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- Cape Feather Tier
Mario Kart (Series)
Super Mario World: The definitive 2D platformer. All others need not apply. This is the height of the genre, at least in two dimensions, and I cannot possibly imagine anyone disputing that. I remember as a teenager, people on B8 would say SMB3 is better, but there's no way that opinion still holds today, right? SMW is just perfect in every way.
Cape Feather
Admiral Bobbery: He's perfect. Every other military-esque thing in Mario is either some kind of spear-wielding toad or a goofy airship, and then this guy just walks in with his captain's hat and ship wheel on his back and acts like a 19th century sailor for no reason. What military did he even serve in to become an admiral? Then he tops it off by having the best backstory, in that he has a backstory worth anything. The idea of this guy's lover dying of illness while he's out at sea is so strange, too, it's so un-Mario. No one dies in Mario. Even when Bowser is turned into a skeleton, he's still not dead. But Scarlette the bob-omb did, I guess. This guy just lends so much more credibility to Mario's team. Everyone else is either a dumb teenager, a con artist, or Flurrie (ugh). This is the only person who joins Mario in the game who plausibly looks like he can handle himself in a fight, and then on top of that, he's probably also the best companion in the game as well.
Super Mario Odyssey: SOME of its levels are imaginative and fun, like the Sand Kingdom, Luncheon Kingdom, Bowser's Kingdom, and Metro Kingdom, and most are alright. Moon Kingdom and Wood Kingdom can suck my balls, though. I feel like a bit of an opportunity was missed, honestly. This is a game where the premise is that Mario needs to travel all around the world, so they should've leaned into the different countries element. We have a Mexico-inspired kingdom, a NYC-inspired one, and a Japan-inspired one. Just throw caution to the wind and dump the Lake Kingdom and Snow Kingdom and whatever, and make every level a real world country stand-in. The last level can stay as the moon, because that obviously ratchets up the tension and craziness. Ah well, despite that, the game itself plays perfectly, and the gimmick of controlling enemies with the hat is perfect, and the final battle against Bowser is perfect, so I can't complain that much. It was also a wise decision to not make it required to get all of the power moons.

- Kuribo's Shoe Tier
Rosalina
Luigi Wins Without Doing Anything
Kuribo's Shoe
Super Paper Mario
1-1 Theme
Super Mario 64 DS: I know a lot of people complain that this game ruins the balance of the original, and sure, even as a teenager, I immediately knew that Luigi was way better than all of the others and completely breaks the game. But like, I don't care about balance in a goddamn single-player platforming video game, get out of here. I know the game plays a little differently from the original, and it doesn't quite 'feel' right, but again, I don't care. I'm fine with putting this at exactly the same level as the original.
Minus World
Count Bleck
Bowsette
Luigi
Bayonetta Nintendo Content
Thwomp
Charles Martinet
Hammer Bros.
Glitzville
Pirahna Plants on Parade (Level): I have complete respect for SMBW for doing something a little different. Like, it could have easily just been another NSMB situation, where it's just the most standard, soulless Mario fare possible, and they actually did try to add weird new stuff to the equation. Does it all work? Maybe not. But this is like the second level in the game, right? It's telling you right away that this jaunt into Marioland is going to be a little different than normal. I noticed in 1-1, it starts off similar to SMB 1-1, but then immediately changes into something new and different. I am glad they got away from just redoing 1-1 forever, unlike a CERTAIN blue hedgehog and his grass stage I could mention. And yeah, the idea of Pirahna plants doing a parade with Mario and singing along, and if you kill them they stop singing, is genius.
Super Mario Maker 2
Hexagon Heat
Mario vs Chrono Rivalry