Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

I don't want a 3D World port to Switch. I want a completely new 3D World/Land-like game. Particularly, fix the multiplayer, it's a damn mess. Remove lives too.
 
Pokerninja2 said:
I mean Mario Super Sluggers currently has the largest roster of any game at around 70 characters counting costumes, and that was in 2008. Over a decade later I'm sure making a bigger roster that lets everything balance out like that isn't out of the question. It'd be cool as a "let's pay tribute to all these series" kinda thing.

Granted we haven't gotten a lot of sports spin-offs lately aside from Mario Tennis Aces so idk what kind of game they would make to fit such a large roster.

Tangentially related but I miss Mario Strikers. Those games had a really unique aesthetic and the characters' personalities really showed.
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Late response but super sluggers was largely made of re-used assets from the previous game. And most of it's roster was composed of various copies.
 
Mario Superstar Baseball's roster is still pretty impressive, and I like how all characters practically had unique animations such as the homerun celebrations.
 
I'd be more impressed if a lot of it weren't recycled.

Plus being a baseball game each character doesn't require as much indepth animations as they would in say, a tennis game.
 
Tennis, Soccer, and Golf all have the best animations in the series. Mario Tennis Aces, I was really impressed.
 
Arguably, I think they have more animations in baseball than they do in tennis, and I don't think tennis has that elaborate animations aside from winning and losing. Each character has three getting struck out animations in the Mario Baseball games: one for when they don't swing, one where they swing without charging, and the last one where they swing with charging. Oh and they have two walk to base animations as well: one with getting hit by a ball and another getting 5 balls. That's also not to say their home run animations, which I think are pretty elaborate.

Though, golf has the best animations out of any game. It gave me Baby Luigi in a bubble. Though if there's a Strikers game with Baby Luigi playable in it, it may usurp that.
 
Luma should be playable in more than just Tennis. It should have been playable in Mario Kart 8 than Baby Rosalina.
 
Super Mario Bros 3. is overrated
Mario Kart Wii is the best Mario Kart
The newer Paper Mario games aren't that bad
New Super Mario Bros. U isn't the worst NSMB game, it's New Super Mario Bros. 2
 
I think Super Mario Bros. 3 is an overall solid game and it's the best for its time. It's clearly to me one of the better NES games, actually feels like a complete game even for today's standards. It just doesn't measure as well compared to the more modern titles, as more modern titles are far more rewarding with exploration rather than just muscling through levels and has more moves that help you in a pinch like the wall jump. Oh, and there's voice effects and Mario wears gloves.
 
Nintenboi said:
Super Mario Bros 3. is overrated Maybe a little bit, but still fantastic for an NES platformer imo

Mario Kart Wii is the best Mario Kart I've heard this one a lot. Personally I prefer MK8 but I do have a lot of nostalgia for MKW.

The newer Paper Mario games aren't that bad Thank you. I hold the opinion that Color Splash is a top-tier Paper Mario and even Sticker Star is better than SPM will ever be.

New Super Mario Bros. U isn't the worst NSMB game, it's New Super Mario Bros. 2
I've actually never heard anyone call NSMBU the worst NSMB game. Personally, I think it's the best one.
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Luma said:
Fortune Street opened my eyes to how to improve Mario Party. ( I have not played 9 or 10 so correct me if I'm wrong that MP hasn't done this yet)

Playable character dialogue, and, manual movement for every space. Dialogue I'm sure everyone understands as it adds charm.
So I'll explain why I feel manual movement for every space would be better, the characters do gymnastics through the boards, rather quickly, it's entertaining sure, but I always felt I had too little control of their movement. IRL board games people often have their pieces walk along the board with their hand, it's just more engaging that way. MP take note!

I'm aware they did an experiment of this on an open movement board for the 3ds, I think they should have took the FS direction though, to keep it more Board Game esq.

*update*
And add every Character having a different CPU playstyle!

With all of this, even single player becomes inherently fun~
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The funny thing is that Fortune Street only made it to English where it has Mario, rather than if it was plain, or had Dragon Quest characters and Final Fantasy characters were added. I daresay that a Switch version should retain Mario characters, mainly because I am biased about Mario characters and it would be great to have them speak more often, and that it would be a better game with them. And besides, there will be an opportunity to add a few more Mario faces, now that we have Toadette, Rosalina and Pauline on the forefront.

