Topic: Super Mario Bros 3 vs Super Mario Galaxy *(WARNING WORDS)*

[Sarail]

Yeah, Super Mario World is my favorite, too.  Galaxy comes in at second.

[NWR_insanolord]

There's an old expression, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Nintendo tried to fix Super Mario 3 when they were making Super Mario World, and in the process ruined it.

[Morari]

There's an old expression, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Nintendo tried to fix Super Mario 3 when they were making Super Mario World, and in the process ruined it.

Bingo. Super Mario 3 is still my favorite of the series. Interestingly enough, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (with Sonic & Knuckles attached, of course) is my favorite of that series. Classic franchises must peek at the third installment.

[NWR_pap64]

 

There's an old expression, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Nintendo tried to fix Super Mario 3 when they were making Super Mario World, and in the process ruined it.

Um, fix?

Super Mario World is a completely different experience from Mario Bros. 3. I doubt they were trying to emulate it or surpass it. It was its own adventure with its own set of challenges.

The problem I see here is that Mario Bros.3 was too good of a game, and thus people view the games that came after it as inferior efforts.

Mario Bros. 3 for many is the highlight of their gaming years. It redefined Nintendo and turned Mario into a pop culture icon. The game was the best moment in the movie "The Wizard" and its secrets were legendary.

It was so, so good that it would be hard to top it, hence why people see World as being inferior, even though its a high quality title with lots of replay value, creativity and challenge.

Not saying that Mario Bros. 3 is overrated, but it did create an act that would be hard to follow, and to this day its still hard to beat.

So if you were to compare every Mario game to Mario Bros. 3 of course all of them are weak. But if you were to look at each title as its own adventure then you would learn that all of them are fantastic.

[Nick DiMola]

What he said ---^

[GoldenPhoenix]

I would agree that SMW is not trying to replicate SMB3. While SMB3 is my favorite game of all time SMW is still an amazing game that is more than fresh enough to be in a similar league with SMB3.

[Bill Aurion]

SMB3 doesn't have Yoshi, so it ultimately isn't as good as Super Mario World...

(Yes, Yoshi is even better than Kuribo's Shoe, and I'm the biggest Kuribo's Shoe fanboy ever!)

[EasyCure]

SMB3 doesn't have Yoshi, so it ultimately isn't as good as Super Mario World...

(Yes, Yoshi is even better than Kuribo's Shoe, and I'm the biggest Kuribo's Shoe fanboy ever!)

i officially agree with that last statement. I didnt even think about comparing the two before bill said it, but he's so right. Yoshi is like a Kuribo's Shoe that can EAT **** and SHOOT FIRE, AND FLY

[NWR_insanolord]

I disagree, to me World always seemed like a very similar game to 3. And Yoshi really wasn't all that great (with a few exceptions) until Yoshi's Island. Super Mario 3 is my favorite Mario game (and favorite game period), but World may be my least favorite Mario game.

[Bill Aurion]

"I disagree, to me World always seemed like a very similar game to 3."

"Super Mario 3 is my favorite Mario game (and favorite game period), but World may be my least favorite Mario game."

............Eh...

[Dasmos]

There's no reasoning with idiots.

[NWR_insanolord]

"I disagree, to me World always seemed like a very similar game to 3."

"Super Mario 3 is my favorite Mario game (and favorite game period), but World may be my least favorite Mario game."
............Eh...

Similar in how they're designed and their overall feel, very different in quality.