Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Mario has some great games, so I'm not going to argue with that. But I do think SMG is the evlolution of SM64 which is one of the best Mario games. So that's something. It's tough to knock your pants off twice with 3D Mario. SM64 was such a pioneer for 3D platforming that the other 3D Mario games, though good, live in its shadow.
You know, I never really played Mario 64 cause I never owned a N64 and kind of felt it was a crummy system. So I don't really have the nostalgia vibe for 3D Mario so Mario Galaxy was my first foray into Mario's jump to 3D. If Glaxy is the best successor to that title, I have a feeling I just don't care for 3D Mario games.
Mario Galaxy is only a good successor to Mario 64 if someone considers a game with pretty tiny, linear levels and almost no exploration a good successor to a game which was pretty much the opposite of those things. I don't think it was a good successor at all because Mario 64 was pretty much all about having open levels that you could explore and collect stars in any order you want. Galaxy does far too much hand holding for my liking.