Howdy my totally tubular crowd today we are ranking every 3D Mario game! While every Mario game is obviously great here, thought it would be fun to see which are my favorites! #mario #marioodyssey #E3
Here is my list. 7. Super Mario 3D Land (It's an amazing game, but it's too simple/easy until post game stuff) 6. Super Mario Sunshine (I would have put this higher than Mario 64 due to improved controls and interesting themes and more creative boss fights, but it is perhaps too gimmicky in some areas and doesn't have the unique charm that Mario 64 has) 5. Super Mario 64 (Easily the most revolutionary 3D game of all time, with Zelda OoT being it's only competition. But it has aged poorly in some areas such as wonky controls. And I think all the other Rare N64 games like Banjo, Donkey Kong 64 and especially Conker's Bad Fur Day out do it for me) 4. Super Mario 3D World (Absolutely the best 4 player Mario platformer and a huge improvement over the SMB Wii series + Bowser's Fury while a prototype, does look like a step in the right direction for the next 3D Mario game) 3. Super Mario Galaxy (Was going to put the 1st one higher due to nostalgia factor and Rosalina, but I think it's sequal made improvements over the gameplay and has a lot more variety with not just Galaxy stuff but a lot of throw back stages. Though it also has better boss fights) 2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Yoshi added so much and the 2nd player Luma is also a lot better than the 1st. Playing as Luigi mid game is also a plus and it has a far better post game) 1. Super Mario Odyssey (Simply as close to perfect as a 3D Mario game has gotten thus far)
Yeah i think odyssey is the best even from the time it was released and I’ve been playing he games since early 90;s, I love the clever secrets in the game. 2017:is big n best year to date IMO.
Sunshine runs up the rear for me. The game feels like it was never completed. A terrible camera that can be worse than 64's at times, some levels which are outright broken, forcing you to complete the first 7 stars in each level and fight shadow Mario at least 9 times, making it both repetitive and lacking freedom. It's not bad, but I can't believe Nintendo would release the game in the state it was in. The game clearly needed at least another 6 months development to iron out the many, many kinks. Those water effects are amazing though. Number 6 is 3D Land. At the time the game was a revelation, being the first in its style, the first 3D Mario developed specifically for a handheld, and the way it used the 3D capabilities of the system in the level design. You won't get camera angles like this in any other Mario game, even 3D World. The problem is the levels themselves are almost all generic. Number 5 is 64. The game is great. And it gives a lot more freedom than Sunshine. It's just aged a bit and some later games go further with the level designs. The camera was revolutionary in 1996, but it's bad now, and the controls are a little slippery. Number 4 is 3D World. What a fantastic game. Practically every level is a winner. It's great in single player or co-op. Great jazz soundtrack. Great graphics. Brimming with imagination all around. Only knock is the linearity, but with levels this good, who cares? Number 3 is Galaxy 2. Any of these top 3 could be #1 and would be on a shortlist of the greatest games of all time. Galaxy 2 has amazing level design, a ton of content, and much of what made the first Galaxy great. It's just that it came out after the first game and so loses the revolutionary impact, and the first game's atmosphere and greater focus on the galaxies and gravity concepts appeal to me more. Number 2 is Odyssey. The most open game in Mario history. The capture mechanic is fantastic. Great levels. Just a tad repetitive. Number 1 is Galaxy 1. Practically perfect. Still looks and sounds amazing to this day. The pinnacle of imaginative level design. The only halfway-decent story a mainline Mario game has ever had. I doubt any Mario game will ever top it.
I agree. Though for me, I put Odyssey below 3D World & the Galaxy games. Odyssey is really good. Don't get me wrong. But the filler Power Moons, some underwhelming kingdoms and easy difficult kinda ruins it from being the greatest.
How TF is Galaxy, both of them, ranked lower than Sunshine. Sunshine was an unfinished mess. Yeah it looks good for it’s time, but the replay value is horrid. Galaxy improved on all the mechanics of Sunshine had
No…Just no…Let me fix this for you. 1. Mario 3D World: You can play as Luigi from start to finish. 2. Mario Galaxy 2: You can play as Luigi intermittently before you beat Bowser than switch to him permanently for the rest of the game. 3. Mario 3D Land: You can play as Luigi roughly 60% into the game. 4. Mario Galaxy 1: You only unlock Luigi after collecting every star, but at least you can start a new file as him. 5. Mario Odyssey: Luigi is completely unplayable, but he does at least show up as an NPC. Plus you can drown your sorrows by dressing the “Red Asshat” like Luigi. 6. Mario Sunshine: No playable Luigi. His existence is completely wiped from the collective memory. 7. Mario 64: Same as Sunshine, but the controls are wonky and the camera is shit
6:45 ikr. I rlly wish they ported it to the switch, or at least put in the 3D all stars collection. I mean they made Colours Ultimate which was released in the same year for the same console.
