(and perhaps a few school days as well... but you know the bus never showed up to pick us up so it wasn't our fault...) The intense frustration of the cheating Kart AI on 150cc, darn infinite feathers(whatever happened to those... I loved the feather) and one infinite item of their choice, not to mention they always finish in the same order every race depending on the character you choose, I used to make it a point just to mess up somebody right at the end to get variation! Then finally getting cold on everything despite it all.

Mario 64 was good but just not something I got too excited about... maybe because I was getting older? I dunno. I still unlocked everything.

Smash Bros and Mario Kart 64 were both awesome... played those in college with bunches of friends. Most ppl had PS1 but I tell you what my N64 got the most use for social play, since I can't speak for private play. And the two favs were Mario Kart 64 and Smash Bros.

My nephew loves Mario Sunshine, but I got the same feeling with it I got with Mario64... good but not for me. Still unlocked everything. My nephew mostly plays on my savegames just having a good time.

Smash Bros for the GC was awesome as well. Whenever my younger cousins or nephew or niece come over always have a blast with that or Mario Party 4(no one mentions those?)

Never played the new DS Mario... yet.

The Mario RPG/Paper Mario... good games but not rating best ever Mario game.

All things considered in this way too long post... Mario 3 for NES has to be the best. It had challenge and difficuly and more options and paths and challenges than any other Mario game I can remember playing. Close second... Super Mario World on the SNES then Mario Kart 64, just because it was just as awesome as the first and challenging without the super cheap high level AI.

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Super Mario 64.

Mario War

mario world for snes :)

:cool: MARIO WAR IS GOOD DOWNLOAD IT AT CNET DOWNLOAD.COM :D

Super Mario Wars. I love competitive game play. Otherwise, I would say the original Mario Brothers with the POW block.

Super Mario World and Super Mario 64 DS. There's no way to compare a 2D to a 3D game.
I think Super Mario Galaxy will be a deception.

mario Rpg

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mario Rpg

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GOOD BOY!:rolleyes:

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