Established the formula for the series and is decent fun but would be vastly improved upon in later entries

Linear 2D Mario perfected. Elder god tier, especially on the SNES

2D nonlinear Mario perfected

My first Mario game outside of shitty flash games and honestly a wonderful return to form. Not perfect but it never needed to be. Shame Nintendo would milk the hell out of this once it became a franchise since the original is a super solid 2D Mario

My favorite 3D Mario game. Inspires such awe and adventure in me. Fantastic soundtrack and worlds to explore. Elder god tier

Solid as hell Mario game

pretty dope pretty raw pretty swag

classic raw swag kino goodness

Extremely lukewarm take but I prefer the original

ahhhhhhhhh I adore this game!

2D platforming perfected. Arguably better than Super Mario World. One of the best final bosses ever.

I adore this game and it has a ton of unique ideas that laid the groundwork for the rest of the SoulsBorne Dies Twice series. Some of my favorite bosses and events are from this game! Its got a lot of rough edges but its totally worth the playthrough

Words cannot express how much I adore this game. I've put around 700 combined hours between my ps3 vanilla version, my PC PTDE version, and my PS4 and Switch Remastered versions. Eldest of Elder God tier games. The best game ever? Probably.

This game is hated way too much lol.

Isshin Sword Saint put so many goddamn hairs on my chest