Solid as hell Mario game

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

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

2D nonlinear Mario perfected

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

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