Having 3D world last kills this rating, because the essence of Mario games is platforming and 3D World is one of the best in this regard. Odyssey doesn’t go first in my opinion because it had some poor level design choices. 64,3DW and Odyssey are top 3 anyways
Yeah this guy's list sucks ass also saying 3D world has a forgettable soundtrack is a crime this game had a live band perform the songs live and the platforming is amazing what more could you ask for
I would have put 64 at #1, galaxy1 at #2, sunshine#3, #odyssey at #4. Odyssey at #4 because the game gets boring after a the 500 power moon ending. And the capture mechanic takes up too much game time for me. I like flood more than cappy because he is an extension of Mario while cappy just has brings more limitations and situation abilities
@@code1253 after 100% odyssey i would put it before sunshine so #1super mario 64, #2 galaxy 2, #3 galaxy 1, #4 odyssey,#5 sunshine. Super mario 3d world: never played it
My ranking: 7. Super Mario 3D Land 6. Super Mario 3D World 5. Super Mario Sunshine 4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 3. Super Mario 64 2. Super Mario Galaxy 1. Super Mario Odyssey
My top 9 3D Mario platformers are 9. Super Mario 3D Land 8. Super Mario 64 7. Super Mario 64 DS 6. Bowser's Fury 5. Super Mario Sunshine 4. Super Mario Galaxy 3. Super Mario Galaxy 2 2. Super Mario 3D World 1. Super Mario Odyssey
@@88lilies Thanks. No 64 isn't a bad game by any means, it's just that the later games improved upon it. I agree that 64 DS' controls aren't as good, but the additional content, mini games, multiplayer and better graphics make it up for me.
1.Super Mario Galaxy 2.Super Mario Galaxy 2 3. Super Mario Odyssey 4. Super Mario 64 5.Super Mario 3D World 7.Super Mario Sunshine 8.Super Mario 3D Land
My rankings: 1:super mario odyssey 2: super mario galaxy 2 3: super mario 64 4:super mario galaxy 1 5: super mario sunshine 6: super mario 3d world 7: super mario 3d land
W takes. I much prefer the sandbox Mario games with an easy to learn, hard to master skill cap to the movement. Makes them much more replayable for me. Though the Galaxy games are arguably better in a lot of ways, I get why people would prefer them.
Couldn't disagree more with your take on 3d Land. It was a totally new take on 3d Mario. Putting enjoyment aside, saying the game brought nothing new to the table is categorically false.
It really didn't though. Basically the only thing it did was take the 2d formula (which by this point we had been seeing WAY too much of) and put it in 3d. It's very simple and doesn't really do anything particularly interesting with the one mechanic it has that truly stands out, the 3d.
Enjoyed the video but not sure I agree with this ranking at all. I have the two Galaxies and 3D World right near the top and all definitely ahead of 64 which has aged poorly imo (I haven't played 3D Land yet but I suspect I'd have it just behind 3D World).
This ranking is basically the reverse of their actual game design quality lol. And the absence of 3D Land, the best-playing and most well-designed 3D Mario game, is an absolute travesty.
Hardcore gamers tend to prefer the games with more mechanical depth of control. It's why the speedrunning scene in games like 64, sunshine, and odyssey dwarf that of the linear games.
@@tetermc There's not "depth" of control. Depth is a function of interplay, which is the unit of interaction between game elements and player mechanics. Hopping off of Cappy is about the only mechanical depth that is provided by having more movement options. Not to mention that having more options isn't automatically a better thing. Good gameplay doesn't come from the player being able to do anything they want, it comes from _limiting_ options, thereby forcing the player into sub-optimal strategies that require skillful execution and clever thinking to pull off. Movement options can often undermine platforming challenges as well. Undermining platforming and skipping as much of the actual game as possible is at the heart of speedrunning, which is why speedrunners prefer these games. Being preferred by speedrunners does not make something a better _game_ though. The open 3D Mario games lack the layered space of something like 3D Land. Whereas a game like Odyssey communicates its third dimension through open space, 3D Land does so by layering intersecting planes of 2D space to create more layered, nuanced, and interesting platforming challenges. By comparison, Odyssey's worlds are mostly empty, functionally negative space with sections of platforming and other, less dynamic interactions. 3D Land has this advantage on top of having denser, more well-paced and playful level design that is both more encouraging and rewarding of actually interacting with the space. I'm starting to think that people like open world games because they want to _avoid_ gameplay.
My ranking is the actual inverse of this, quite incredible. Odyssey is so boring and you have to go around looking for so much stuff, it's really aggravating wasting my limited videogame time on just looking for where to go.
For me from worst to best its 3d world it’s trash Sunshine it’s hard 64 fun but overrated a bit Bowser fury really fun Odyssey great game Galaxy 1 nostalgic Galaxy 2 improves every about the first galaxy 3d land really fun levels best final boss and memorable music
1. Super Mario 64 2. Super Mario Odyssey 3. Super Mario Sunshine 4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 5. Super Mario Galaxy 6. Super Mario 3D World 7. Super Mario 3D Land
