25 Years of Super Mario

Nostalgic · 13/09/10 - 18:08

As you may have heard, it is 25 years to the day since Super Mario Bros. was first released.

A quater of a century later and he's still going strong. Let us celebrate the iconic video game character that is Super Mario

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzkkgK_zQHI

monkeydave68 · 13/09/10 - 18:10

same old crap re-hashed for every new machine horray

Soundburst · 13/09/10 - 18:14

The greatest gaming franchise of all time.

So many great moments.

Mario Bros. . Super Mario World. . Mario 64 (revolutionizing 3D gaming). . .Mario Galaxy. . .New Super Mario Bros.

Stunning.

Certainly not rehashing :rolleyes:

The only one I refuse to acknowledge as being good is Super Mario Sunshine. Horrendous game with a gimmick as it's main mechanic - very unlike Nintendo.

Other than that - the Mario Franchise. . .along with Zelda are the greatest games ever in the world.

[Deleted User] · 13/09/10 - 18:19

Long live Mario and for long may this great franchise continue.

Scrubber · 13/09/10 - 18:42

The Galaxy Series has killed it for me.

As the Mario series went on it got better and better.

The first 3 side scrollers were ace, Super Mario World is an incredible game, Mario 64 was amazing at the time, then came Super Mario Sunshine which to me is gaming perfection... everything is perfect about that game.

Then along came the wii and galaxy and ruined everything.

Jon79 · 13/09/10 - 18:49

A series that has gotten better overtime. It's great to see gameplay and innovation overcome gfx in this day and age..

[Deleted User] · 13/09/10 - 18:53

I do think that the series will come full circle once we get Mario in HD.

cnbcwatcher · 15/09/10 - 00:38

Doing well, Super Mario's one of my favourite games. Hope it lats for many more years

It truly is a classic

SegaGod · 15/09/10 - 06:20

Best series of all time. SMB3 is still the best one for its time IMO. The game was 8 bit perfection

tysonstorm · 15/09/10 - 08:45

I was never a major fan of Mario but still spent many a time playing it and there's no denying that the SMB series shaped gaming to what we have today.

Damn I miss the 80's and early 90's.

Ricky D Gervais · 15/09/10 - 11:09

Hasn't been particularly enjoyable since the move to 3D IMO, Galaxy being especially unimpressive thanks to the horrible Wiimote. But the titles from NES to SNES are classic, and still good fun to play.

2dshmuplover · 15/09/10 - 12:12

The most iconic videogame series ever. No other series has evolved like Mario, and I don't think there's a Mario game I don't love. Super Mario 3 is probably my favourite 2D game (Yoshi's Island coming close 2nd), but Galaxy 2 has actually become my all time favourite game, it's just perfect in every way!

[Deleted User] · 15/09/10 - 14:39

Ricky D Gervais wrote: »

Hasn't been particularly enjoyable since the move to 3D IMO

For real? 64, Sunshine and both the Galaxy's are all stone-wall classics.

Ricky D Gervais · 15/09/10 - 18:30

I don't hate them or anything I just find them tiresome quite quickly. People seem to think of Sonic being about speed and Mario more about real platforming, but I found the classic Marios to have a good bit of pace about them too (at least when I was playing), which for the most part just isn't as present in the 3D versions. And having to use the Wiimote for the Galaxy games is just heartbreaking, unnecessary motion controls are part for the course for that system, but it's just all the more galling in a classic series like this.

Scrubber · 15/09/10 - 22:16

Ricky D Gervais wrote: »

I don't hate them or anything I just find them tiresome quite quickly. People seem to think of Sonic being about speed and Mario more about real platforming, but I found the classic Marios to have a good bit of pace about them too (at least when I was playing), which for the most part just isn't as present in the 3D versions. And having to use the Wiimote for the Galaxy games is just heartbreaking, unnecessary motion controls are part for the course for that system, but it's just all the more galling in a classic series like this.

The Wii and it's motion controls have ruined a lot of old game franchises for me.

NES>SNES>N64>GC - all got better with age graphics and gameplay wise and were at the top of their generations, then along came the wii... the graphics haven't improved one bit since the GC and the motion makes the gameplay crap too... what's left.

cnbcwatcher · 15/09/10 - 22:20

SegaGod wrote: »

Best series of all time. SMB3 is still the best one for its time IMO. The game was 8 bit perfection

I love that game. Only trouble is I often fall in the hole while playing

Still good fun though

monkeydave68 · 16/09/10 - 16:06

manic miner > mario

mattshenton · 16/09/10 - 16:09

Super Mario Bros is one of the best games ever made.

Mario 2 was one of the worst ever made.

Mario 3 made mario fun again.

But i think the series has been well handled who could forget the first time they played super mario world on the snes..........The best game ever made for me.

[Deleted User] · 16/09/10 - 16:30

Loved Mario as a kid me and my best many spent literally hundreds of hours playing Super Mario World on Snes. Don't think much of it now my bex had Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy on Wii so I had a few goes but to me personally they didn't have that Mario feel to them. Last Mario I enjoyed was Mario 64 but the NES/Snes ones will always be the best imo.

cnbcwatcher · 18/09/10 - 01:05

MGS4SnakeRulez wrote: »

Loved Mario as a kid me and my best many spent literally hundreds of hours playing Super Mario World on Snes. Don't think much of it now my bex had Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy on Wii so I had a few goes but to me personally they didn't have that Mario feel to them. Last Mario I enjoyed was Mario 64 but the NES/Snes ones will always be the best imo.

That's what I often say. The classics are often the best. I;ve played Mario Kart, it's not a bad game, but I don't think the newer ones are really great. Mario doesn't look right in 3D imo, it needs the 2D graphics really. But I still like them

mounty · 18/09/10 - 02:34

Mario 64 was awesome fun

Joooe · 19/09/10 - 19:04

Mario games are still better than most other games out there, even now.

Mario Galaxy is only bettered by Super Mario World.

Charcole911 · 21/09/10 - 10:46

mattshenton wrote: »

Super Mario Bros is one of the best games ever made.

Mario 2 was one of the worst ever made.

Mario 3 made mario fun again.

But i think the series has been well handled who could forget the first time they played super mario world on the snes..........The best game ever made for me.

Why so?

I think the next thing for mario will be 3D. I know its already 3D within the TV lol, but I mean 3D where you wear glasses and things pop out the screen at you.

Ricky D Gervais · 21/09/10 - 12:39

Mario 2 was so bad because it wasn't really Mario, it was another game that was redesigned for western audiences because Nintendo of America thought the real Mario 2 (which later was released as "The Lost Levels") was too hard.

pburke90 · 22/09/10 - 10:48

This is how I'd score the platform games in the series...

Super Mario Bros. 1 - 8/10
Super Mario Bros. 2 - 7/10
Super Mario Bros. 3 - 10/10
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - 8/10
Super Mario World - 10/10
Super Mario World 2 - 9/10
Super Mario 64 - 10/10
Super Mario Sunshine - 9/10
Super Mario Galaxy - 8/10
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 9/10

[Deleted User] · 22/09/10 - 11:40

I'll have a go at that...

Super Mario Bros. 1 - 8/10
Super Mario Bros. 2 - 5/10
Super Mario Bros. 3 - 8/10
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - 8/10
Super Mario World - 10/10
Super Mario World 2 - DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ONE :O
Super Mario 64 - 9/10
Super Mario Sunshine - 10/10
Super Mario Galaxy - 7/10
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 8/10

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