Mario

[Ayen]

Because a video game board isn't a video game board until it talked about the most influential game series of all time! Chances are gamers here have played at least one Mario game in their lifetime, and if you haven't then the chances are high that you at least know what it's all about. There are people who haven't even touched a game who knows what Mario is and who could instantly recognize him, mainly because the character himself is more recognizable than Disney's Mickey Mouse (I looked it up he is). Because when it comes down to it, Nintendo is the video game equivalent of Disney. A lot of us grew up with them and hate what it's become

Super Mario Brothers on the NES was the first game I ever played ever It was my introduction into the magnificent world of gaming in which I would never escape from and never would want to escape. I was either three or four, pretty sure I was four because I remember the first memory I ever had and I was pretty confident I was four at the time, so I'll say four. My brother had the NES and got the Mario/Duck Hunt double cartridge that came out in 88 so I was able to play Mario through that. I don't remember much of my first time playing beyond the first two levels but it would be a game I would come back to years later on the SNES and get my ass beat.

Then I would come back a couple more years later when it was re-released on the Game Boy Color and through the groaning, the swearing, the hair pulling and the grinding of teeth I finally got to the final world, beat the last level, take out Bowser and rescued the smurfing princess that took eight worlds to get to! Why do you have eight different castles!? -throws Hope out a window-

Talk about Mario, your first experiences and/or favorite experiences with Mario. I have a lot more fond Mario memories I'm saving for later because otherwise this is going to be a very 'tl;dr' post and it's already stretching out to that length now. So...

Your turn.

[Jinx]

Who?

[Hollycat]

Is that some kind of pasta?
(SPOILER) I think 3d mario games control poorly and 2d ones are just good as far as platformers go. I prefer spyro, crash and rayman

[Ayen]

I think 3 mario games control poorly

Huh?

[Hollycat]

I think 3d mario games control poorly

Huh?

oops. fixed

[Ayen]

I think 3d mario games control poorly

Huh?

oops. fixed

I figured but didn't want to assume. Any 3D game in particular? Because I played Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Paper Mario, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64 DS and I never had trouble with the controls. Unless you mean the newer DS games that came afterwards in which case I never played them.

[Hollycat]

I think 3d mario games control poorly

Huh?

oops. fixed

I figured but didn't want to assume. Any 3D game in particular? Because I played Super Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Paper Mario, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64 DS and I never had trouble with the controls. Unless you mean the newer DS games that came afterwards in which case I never played them.

I've only played 2 3d marios so Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64. Marios movement felt super awkward and weighty.

[AssassinDX]

The first one I played was All Stars on the SNES, I think I either got it with the console or very soon afterwards. I had a lot of fun playing through 3 with friends, in fact to this day that's my favourite Mario experience.

I'm hoping Super Mario 3D World will dethrone that though, it looks fantastic and I bought it for my son as a Christmas present. Or birthday, the two are so close together I forget what I've wrapped for which occasion. :P

[Jinx]

I didn't have any problem with Mario 64 3D. Maybe I'm just really used to the game in general.

[Ayen]

I've only played 2 3d marios so Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 64. Marios movement felt super awkward and weighty.

He is awkward and weighty.

The first one I played was All Stars on the SNES, I think I either got it with the console or very soon afterwards. I had a lot of fun playing through 3 with friends, in fact to this day that's my favourite Mario experience.

I love All Stars. Being able to cycle through a remastered edition of Super Mario Bros and the Lost Levels alongside 2 and 3 were awesome. It was my first time getting to play Super Mario Bros 3 as well. 2 is still my favorite among them, though. Being able to choose between Mario, Luigi, Toad and Peach was a treat and I think I spent the most time playing that one out of all the other classics.

[Botchmun]

Is that some kind of pasta?

[Hollycat]

Is that some kind of pasta?

You just put the bit at the end of the URL in between the tags.
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[maybee]

I don't really like the Mario games all that much to be honest and fail to understand what the whole big deal is.

I grew up with Sonic, Spyro, Crash and Commando Keen and Mario was the "enemy " but I grew up, got a N64/SNES and with a open-mind gave alot of SNES games and N64 games a try, and I ended up loving Zelda, Chrono, FF 6 and Donkey Kong.

Mario however ? Nope.

Mario Kart N64 is fun though, though not as good as CTR on the PlayStation, though it's fun and I hope to get the latest one on the Wii- U soon.

* gets beaten up by a horde of Mario fans * ;___;

[Ayen]

* gets beaten up by a horde of Mario fans * ;___;

-stands over you, kneels down and grabs you by the collar- But I didn't have to take it easy on you. A mushroom here, a fireflower there. I want you to remember that. In your most private of moments I want you to remember, my gloved hand at your throat, I want you to remember the one Italian plumber who beat you!

Seriously though, that's cool. I never really got into either platform to the point where I saw the other as the enemy. I just played Mario games more than Sonic.

[Elskidor]

Yup, Mario was my first. Dirty plumber..I was only 5..or maybe 6. I played 1,2 and 3 for NES and Super Mario World SNES, Mario RPG and Mario Kart SNES and later Mario Kart on the Wii. I think that's the extent of my Mario gaming, so I suppose I grew out of those games during the SNES era, but I've always liked Mario Kart.