As nice as manual movement is, I don't think it's not necessary on a game like Mario Party if there is only one direction to go, since it's not a methodological game like Fortune Street. In a way, the sounds that was made when the characters stepped on each space already gives a similar feeling.

Princess Mario said:
I don't want a 3D World port to Switch. I want a completely new 3D World/Land-like game. Particularly, fix the multiplayer, it's a damn mess. Remove lives too.
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In general, I am opposed to Wii U ports to Switch, so I agree with you. I suppose I can accept some of them like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe since it was needed to ensure that Switch is a success, but the excessive porting is something that got out of hand, even if it's meant to fill some gaps. I know Wii U performed way below expectations, but there are other consoles' worth of games that could use a touch up. Fortunately some games are follow ups instead, like Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Maker 2, and that there are non-WiiU "ports" like Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and Kirby Clash. So yes, if there is a new Super Mario 3D game, it's best that it's a new game like Super Mario 3D World 2, instead of yet another port.

Thank you for reading.
 
And I think it should extend back. I'm opposed to a Mystery Dungeon remake. I'm also now opposed to a Sunshine remake as well as a Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door remake (these should instead be Virtual Console games). This is after getting a port of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, getting a port of Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, getting a remake of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, getting a port of New Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, getting a remake of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, getting a remake of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, getting a port for Rayman Legends, getting a port for Tropical Freeze, and getting an announced remake of Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom. We did get Luigi's Mansion 3 as a treat, and Super Mario Maker 2, I hear is a good game, though at this point, I'm really burnt of nostalgic retreads.
 
Princess Mario said:
I think Super Mario Bros. 3 is an overall solid game and it's the best for its time. It's clearly to me one of the better NES games, actually feels like a complete game even for today's standards. It just doesn't measure as well compared to the more modern titles, as more modern titles are far more rewarding with exploration rather than just muscling through levels and has more moves that help you in a pinch like the wall jump. Oh, and there's voice effects and Mario wears gloves.
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Super Mario Bros. 3 is the best NES game as far as I'm concerned.

I'm surprised such a delicate game could run on that toaster of a console.
 
Nintenboi said:
The newer Paper Mario games aren't that bad
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I wouldn't say that's a particularly unpopular opinion, but preferring them to the first two definitely is, as is preferring Sticker Star to Super Paper Mario. I see many people who view the last two PM games as perfectly alright games on their own but just a disappointment compared to the first two/three.

I've not tried them myself, though I do own a CS disk and a Wii U, just haven't got round to playing it though. I don't anticipate to like either as much as the first three, since the story/character elements were apparently strongly reduced which was always one of the most important parts of PM imo. I'd still very much like to play them though.

Nintenboi said:
New Super Mario Bros. U isn't the worst NSMB game, it's New Super Mario Bros. 2
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Just saw this - I wouldn't say that's very unpopular either. If you ask me NSMB2 is probably the least liked in the NSMB series. I haven't played either but I'd like to play both.
 
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I don't mind ports and remakes as long as they don't get in the way of new games of the same series. Aka if there's different teams of people working on ports/remakes than the new game teams.
 
Cackletta still remains the greatest Mario RPG villain and also the funniest. Her facial expressions are incredible.
 
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The Soundtrack of the Mario & Sonic games are underrated. I know they're considered the best parts of the game, but I've never seen anyone talk about anything besides the remixes. Rio 2016 is up there among some of my favourite soundtracks in the franchise.
 
It has the best iteration of the circuits from Double Dash (which seriously outdoes the one in Mario Kart 8), and there's also a great iteration of Dreadnought Galaxy.

Still the best parts of the series would be the presentation and animations and all. If the Mario & Sonic games became just assets and little else, I'd be okay with that.
 
I definitely agree that the soundtracks are great. Most of the remixes are good, though some of the 2014 ones are questionable, but I also like a lot of the main tracks too. I'd say that the main themes (The ones that go alongside the openings) are all really nice.
 
Pity the new one had like, no new music at all.
 
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