One of the most recognized and iconic figures in any media is without a doubt Mario. He’s appeared in hundreds of games on about a dozen platforms and has had at least twice as many jobs. It is now obvious that the Mario era is only getting started with the release of the new Super Mario Bros. movie.
Ultimately, though, it’s the core Mario platformers that have kept gamers coming back for forty years. So, without further ado, these are our picks for the 10 best Super Mario games of all time.
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10. Super Mario 3D Land
Before the Nintendo Switch came out, it was clear that Super Mario 3D Land was the best Mario game you could play on the go. The 3DS game is jam-packed with some of the funniest, smallest Mario levels. Super Mario 3D Land has found every trick in the Mario Design Guide, whether it’s pristine 3D platforming or retro 2.5D retro levels. This makes it a great game to play on the go. It also used the system’s glasses-free 3D in a way that no other game has come close to doing, which made the game feel like it was really alive.
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9. Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine may have tried to sell itself with an odd premise (Mario cleaning up dirt on a tropical island? ), but the addition of the FLUDD as both a cleaning tool and a platformer took the series to new heights in very clever ways. It finally gave us access to Yoshi in a 3D playground full of great platforming and some really hard parts. Some of the levels are really fun and worth coming back to more than once.
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8. Super Mario Bros.
You could write a book about how Super Mario Bros. not only saved the video game business, but also set the stage for the next 30 years of our medium. It made sure that our brave plumber was always associated with video games. It was a challenge at just the right time and pushed people to explore and try new things. And Mario’s pinpoint inertia gave players a sense of ownership that had never been seen in games before. But even after all this time, we still remember the small details of the NES masterpiece, not the fact that it was a great game. Like how the clouds are just bushes with different paint jobs. Or how Koji Kondo’s amazing score got better as time went on, just like the timer did. There’s a reason why Super Mario Bros. has been made over a hundred times in the last 30 years: it’s one of the most important games of all time.
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7. Super Mario 3D world
Super Mario 3D World is not only one of the best Wii U games, but also one of the best Mario games ever made. It adds to the diorama-like feel of 3D Land by making the stages bigger, adding more puzzles, and changing the way they look all the time. You can also play through the whole 3D world with up to three friends, making it one of the best multiplayer games in the series. Lastly, it brings back a lot of the classic Mario power-ups and adds some that must be in every Mario game from now on. Really, your life will never be the same again after you see Mario and his friends dress up as cats and then copy themselves with double cherries.
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6.Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is to 3D Mario games what Super Mario Bros. 3 is to 2D Mario games: pure platform goodness. Since it came right after the Galaxy 1, SMG 2 isn’t as surprising as its predecessor, but it’s so much better made. SMG 2 focuses on getting players from one level to the next instead of making them look for challenges. It improves what made the first game so refreshing while making smart changes and additions to the formula. With Yoshi and new powers like the drill and cloud suits, the gravity-based challenges can be played in even more ways. But Galaxy 2 is more than just adding new ideas to a solid base. It feels like a culmination of so many ideas from past Mario games, stitched together into a brilliant platformer that’s still fun to play even when it’s hard.
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5. Super Mario Galaxy
If there was one Mario game that showed how creative and interesting the series is, it would be the first Super Mario Galaxy. Galaxy 2 may have improved on some of its ideas, but it was also built on Galaxy’s foundation, which is one of the strongest in the world of video games. Levels changed from simple worlds to galaxies with lots of planets and lots of empty space in between. Each new area had its own unique gameplay challenges that pushed the Wii hardware to its limits. Galaxy is still considered one of the best Mario games of all time, and it’s easy to see why. It has a great design, a memorable, quirky orchestral soundtrack, and stunning graphics that still look great today.
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4.Super Mario 64
People have written a lot about how Super Mario 64 changed the way games are made and how it got “feel” and control right in a 3D setting. How hard it is to waste a few minutes running, jumping, and spinning in the opening palace garden. Or how well it introduces players to 3D platforming—you can even meet your Lakitu cameraman in the game. But what’s most interesting about the game is how fresh, fun, and playable it still feels today, even though it was made in an era when graphics didn’t hold up well over time.
If you think Mario 64 will make the top 10 just because of his history and influence, you’re wrong. It takes the idea of multiple stage exits from its 2D ancestors, giving us perfect little playgrounds with quests and scavenger hunts that get progressively harder. This classic game system is built around a physics engine that lets you play with mass, weight, inertia, size, and even time. It’s clear that the creators put each block, seesaw, slide, trap, and enemy where they are to challenge and please you. Super Mario 64 might not be the best Mario game on our list, but there’s no denying that it’s a rare, timeless, and high-quality 3D classic.
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3. Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World showed that a Mario game could be more than just a platform challenge to finish a level, but Super Mario Bros. 3 was the only time that challenge was as pixel-perfect. At the same time that the series became known for its Secrets (The Warp Whistle in Worlds 1-3 is still one of the best surprises of the 8-bit era), SMB 3 gave us some really hard challenges in its eight kingdoms. From Giant Land’s funny perspective changes to Dark Land’s hard challenges, SMB 3 has never been short on creative world design. It also set a standard for Mario worlds and power-ups in later games. After all, the tanooki suit is one of the best ways to change your clothes.
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2. Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey brought the plumber to a whole new group of people. As part of the release of Nintendo Switch, Nintendo has given everyone’s favorite plumber a new adventure that takes him all over the world. Aside from the unique hat mechanic that let Mario put his mind into objects and enemies, it really felt like going back to the basics. But even though the new controls are fun, Super Mario Odyssey’s best feature is how it feels. There hasn’t been a 3D platformer this fun to play and look at since Mario 64.
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1. Super Mario World
Everything good about Mario on the original Nintendo was multiplied by at least 100 in Super Mario World. Super Mario World is number one on a lot of lists of the best games of all time, which is a good sign of how well it plays and how good it is. Building on the structure of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World made the Overworld map bigger, added more challenges and powers, and put more secrets into a 16-bit cart than anyone could have imagined in 1990. Exploration will be a big part of the franchise’s future, there’s no doubt about that. Some levels have more than one way out, which leads to palaces, secret levels, and even whole secret worlds with some of the hardest platforming levels ever made.
The way it works makes it a dream to play. Every jump, fireball, and cloak twist works exactly the same as before. Because of this, skilled players can move through all 96 levels of Dinosaur Lands as smoothly as a composer writing a symphony. The game is also full of little details and charm, and it has some of the best sprite animations ever made. When Mario jumps, his hat pops off a little, and when he flies, he grabs the corners of his cloak to catch the wind. Animations that seem normal now showed attention to detail and gave each action a lot of personality. This made Mario and his goofy friends and enemies a mainstay of Nintendo, not just on the NES but for all time.
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