cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3976697

Uhhh...

...Idk.

  • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Probably Super Mario World. It's the best 2D Mario, which is what you you think of as quintessential Mario gameplay. There's a reason there's so many romhacks for that one specifically. I played all the 2d marios except for the newest (Wonder).

    For 3D Marios I don't have an opinion because I've only played Mario 64 and Mario Galaxy 2. Wonky Camera aside, I liked Mario 64 better because the movement feels really fun, even though Galaxy 2 has better levels.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      edit-2
      8 months ago

      They nailed the movement with SM64 and it's never felt quite as good since. Feels like you're not allowed to build up as much momentum.

    • beef_curds [she/her]
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      8 months ago

      Has to be SMW just for the sheer amount of fan works it spawned.

      I'm not even a massive mainline-mario fan, but you have to be absolutely in awe of the massive amount of content on smwcentral. I can't think of any modding community that's as deep as that.