Mario World is just really popular on ERA in general. SMW regularly beats SMB3 on polls here.It's funny because about 15 years ago on the internet, it felt like a common forum trend was to present YI as this god tier platformer that's also the best mario game, that aura seems to have faded somewhat over time, maybe it's the many samey sequels or something.
Has any other Mario game gone as hard on a final boss as this? I think not.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9VGiqcbDw
Eh New Super Mario Bros U is absolutely gorgeousIY = the best 2D Mario game period
But I know I'm mostly alone this this statement.
It has the best level deign, best GFX, and offc best music.
This is a tough poll for me.Both are amazing but Yoshi's Island is so unique and creatively is out of this world so i would go with that one.
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its just...so beautiful.
To be fair, your mum's apple pie is unparalleled. Also your thoughts on SMW and YI in retrospect were well-reasoned and interesting, but that's a secondary matter.This is kinda where I'm at, right down to the lasagne, with no offense to my mum's lasagne, but I can easily imagine it being bettered.
Yoshi's Island is a flawless game
if you ignore the skiing parts
The one with an annoying baby and bad aiming or one of the most timeless games ever made?
I like Super Mario World, but I will never understand why so many people place it among platforming royalty. SMW is a cute little game that I probably would have mostly forgotten about if people didn't talk about it so much, but Yoshi's Island is still one of the tightest platforming action games around. It's not even in the same ballpark imo.I like Yoshi's Island, but I will never understand why so many people place it among platforming royalty. Yoshi's Island is a cute little game that I probably would have mostly forgotten about if people didn't talk about it so much, but Super Mario World is still one of the tightest platforming games around. It's not even in the same ballpark imo.
I agree... though I personally really dislike it and could never get into the game. But yeah, SMW is all over the place. Even as a kid I remember thinking it was weird that one of the enemy types were American football players lol. There's just so much incohesive weirdness in the Super Mario games that never worked for me.
Amusingly, certain SNES music, especially music from Yoshi's Island, makes me understand exactly why my parents seemed to HATE hearing the audio when me or my siblings were playing games when we were younger. It's not so much that it's BAD music, but the instrumentation is often really, really obnoxious.
Oh, and I voted for Super Mario World.
And I'm leaving these here:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzy-sAAizE
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyn5dq2HDRo
SMW is wild. I'm not sure there's a single game with a wider gulf between the quality of the character designs and literally every other visual thing.
This is my exact take as well.I've actually never been able to finish Yoshi's Island and I've started playthroughs of it a handful of times over the years. Whereas I've beaten SMW a few different times in comparison. So SMW for me personally.
That all said, I've played these games after their original release heydays so I'm not really sure what my thoughts on them would have been if I'd been there for these games as they released. I could see how people who were around for the Super Mario titles, especially going from NES to SNES could find SMW a bit boring/vanilla but then enjoy YI much more in contrast.
This. Close the thread, peeps. Nothing else to see here.
t's funny because about 15 years ago on the internet, it felt like a common forum trend was to present YI as this god tier platformer that's also the best mario game, that aura seems to have faded somewhat over time, maybe it's the many samey sequels or something.
yea its no contest.
Yoshi's Island is a cute little game that I probably would have mostly forgotten about if people didn't talk about it so much
Did you perhaps stop and think about the fact that people talk about it so much because it is a masterpiece.
I get having a preference and opinion, but anyone saying one is better than the and "it's not even close" is straight up lying ☺️