Why each (main) Mario game is both the best & worst of the series

Because I don't want to bump an old thread. http://www.gamesradar.com/why-every-mario-game-best-and-worst-series/

Thoughts?

edited 1st Jan '12 2:14:56 PM by Smasher

If this doesn't warrant a Cool Story Bro, I don't know what does.

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.

Just like every other article by Gamesradar.

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None of this make a lick of sense.

Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows.

Thought it was a fun little article myself, not sure where all the dislike is coming from.

I'm not getting the issues with the article.

It presents some very true pros and cons about each game and tries to be objective. While I disagree on how big or minor some of these things are they're still legitimate points.

The Zelda one is funnier.

Link's Crossbow Training

Why it’s the best Zelda ever: No one thinks it’s the best Zelda ever.

Yeah, I like that one a lot since it does bring up some legitimate complaints.

I'd love to see them do Metroid next; there's eleven games, all of which have their own flaws and good points. Plus, we've got the ridiculous-yet-awesome Metroid Prime Pinball.

edited 1st Jan '12 4:04:19 PM by Scardoll

Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.

I have a feeling that will be next. It's one of the few long runners they haven't done that's notable enough. Unless they decide to do Sonic but somehow I doubt they'll do that.

I like how there are valid criticism you can throw at Super Mario World (the cape let you skips 90% of the levels, slow auto-scrolling levels that are a complete bore etc) and yet all these guys could find was uhhhhh some games have better grafix and cape is not as cool as tanooki D:.

pffft, Galactic Pinball's where it's at.

edited 1st Jan '12 4:14:32 PM by Glowsquid

Actually, the article wasn't so bad. It tried to be realistic and reasonable with its points, contrary to what the title might have you expect.

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Not bad. A few of their points was "...Really?" But fairly good.

I agree with a bit of it, though. Then again, I have yet to find a new Mario platformer that has topped Super Mario 64, IMO, so eh.

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Sonic could work (Although that one could get ugly). Megaman could work, but they'd have to only do a specific series; otherwise, there's just too many games. Pokemon could work if you did included the third games of each gen and included remakes.

However, I'm still hoping for Metroid.

Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.

I'm kind of afraid to see the Sonic one. From many of the things I've seen people can go really in depth with their hatred for those games.

I'm not really sure if I want to see Megaman since that would have to be several segments otherwise some portion of the fanbase would be annoyed.

Pokemon...eh that one could get ugly too.

Metroid and Megaman are their best bets.

Eh, the article wasn't that bad. It did make a few good points.

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It made some pretty good points, but it did a hack job on the Galaxy games. Their "worst" reasons were "It's not in HD," and "It's a sequel," despite most reviews of the original praising it for its visuals, and the second one is almost universally considered the best of the 3D Mario games.

Pokemon Pinball is the best pinball game, though.

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Not a bad article at all, it's a nice overview of the main Mario games.

I like this from their Zelda article;

edited 1st Jan '12 7:46:24 PM by Talby

Funny, I can't stand A Link to the Past. It gets on my nerves for some reason.

Meh.

Skull Woods was my least favorite part of the game. Usually just skipped straight to Thieves Town to make it less terrible.

So. Let's all pause for a moment to smell what the Rock was, is, and forever will be... cooking.—Cave Johnson

Seems legit.

Seriously though, this article is quite idiotic and random.

Apparently renaming it to "All Mario games has their flaws and good sides" wasn't journalismy. Journalistic. Journaltastic. Retarded.

edited 1st Jan '12 8:32:54 PM by thefran

STEALTH!!!

Galaxy didn't have the superior life system from 64 and Sunshine,that's criticism enough.

As for 64,I'm the only troper I know who hasn't complained about the dated camera

Sunshine can be noted for no true power-ups

But I do agree with the analysis on Lost Levels