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Yaridovich
06/22/17 2:04:02 PM
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Yea. Mario Sunshine. Zzzzzzz
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SMAP-
06/22/17 2:05:04 PM
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Super Mario 64 has aged so badly
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Giant_Aspirin
06/22/17 2:05:43 PM
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Mario is Missing was kinda wack
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Bloodychess
06/22/17 2:05:55 PM
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Mario Hotel
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B8ter
06/22/17 2:06:15 PM
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Lost Levels, SML2, and Sunshine if we're only talking about platformers.
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LordFarquad1312
06/22/17 2:06:52 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
Mario Hotel

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DK9292
06/22/17 2:06:57 PM
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Super Mario RPG.

*hides in box*
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Distant_Rainbow
06/22/17 2:08:41 PM
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Sure it has, though...

Yaridovich posted...
Mario Sunshine

B8ter posted...
Lost Levels, SML2, and Sunshine if we're only talking about platformers.


Wtf? You can't be serious.
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B8ter
06/22/17 2:12:10 PM
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Distant_Rainbow posted...
Wtf? You can't be serious.


Post 55 is my thoughts on it. Only difference is that love is now disdain.

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/533287-super-mario-sunshine/71971758
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ArchiePeck
06/22/17 2:12:42 PM
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If we're including Yoshi games, then Yoshis Story on N64
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Bloodychess
06/22/17 2:14:30 PM
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Come on guys, we're putting the bar really high if we're trying to classify Sunshine as "bad"
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PokemonYoutube
06/22/17 2:15:44 PM
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If spinoffs count, then I want to nominate Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. Unforgivable how barebones that game was.
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Caution999
06/22/17 2:17:36 PM
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Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Best game followed up by the worst game tbh
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chill02
06/22/17 2:20:57 PM
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Giant_Aspirin posted...
Mario is Missing was kinda wack

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Distant_Rainbow
06/22/17 2:20:59 PM
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B8ter posted...
Distant_Rainbow posted...
Wtf? You can't be serious.


Post 55 is my thoughts on it. Only difference is that love is now disdain.

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/533287-super-mario-sunshine/71971758


Sunshine is the worst 3D Mario game, sure, but that by no means makes it 'bad'. It's got a fair amount of problems which makes it just a slight notch over mediocre, which might look bad to some due to the high expectations Mario instills but it's not objectively so.

As the other guy says, if Sunshine is 'bad', then you're setting the bar way too damn high.
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ultimate reaver
06/22/17 2:23:29 PM
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I can't really think of one I'd categorize as "bad." Lost Levels is definitely the weakest one but it's still playable at its core.
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ChromaticAngel
06/22/17 2:25:44 PM
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B8ter posted...
SML2

Fite me irl
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Distant_Rainbow
06/22/17 2:31:29 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
B8ter posted...
SML2

Fite me irl

I'll give you a pitchfork.
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Taxer
06/22/17 2:35:05 PM
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Skatz95
06/22/17 2:35:26 PM
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Mario Kart wii
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MetalGearSquid
06/22/17 2:35:46 PM
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Lost Levels is pretty bad >_>
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parkman32
06/22/17 2:36:39 PM
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Sunshine was awesome
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halomonkey1_3_5
06/22/17 2:37:00 PM
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in spinoffs sure

but the mainline games(both 2D and 3D), the worst game is probably a 7/10 which is nowhere near "bad"
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Dark_SilverX
06/22/17 2:37:21 PM
#25:


SMAP- posted...
Super Mario 64 has aged so badly

This. It's very unplayable.
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krazychao5
06/22/17 2:41:40 PM
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Dark_SilverX posted...
SMAP- posted...
Super Mario 64 has aged so badly

This. It's very unplayable.

Play the 3DS version then.
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Mako_Sharknado
06/22/17 2:42:14 PM
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Super Mario RPG

Fuckin' come at me
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Dark_SilverX
06/22/17 2:43:12 PM
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krazychao5 posted...
Dark_SilverX posted...
SMAP- posted...
Super Mario 64 has aged so badly

This. It's very unplayable.

Play the 3DS version then.

Has shit movement. Waiting on Nintendo to remake the game in HD glory.
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gamester_12345
06/22/17 2:50:35 PM
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Mario is kind of Nintendo's frontrunner. most of his games has probably been multimillion sellers just from brand recognition alone. though the easy potshots is probably Mario is Missing, Super Mario Bros 2 (despite the slight genre shift, it did have vertical movement, varied stats and throwable enemies), Hotel Mario or one of the edutainment spinoffs. it probably helps that in the public eye, the majority of people are probably just going to be all "Mario is that game where you play as a italian man and collect coins", not being aware that the series has spinoffs.

Among fans, there's probably some dislike over Galaxy 2 being kind of an excuse plot, as well as the majority of the New Super Mario Bros series, if only because originally it was a return to Mario's 2D platforming roots (barring remakes), but by the time it got to the 3rd (or even 2nd) it kinda became generic. if you're counting spinoffs, you're probably going to expect a lot of bile towards the later Paper Mario games, where at least Super Paper Mario had the basic 2D platforming down and had great writing. by the time it got to Sticker Star, the series has been kind of tainted.


Compare that to Kirby, where his games are either average (tends to be due to the lack of difficulty curve), or self-fanservice for fans of the series (Triple Deluxe, Robobot). their fans are probably just going to bring up the random villains/aesthetic/gameplay changes within individual games like both Kirby Paintbrush games, Epic Yarn and Mass Attack. Kirby is basically the Gintama of Nintendo games, it's slightly larger than Pikmin, gets more games than F-Zero (used to be Metroid, though they're getting 2 games), yet isn't even one of Nintendo's main 5 game series. (tends to be Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem...and maybe Animal Crossing? Donkey Kong would probably climb up when it gets a new game) not even counting notably popular spinoff series like Smash or Kart.
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PokemonYoutube
06/22/17 2:56:15 PM
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gamester_12345 posted...
Among fans, there's probably some dislike over Galaxy 2 being kind of an excuse plot

Because all the fans play Mario games for the epic storylines and sudden plot twists.
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DevsBro
06/22/17 2:57:41 PM
#31:


Mario is Missing was kinda wack

I really kinda liked it, tbh.

The enemies can't hurt you, but it's not that kind of game.
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