What is your favorite Mario Game?
By llabteksab73
@llabteksab73 (800)
United States
January 30, 2007 9:22pm CST
Mine is super mario brothers 3. This one is the ultimate classic. I have the motorola Q and i can play this game on my phone. Absoluetly great for any true mario fan. But back to the point, what is your favoirite mario game? THANKS!
11 responses
@amjbailey101888 (97)
• United States
31 Jan 07
my favorite mario game would have to be mario golf. I like it the best because golf is my all time favorite sport. Its even cooler when mario plays. I have a very good time playing mario golf. I can play it all day. I can even play it with my eyes closed. I beat everyone ive ever played in it. I have nerv lost a match. I played the best player in my city before and even beat him by 11 strokes. The settings in the game are awesome too. Like hitting the ball off trees and stuff. Its the most fun I've ever had. Mario is so small and fun. i wish i could play mario in golf in real life. Like have him on the course with me. I think that I would beat him.
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@llabteksab73 (800)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Wow that is very good. 11 Strokes?! Very good! I also am a fan of the mario golf series. I like to be Donkey Kong though. He can hit it hard and very far. I also wish I could play mario in golf even if I happen to lose. Would be a lot of fun. THANKS!
@mbarryton (1872)
• United States
31 Jan 07
altho that one is good i like the original 1 better
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@llabteksab73 (800)
• United States
6 Feb 07
How come, you can get an Emmulator for your computer. Check those out. THANKS!
@llabteksab73 (800)
• United States
31 Jan 07
Yes, I dont even play the other snes games. I did enjoy the N64 version as well. Thanks!!!
@BlaKy2 (1475)
• Romania
1 Feb 07
Super Mario Bros. 3 (sometimes referred to as Mario 3, SMB3, or Super Mario 3) is the last major Mario video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on October 23, 1988 in Japan, February 12, 1990 in North America, and August 29, 1991 in Europe. The game was directed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, with music composed by Koji Kondo.
Super Mario Bros. 3 introduces a number of advances to the Super Mario Bros. series: the addition of a map screen, minigames, many new power-ups, enemies, and level types. It also features the first appearance of King Bowser's children, the Koopa Kids or Koopalings (with the exception of Bowser Jr.). Unlike Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA), it remains true to the original Super Mario Bros. gameplay formula, yet it features a great deal more innovation and freshness than Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. It consistently places highly in lists of top games of all time.
Although widely regarded as being the best-selling video game of all time, the original Super Mario Bros. is actually the best-selling video game, at 40.23 million copies compared to Super Mario Bros. 3's 17.28 million (as recognized by the Guinness Book of Records [1], based on data given by Nintendo).[2] Many figures however, put the sales at over 18 million copies sold. Because of the confusion that bundling causes with sales figures, Super Mario Bros. 3's achievement is often given more weight. When combined with its Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 versions, Super Mario Bros. 3 has sold over 33 million copies. The game was on the NES Top 20 list in Nintendo Power from its release until the NES list was discontinued in 1995. Only The Legend of Zelda was on the list longer.
The gameplay is a return to the style of Super Mario Bros. after the vast departure of the North American version of Super Mario Bros. 2. The heroes can again jump on many enemies to destroy them, as well as take on many different forms by acquiring special items.
However, despite the familiar gameplay, Super Mario Bros. 3 is still a different game from its predecessor. More puzzles, enemies and secret areas were added to enhance difficulty.
Rather than simply move forward in the game in a linear fashion, Mario travels the Mushroom World via a map, which often splits into different paths, giving the player more of a choice of which levels to play. Now the player could know what to expect while entering a level: for instance, a level situated near or on a body of water would most likely have aquatic elements. Furthermore, the player could skip levels entirely, allowing there to be greater control over the gameplay. While on the map, Mario can acquire special items through "Toad Houses" and battles with Hammer Brothers, which are saved in an inventory, and can be used in between levels.
Furthermore, smaller mechanics are changed. For instance, as in Super Mario Bros. 2 but not the original Super Mario Bros., the player can travel backwards in a level in case he had missed a special area or item. Super Mario Bros. 3 introduced the further ability of the screen to scroll diagonally (in Super Mario Bros. 2, it can sometimes scroll vertically and sometimes scroll horizontally, but never in both manners at once).
Also, due to the increased difficulty, a luxury was given to the player in the U.S. and PAL releases: if he had one of the "special" powers (Fire Mario, Raccoon Mario, Hammer Mario, Tanooki Mario, etc.) and then took a hit, he would revert into Super Mario, allowing for an extra hit. This is contrary to the original Super Mario Bros. and the Japanese release of Super Mario Bros. 3, where if a player had been hit as Fire Mario (or any other power-up mode), he would revert to regular, small Mario. This game play mechanic was not used in the original Super Mario World, but it was used in the later Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance, and New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS.
A stripped-down version of the first Mario game in the series, the 1983 arcade release Mario Bros. was also included as a 2-player minigame.
@ShoalsTider (247)
• United States
6 Feb 07
My sons and I love to play MarioKart. Fun, entertaing and not too hard to learn.
@koolkrakker071 (29)
• United States
7 Feb 07
my favorite mario game is the first one .....i think that princess is sooo beautiful
@lostinwonderland (35)
• United States
2 Mar 07
Classic I would go with SMB3, like you. If I were to pick a newer one, I'd go with Super Mario Sunshine. New Super Mario Bros on DS was pretty good too. Ah, heck I love em all! :)
@dsantacruz (556)
• United States
8 Aug 07
I loved the Super Mario Bros. that came out on NES, but when Super Mario Bros. 3 came out that became my favorite. The graphics were so much better, the music was better and it was a lot more fun. When That Super Mario Bros. RPG came out I was so confused about what to do, I was like 6, and I was expecting the regular Mario gameplay. After figuring out how to play THAT became my favorite.