Chris Buffa (Modojo): After more than two decades of handheld dominance, it's hard to imagine Nintendo losing its portable gaming throne. Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and DS were all universal success stories, selling in excess of 80 million units worldwide.
A new Animal Crossing or a Kid Icarus: Uprising remaster would be perfect on the Switch 2.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "With the Switch getting on in years and the prospect of a new Nintendo console growing closer, now seems like an excellent time to take a look back at one of its mascot’s two big evolutionary lines, particularly since we now find ourselves in the longest wait ever between 3D Mario games. Today marks the seven year anniversary for the release of Super Mario Odyssey, and with no full new entry in sight, it comfortably beats the roughly six year wait between Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, which should also be good news to anybody who broke a mirror that day.
3D Mario has delighted fans since 1996, maintaining an astonishing level of quality and bringing innovations not just to the 3D platformer genre, but gaming as a whole. Needless to say, it’s a hard task to rank a series where every entry is beloved, but I shall nevertheless undertake this risky venture with my head held high. Wish me luck."
One of the worst marios.. i hated the fact it was only about finding the moons and very repetitive with the same bosses. There is no exploration in this one.
Galaxy 2 is still unmatched
I played, completed, and enjoyed Mario Odyssey, but I tend to agree that I don't think it's the best 3D Mario. There was sense of sameness that prevailed after the first couple of worlds... not in the levels, environments, or aesthetics, but in the routine of each world. It just felt like each new environment was just the beginning of another checklist of moons to acquire, and the sheer number of them took away the sense of accomplishment I got from the stars in Mario 64 and the like. I can't exactly put my finger on why that is. Galaxy gets my nod as the best one.
I enjoyed it too but i won’t even place it in my top10 mario games.. as you said you are just looking for stars and that irritating music everytime you find one.
Also the bosses are pretty much the same from begging to end. I would have have like some koopalings instead of these dumb useless rabbits
I played a little of this game and freakin' LOVED it! But I forced myself to stop because I hadn't played Galaxy 2, which I've been playing every day for the past week. Cripes, Galaxy 2 is way better than I expected it to be! Even though I dislike the Wiimote and nunchuck controls, and it annoyed me a lot with Galaxy 1, part 2 just feels better and slightly less gimmicky when it comes to the controls.
Sunshine at number 7 no way. I get it's not perfect but it deserves better to date there has not been another 3d Mario that's managed to capture that same movement it's the most acrobatic feeling Mario to date.
It's by and large better than 3d land/world and I'd argue that galaxy 2 didn't offer any trie innovation it was essentially a DLC pack to 1
Personally it's
1) Mario 64
2) Mario Sunshine
3) Mario galaxy
4) Mario Odyssey
5) galaxy 2
6) Bowser fury
7) 3d land/ world.
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
its not going to bomb. But it will have competition this time.
I doubt it will bomb. There are so many people that buy Nintendo systems just for Mario and Zelda. Ocarina was a remake which I think shook away some people that didn't feel the need to play it again. But just wait for Kid Icarus and Mario to start polluting the system with tons of games. It will sell just fine. Not polluting but that's the only word I could think of.
And even if it does bomb for some crazy reason. Nintendo has had failures before. Everybody acts like if something fails on Nintendos part then the company is done for. That's not the case. Virtual Boy, Nintendo 64DD, and I don't remember the Game Boy Micro being very popular but correct me if I'm wrong. Why don't people get over the fact that Nintendo isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
OoT 3D (pretty soon an original and majoras mask 3D)
starfox 64 3D (maybe later on an original)
paper mario
super mario
mario kart
kid icarus
luigis mansion 2
super smash bros.
eshop: mighty switch force, mutant mudds
those are just games we know of...
and i dont care if YOU dont like 3D I LOVE 3D! i love it as much as hd fans love their high resolution
I DONT CARE IF YOU THINK 3D IS A GIMMICK!
no it doesnt give me headaches, makes my eyes melt or eye cancer... im not a pussy
it wont bomb for me
After the price drop and the promise of 20 games to early adopters I hope all of you haters will finally shut up and realize that Nintendo has a tad more business sense than that. Bombed already? You don't know your game history. EVERY new handheld system starts slow and it makes sense that it should. There is always a cheaper earlier generation still available that still attracts the consumer not gung-ho about getting the newest piece of tech.
Oh, and you're reading all of the "negative articles" about 3DS because some editor here thinks every Modojo article should be linked here when clearly he hates the 3DS.
it will not bomb but im sure alot of haters want that so they can claim sony win and save face about psp losing....the 3ds will be on good ground after the holidays