take his princess and he’ll stomp on
your head
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 Mario games since Mario has had way
too many spin-offs and extracurricular
activities from painting to puzzles
we’ve decided to narrow our focus to
core Mario games and exclude his
particular or combat-oriented escapades
number 10 Donkey Kong let’s kick off
this list by paying respect to the
one-of-a-kind arcade classic where Mario
made his debut as a carpenter named
Jumpman the first ever platformer to
feature the character it also introduced
the gaming world to jumping along with
point collection platform jumping became
a Mario mainstay while the construction
site setting and focus on the big ape as
the villain were one offs for the series
number nine Super Mario Land while you
may argue that the best title to change
things up could go to Mario – we’ve
instead often to award that honor to
this Gameboy classic taking place in
sarasaland mario combats a mysterious
spaceman to rescue Daisy from a forced
marriage
this means traversing four areas
including vehicular levels allowing you
to pilot a submarine and an airplane
sure it’s monochrome but with gameplay
this fun nobody cared
number eight Super Mario World to
Yoshi’s Island talk about a misleading
title to a game that completely changed
the formula more of a stylized prequel
than anything else this hand-drawn
classic featured the Yoshi clan caring
for baby Mario after the stork and his
brother were kidnapped by Baby Bowser
while Mario is still always around he’s
entirely helpless throughout and you
control a variety of Yoshi’s on the
ultimate babysitting quest
number seven New Super Mario Brothers
weep while the first New Super Mario
Brothers game was 2006 SDS version this
entry took the retro platforming fun
back to the home console and made it
four players mixing and matching
elements of the games leading up to
mario world it innovated with motion
controls and its competitively
cooperative experience used charm from
every pixel number six Super Mario
Galaxy 2
you’ll notice that sunshine and galaxy
one are absent from this list while both
were good Mario installments the best 3d
Mario game of the new millennium is
definitely the second galaxy adventure
taking Mario into space this game didn’t
allow itself to be limited by terrain or
even gravity to sweeten the deal even
further it also brought back beloved
elements from earlier installments
number five Super Mario RPG The Legend
of the Seven Stars you may be more
familiar with the later crop of RPGs in
the series from the stylized Paper Mario
to the Mario and Luigi series however
none of those can compare to this
installment developed by Square the
makers of Final Fantasy an epic and
heartfelt outing it blended traditional
adventuring with turn-based RPG battles
topping it all off it expanded the
series and cast of characters even
making Bowser an ally
number four super mario brothers here it
is the NES classic that jump-started
Mario mania on the home consoles and
made the plumber the household name he
is today the setup is simple enough a
plumber travels across eight surreal
worlds to rescue a princess from a giant
turtle that breathes fire the gameplay
was simple and addictive but most
importantly it provided players with
never-before-seen levels of pitch
perfect gameplay precision number three
Super Mario 64 nobody will ever forget
the first time they played this game
from analog controls to the radically
advanced leap in graphics over the SNES
super mario 64 blew our collective minds
bringing about a true 3d revolution it
demonstrated how space can and should be
manipulated from its large open-ended
areas to dynamic camera and emphasis on
exploration this Mario quest remains a
top title in the series
number two Super Mario Brothers 3 here
it is the Mario game that introduced
world maps new power-ups Bowser’s
children airships and the ever-popular
flying tanooki suit a game so
anticipated and publicized that it even
made a movie appearance before its
release it thankfully lived up to the
hype and formed the DNA for the rest of
the series to follow
number one Super Mario World taking the
top spot on our list is the Mario
platformer that not only improved upon
the incredible successors but did so
while taking a chance and moving the
action to a completely new setting
taking place in Dinosaur Land this game
followed the pattern of Mario 3 but
added a heaping handful of new gameplay
elements enormous level variety and
still glorious 16-bit graphics agree
with our list which Mario game
challenges and amuses you the most for
more head stomping top tens be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
your head
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 Mario games since Mario has had way
too many spin-offs and extracurricular
activities from painting to puzzles
we’ve decided to narrow our focus to
core Mario games and exclude his
particular or combat-oriented escapades
number 10 Donkey Kong let’s kick off
this list by paying respect to the
one-of-a-kind arcade classic where Mario
made his debut as a carpenter named
Jumpman the first ever platformer to
feature the character it also introduced
the gaming world to jumping along with
point collection platform jumping became
a Mario mainstay while the construction
site setting and focus on the big ape as
the villain were one offs for the series
number nine Super Mario Land while you
may argue that the best title to change
things up could go to Mario – we’ve
instead often to award that honor to
this Gameboy classic taking place in
sarasaland mario combats a mysterious
spaceman to rescue Daisy from a forced
marriage
this means traversing four areas
including vehicular levels allowing you
to pilot a submarine and an airplane
sure it’s monochrome but with gameplay
this fun nobody cared
number eight Super Mario World to
Yoshi’s Island talk about a misleading
title to a game that completely changed
the formula more of a stylized prequel
than anything else this hand-drawn
classic featured the Yoshi clan caring
for baby Mario after the stork and his
brother were kidnapped by Baby Bowser
while Mario is still always around he’s
entirely helpless throughout and you
control a variety of Yoshi’s on the
ultimate babysitting quest
number seven New Super Mario Brothers
weep while the first New Super Mario
Brothers game was 2006 SDS version this
entry took the retro platforming fun
back to the home console and made it
four players mixing and matching
elements of the games leading up to
mario world it innovated with motion
controls and its competitively
cooperative experience used charm from
every pixel number six Super Mario
Galaxy 2
you’ll notice that sunshine and galaxy
one are absent from this list while both
were good Mario installments the best 3d
Mario game of the new millennium is
definitely the second galaxy adventure
taking Mario into space this game didn’t
allow itself to be limited by terrain or
even gravity to sweeten the deal even
further it also brought back beloved
elements from earlier installments
number five Super Mario RPG The Legend
of the Seven Stars you may be more
familiar with the later crop of RPGs in
the series from the stylized Paper Mario
to the Mario and Luigi series however
none of those can compare to this
installment developed by Square the
makers of Final Fantasy an epic and
heartfelt outing it blended traditional
adventuring with turn-based RPG battles
topping it all off it expanded the
series and cast of characters even
making Bowser an ally
number four super mario brothers here it
is the NES classic that jump-started
Mario mania on the home consoles and
made the plumber the household name he
is today the setup is simple enough a
plumber travels across eight surreal
worlds to rescue a princess from a giant
turtle that breathes fire the gameplay
was simple and addictive but most
importantly it provided players with
never-before-seen levels of pitch
perfect gameplay precision number three
Super Mario 64 nobody will ever forget
the first time they played this game
from analog controls to the radically
advanced leap in graphics over the SNES
super mario 64 blew our collective minds
bringing about a true 3d revolution it
demonstrated how space can and should be
manipulated from its large open-ended
areas to dynamic camera and emphasis on
exploration this Mario quest remains a
top title in the series
number two Super Mario Brothers 3 here
it is the Mario game that introduced
world maps new power-ups Bowser’s
children airships and the ever-popular
flying tanooki suit a game so
anticipated and publicized that it even
made a movie appearance before its
release it thankfully lived up to the
hype and formed the DNA for the rest of
the series to follow
number one Super Mario World taking the
top spot on our list is the Mario
platformer that not only improved upon
the incredible successors but did so
while taking a chance and moving the
action to a completely new setting
taking place in Dinosaur Land this game
followed the pattern of Mario 3 but
added a heaping handful of new gameplay
elements enormous level variety and
still glorious 16-bit graphics agree
with our list which Mario game
challenges and amuses you the most for
more head stomping top tens be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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