Wasn't huge on Yoshi's Island mechanics, and didn't play through too much of the game, so I can't comment on there. I voted for SMW, feeling that overall that's probably the best even though SMB3 was my favorite.
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What do you think is the best early (1985 - 1995) Mario game?
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100% this. SMB3 is the best "true" Mario from that period, and Yoshi's Island is possibly my favorite 2D platformer of all time, but I feel like I haven't given World a fair shot. It's odd, because I got it with my SNES, but I feel like I somehow played it far less than 3 or YI. I've been meaning to revisit it on Switch Online, but my backlog is so damn big.
World and 3 are very close. But World is probably the slightly better and especially more charming game overall.
It's between SMB3 and Yoshi's Island. Both games still hold up incredibly well both visually and mechanically. Two of my all-time favorites.
Quite easily Mario World for me. Much more fun gameplay mechanics and flow than Mario Bros 3. Yoshi's Island and Mario Bros 2 are also up there.
it's world it's not close and next in line would probably be land 2 and usa 2 yeah I said it
yoshi's island doesn't count
yoshi's island doesn't count
World=Yoshi>3>USA>1>2
Would be my preference.
World has the most variety, Yoshi is the best balanced between length and depth.
3 is great but the levels are too short.
USA is fantastic all around but far too easy.
1 is so rehashed at this point I just can't anymore. I remember loving it and recognize its merits, but I have several copies of it I didn't even mean to purchase. 2 feels like a rom hack of 1.
Would be my preference.
World has the most variety, Yoshi is the best balanced between length and depth.
3 is great but the levels are too short.
USA is fantastic all around but far too easy.
1 is so rehashed at this point I just can't anymore. I remember loving it and recognize its merits, but I have several copies of it I didn't even mean to purchase. 2 feels like a rom hack of 1.
It's not that the others aren't great, but SMW is just perfect. Yeah, it's a bit on the easy side, but at least to me, it's just so much fun to play, even more than the others, even all these years later. Yoshi's Island would be my runner up. But really, they're all great.
Why?
Why?
Massive respect to Nintendo for trying something new and truly unique with the IP, but:
- I hate the aesthetic
- I hate the controls
- I hate the music
- I hate the baby Mario "mechanic"
- I hate the focus on collectables
I'd never call it a bad game (it's clearly not), but it's just not for me, at all. It's easily my least favorite of Nintendo's beloved games.
I have always found myself torn between SMB 3 and world as my fave of the NES/SNES 2D games so I voted for them. Lately I would say 3 is my favorite, and World as a close second. Yoshi's Island is a very close 3rd.
Glad to see Lost Levels so low, playing that through not long ago its a game that starts off challenging, gets frustrating mid way, and is pure bullshit by the end. It was the right call to localize Doki Doki Panic as SMB 2.
Glad to see Lost Levels so low, playing that through not long ago its a game that starts off challenging, gets frustrating mid way, and is pure bullshit by the end. It was the right call to localize Doki Doki Panic as SMB 2.
It's SMB3, the only one that really holds up nowadays. Yoshi's Island is fantastic, and I possibly like it the best, but it's just so different that it's hard to compare it to the Mario platformers.
Super Mario World rightfully winning the poll warms my heart.
Yoshi's Island is a very, very close second, but its relative lack of exposure will kill its chances.
Yoshi's Island is a very, very close second, but its relative lack of exposure will kill its chances.
My heart says Super Mario Bros (I could play it start to end every day for the rest of my life I reckon. It's my go-to game), but my head says Mario Bros 3.
I know I'm wildly in the minority but I never massively connected to Super Mario World like I did the NES games.
I know I'm wildly in the minority but I never massively connected to Super Mario World like I did the NES games.
SMW by far and SMB3 as a runner-up. Lost Levels and SMB1 aren't bad but I don't care for SMB2 and SMW2.
Lost Levels > 3 > 1 > World > 2 USA
All good to great games.
Never finished Yoshi's Island, but I really didn't enjoy the first world or so that I played.
All good to great games.
Never finished Yoshi's Island, but I really didn't enjoy the first world or so that I played.
Mario Bros 3 is my favorite. World is a more refined game but 3 still ranks higher for me. Mario World 2 is great, but that crying baby still hurts my ears just thinking about it.
Super mario 2! is my favorite Mario game like ever (I dunno why), also I really enjoyed Mario Land 2 which more people should play as well.
In my opinion SMB3 edges SMW in terms of music: I don't like the "one single melody arranged differently" approach in World.
Which is not a prejudice, because I LOVED when Nintendo took the same approach with Super Mario Land 2 and that game's music is an homerun.
Also... I hate the cape. It's awkward, and its use is just that much too complicated for a Mario game, especially in comparison to the Leaf.
Which is not a prejudice, because I LOVED when Nintendo took the same approach with Super Mario Land 2 and that game's music is an homerun.
Also... I hate the cape. It's awkward, and its use is just that much too complicated for a Mario game, especially in comparison to the Leaf.
SMW. First game on a console ever owned, was amazing back then, still is now, pure perfection from cover to cover.
hahaha i actually saw these guys live!! Was my last pre-pandemic show :(
They, however, did NOT play this song and i was pretty upset about it (not really tho bc the show was awesome as a whole.) They even had insaneintherain music as a guest performer!
Mario 3's short, yet packed levels, power-up variety, minigames, items, even music... It's just the best Mario game.
Mario World is still great, but it feels a lot like a big regression from greatness to me. Kind of like how a lot of people feel about Super Castlevania IV compared to III (though it's my favorite Castlevania... But that's a different thread!)
Mario World is still great, but it feels a lot like a big regression from greatness to me. Kind of like how a lot of people feel about Super Castlevania IV compared to III (though it's my favorite Castlevania... But that's a different thread!)
Hopefully they did their amazing version of the Tetris theme at least lol
SMW played on original hardware on a crt is one of the best controlling games I've ever played. It's such a joy to control Mario. For that alone I go with SMW even thought SMB3 is amazing
World, but only just, and followed by SMB3.
Both are magical games full of invention on every level and packed with secrets.
SMB3 came out in 1988, but didn't make it to Europe until August 1991- we were still busy with our microcomputers. That meant that, for us, SMW releasing in April 1992 was only 8 months later. The leap felt utterly amazing.
Both are magical games full of invention on every level and packed with secrets.
SMB3 came out in 1988, but didn't make it to Europe until August 1991- we were still busy with our microcomputers. That meant that, for us, SMW releasing in April 1992 was only 8 months later. The leap felt utterly amazing.