Super Mario Super Thread - The Bear and Badger

davyK

regmcfly wrote:

All this writing about the game cube and no mention of Odama smdh

Odama has sat on my shelf since I bought it several years ago. I have yet to boot it up.....really need to do that.

Beach Spikers is an exclusive too - an arcade port a of girl beach volleyball game.

Namco Baseball All stars is a swish game too - beautifully presented late in the GC's life - it makes the console sing.

GC also saw the first brutal Mario Football game.

regmcfly

This list can suck a fat one

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/09/feature_every_3d_super_mario_game_ranked

davyK

I'm sure Odyssey is great but Galaxy was such a monumental leap in the genre - as much as M64 was . A miraculous work. Galaxy 2 is probably "better" but really it's an expansion pack. Galaxy restored my faith in Nintendo.

Galaxy is tops. The rest don't matter a jot. But 64 is my personal next favourite and I rank it alongside Super Mario World.

SMW is really only a refinement of the magnificent SMB3 but it's still the better game. The pinnacle of the genre in 2D.

SpaceGazelle

Galaxy 2 is a marvel.

afgavinstan

Apart from aiming fludd about, really enjoying the charms of Sunshine once again.

nick_md

Oh shit yeah, my mate at uni bought Beach Spikers in a lol boobs way, but we got pretty damn hooked. Nice Sega arcade volleyball.

retroking1981

davyK wrote:

I'm sure Odyssey is great but Galaxy was such a monumental leap in the genre - as much as M64 was . A miraculous work. Galaxy 2 is probably "better" but really it's an expansion pack. Galaxy restored my faith in Nintendo.

Galaxy is tops. The rest don't matter a jot. But 64 is my personal next favourite and I rank it alongside Super Mario World.

SMW is really only a refinement of the magnificent SMB3 but it's still the better game. The pinnacle of the genre in 2D.

This is pretty much spot on.

retroking1981

I would like to add that Odyssey is indeed great and you should definitely play it @davyK

In fact your a bit spoilt for choice as the upcoming 3D World and the terribly named New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe are also both superb.

EvilRedEye

They're all unmissable after Galaxy IMO (although 64's only crime is that it's dated really).

The Daddy

Had a dabble on all three games. The muscle memory is strong on 64, felt like I’d never been away. I think my n64 cart had all 4 save slots with 120 stars on, I probably hoped there’d be some secret if you managed that.

Sunshine feels like Nintendo’s awkward teenage years, loads of ideas and no direction. Controls don’t feel very responsive either.

Galaxy is still amaze.

hylian_elf

retroking1981 wrote:

davyK wrote:

I'm sure Odyssey is great but Galaxy was such a monumental leap in the genre - as much as M64 was . A miraculous work. Galaxy 2 is probably "better" but really it's an expansion pack. Galaxy restored my faith in Nintendo. Galaxy is tops. The rest don't matter a jot. But 64 is my personal next favourite and I rank it alongside Super Mario World. SMW is really only a refinement of the magnificent SMB3 but it's still the better game. The pinnacle of the genre in 2D.

This is pretty much spot on.

Agree 100%

hylian_elf

Kids played SM64 for a while. They didn’t get a single star.

I guess they’re just used to stars/moons being handed to them easily on Odyssey.

afgavinstan

Trying not to have a tantrum with Sunshine and plow on. Just yer usual Mario game making you feel an idiot for not doing the simplest of jumps right. Don't think I ever got that far in my multiple attempts over the years, and I think I've just unlocked an area I've never done before.

regmcfly

Me - this fucking collection is the worst cash grab of all time and I feel guilty buying it.

Also me - 80 stars down in Mario 64 come at me.

hylian_elf

You want me to come at you?

monkey

Going into 64 with zero nostalgia and 6 months of mucking around with Odyssey with the sprog. Hot take - it’s pretty stiff and frustrating really. Playing through it with the kid so this will take some time. I’m currently in the ‘should have done a remake’ camp. Seems like a perfectly solid design but Mario’s movement and the camera are sucking a fair bit of the fun out of it. I’m not here to tell you how genius some it clearly was back in 96, because you all know that.

Daughters alternative hot take - “This is so cool.”

hylian_elf

Yeah controls feel so last century.

mistercrayon

Mario Sunshine feels like they spent all of their time getting sexy effects to work. Does Mario need to turn into a hundred bubbles when he enters an area? Do we need real time clean up patches? Reflections? Water? It’s all very very indulgent but the problem is they didn’t even check that if you do a quick step from left to right that moving a giant leap (Instead of a sharp pivot) feels fucking disgusting. Who needs a working camera when we have wibbly wobbly haze effect!!!

They either forgot every pillar they laid down for Mario 64 or they just decided whatever they did re: the basics it’d be fine so let’s spend time on graphics and voice over and plot.

davyK

Sunshine is best in those floating assault course levels but I just couldn't be bothered with it after a while. I just didn't want to go back to it.

I like the genre but my palate is jaded. It takes the best Nintendo can offer to keep me engaged.

mistercrayon

I was playing the first one you can get (cave secret in Blanco) and I slipped off the blocks so often, couldn’t read the perspective on the moving blocks. I know I’m better than that at Mario. As a contrast there’s a much better version of that level which is the first biscuit one in galaxy. There’s an illustrative difference in that both have a one-up to cater for people who are shit at the game - one has the one up directly in the path, the other needs three buttstomps to get it - a trivial act that’s just labourious.

afgavinstan

Those floating assault course levels + switch analogue sticks = small, manageable yikes, btw.

In my use, anyway.

Bob

Mario 64 on first impressions it hasn’t really held up has it? The camera is shocking

Vela

regmcfly wrote:

All this writing about the game cube and no mention of Odama smdh

Bongo compatible.

stellavista

regmcfly wrote:

This list can suck a fat one

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/09/feature_every_3d_super_mario_game_ranked

This list is correct except Odyssey should be 3, putting the Galaxies up one place each. But otherwise it’s bang on for me.

regmcfly

3D Land getting done absolute durties.

retroking1981

regmcfly wrote:

This list can suck a fat one

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/09/feature_every_3d_super_mario_game_ranked

Lets do it!

1. Galaxy 2
2. Galaxy
3. 64
4. Odyssey
5. 3D World
6. 3D Land
7. Sunshine
8. 64 DS

Moot_Geeza

1. 3D World
2. Odyssey
3. Galaxy 2
4. Galaxy
5. 3D Land
6. 64
7. Sunshine
8. 64DS. Not that I've played it (or think it should be on the list).

acemuzzy

1. Mario 64
2. Mario Galaxy
3. Mario 3D World
4. Mario Galaxy 2
5. Sunshine
6. 3D Land

Mayber. Not played Odyssey.

FranticPea

Odyssey is the only Mario game I've enjoyed.

nick_md

I've only played 64 and Galaxy on that list and I bounced off Galaxy pretty quickly, found it lacked challenge. I reckon I'd enjoy it more if I played it today.

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