Swap the two and that's me! Love both games, 64 the most with 3D World close behind.
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What's your favorite 3D Mario game?
- Thread starter Super Nintendad
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Mario 3D World is the best game in the series.
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Galaxy 2 without question. Galaxy 1 has higher highs, to be certain, but Galaxy 2 is the perfect refinement of the Mario formula. Just an incredibly great game. I never felt anything close to the enjoyment I got from the Galaxy games on ANY of the Mario games from the Wii U era.
Galaxy 1, although Galaxy 2 is probably the "better" game if I were to replay both side-by-side today.
I just really dug Galaxy 1 my first time playing and it's one of my favorite games of all time. Like this thing was mind blowing for me playing it back then. Super Mario 64 is the only one that's close on how much of a personal impact it made on me.
I just really dug Galaxy 1 my first time playing and it's one of my favorite games of all time. Like this thing was mind blowing for me playing it back then. Super Mario 64 is the only one that's close on how much of a personal impact it made on me.
Dolphin lets you simply bind Wiimote shakes to a button. Plays just like a non-motion controll mario after you do that, I've played it like that before. There are only a couple of sections outside of the overworld where you have to use the cursor to pull on things. They're a bit annoying without a Wiimote, but if your PC is at a desk, quickly grabbing the mouse shouldn't be too distracting. Looks amazing in 1080p or higher, too!
For me it's 3D World. The combo of HD visuals, music, 5 playable characters, multiplayer, and the fantastic platforming make it my absolute favorite.
I've always postponed trying it because i was too lazy/thought it would be too much of a hassle. I will finally try it once i beat Odissey. Thanks for the tips <3
My vote goes to Galaxy for the out there creativity coming after sunshine. It also landed when I was in college and brought along some great moments in the dorms
The fact that 3D World made Mario Bros. U.S.A. canon and the true Super Mario Bros. 2 (instead of that trash Lost Levels) by referencing it so heavily.
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I thought the void levels (where you lose your waterpack) were incredible as were a few of the more challenging levels (the flying sand bird, for one). For all its weaknesses (lack of variety in environments, boring hub word, really creepy NPCs, shittiest story and voice acting of all time, etc.) it had awesome gameplay and presented a great challenge. Mario was a fucking ninja in that game.
Super Mario Galaxy, with 3D World a close second. Something about Galaxy 2 never clicked with me, although several of the individual worlds are some of my favorites in the series, particularly the ghost levels with the SNES haunted house music. But as a whole it just didn't come together as a cohesive game, and I wasn't fond of the coin collecting mechanic in the first star of each world. 3D World is vastly underrated and is probably the most polished game I've ever played. The only thing that keeps it from dethroning Galaxy are those Toad and touch screen stages that require the game pad. The entire game should be playable with the Pro Controller.
Galaxy 2 > 64 > 3D World > Galaxy 1 > 3D Land > Sunshine
Sunshine is the only one I don't love though, I've played through all the other ones multiple times.
Sunshine is the only one I don't love though, I've played through all the other ones multiple times.
see it's interesting. I think 3D World is the perfect progression of 2D mario into 3D and i Love it for it. Mario 64 is my favorite open world Mario. Galaxy 2 is my favorite of the linear-objective based Mario. They are like 3 styles of game play, so it's hard to have a "favorite".
Mario 64. A good deal of this is due to nostalgia but I also prefer the more open Mario games to, say, the Galaxy games.
Nothing beats Mario 64! Galaxy 2 is ridiculously good though. I always found it funny that I LOVE Galaxy 2 but I really don't care for 1 at all. Like I mean I know why, Galaxy 2 is paced better and better designed but I'm really shocked at how huge of a difference that made on my impression of the two.
As a platform game, Galaxy 2 is the best ever made.
The art direction, ost, the level design, the power ups and the ideas diversity are ridiculously top notches. Not to mention the control is so good "motion gimmicks aside".
Galaxy 1 is more charming tho "Rosalina's book story, the ending and it's the first experience."
Yet, pretty sure Odyssey is gonna dethrone Galaxy2 from the top lol.
The art direction, ost, the level design, the power ups and the ideas diversity are ridiculously top notches. Not to mention the control is so good "motion gimmicks aside".
Galaxy 1 is more charming tho "Rosalina's book story, the ending and it's the first experience."
Yet, pretty sure Odyssey is gonna dethrone Galaxy2 from the top lol.
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Me too. The Galaxies just didn't really grab me that much, despite getting every star. 64 is incredible of course, Sunshine is fantastic but flawed, but 3D world just hits all the right marks for me. It's my favorite Mario platformer since SMB3.
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So i've been torn for a long time between Mario 64 and Galaxy. I need to give it to Mario 64. That game changed the way I looked and played video games really.
Gotta go with 64. The nostalgia is intense, and the tight gameplay is more so. I do wish the levels looked as nice the ones from Sunshine or Galaxy. Throwback Galaxy was really good, and I hope they do more like that.
Galaxy 2 for me. Galaxy's move toward more linear platforming obstacle courses delivered what I had always wanted from Mario in 3D after loving the 2D games so much growing up. This to me felt like what Mario should be in 3D more than the more open 64/Sunshine. Galaxy 2 refines what the first game did, cutting some of the extraneous elements (like 1's larger hub) and mixing things up level to level through level design, power-ups and other ideas in a way that reminded me of Super Mario Bros. 3 (my favorite Mario game). That's why it's my favorite 3D Mario.
