SilverspoonGaming | 331 Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 2 hours ago, CasualCart said: Whoa whoa whoa @SilverspoonGaming - you're throwing a wrench in the customary, semi-annual Super Mario Bros. 3 vs Super Mario World debate where everyone argues the same tired points over and over and over until everyone gets mad and overly-defensive! -CasualCart This was a conversation I was going to start later down the road. I guess if its been beat to death, Ill have to come up with something else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,786 Events Team · Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 64 blows. Mario's voice is stupid. No Luigi. Pretty much the beginning of the end for the entire main series. At least Mario Kart is still ok. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonMan Abrams X | 697 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Super Mario Bros. 3 no contest. One of my all-time favorite games! Especially in the context of the question in the OP, I would inevitably get bored of SM64, but I always love me some SMB3. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor | 848 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 i feel like this is a great question, given the timeframe. overall, i would pick SMB3 in most cases. i feel like it's a better game. but given the specific limitations, i gotta go with SM64. i feel like if it was your only form of entertainment, you'd burn through 3 quickly and be bored. On the other hand, if it was a lifetime stay on an island, SMB3 would be comfortable and an easy escape. But a weekend stay with only one game? this is what SM64 was made for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Well I'm a 2D guy, through and through, and SMB3 is a way better game overall, however, as per the question posed by the op, I would pick SM64 just because it takes me far longer to beat that one and get all 120 stars than the few hours it takes me to beat SMB3 without warping. So in terms of killing time over a weekend, I've gotta go with SM64... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 This has turned out to be surprisingly close! Maybe there is hope for this forum of malcontents and misanthropes after all! Speaking of which, where's @peg? I am DYING to know what he is gonna pick, I can barely handle the suspense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,719 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I love both games, I also have nostalgia for both. Given the criteria, I'd choose Mario 64. Mario 3 I can completely clear in about 2.5 hours, all stages, so it would be finished before that lonely weekend on the island properly got started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, OptOut said: This has turned out to be surprisingly close! Maybe there is hope for this forum of malcontents and misanthropes after all! Speaking of which, where's @peg? I am DYING to know what he is gonna pick, I can barely handle the suspense! "Both of these games are crap. I'll stare at sand all weekend if that's all I got" - Peg... Probably. Edited May 29, 2021 by RH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 331 Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 37 minutes ago, RH said: "Both of these games are crap. I'll stare at sand all weekend if that's all I got" - Peg... Probably. @pegwont find much sand while being snowed in in a log cabin... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 1 hour ago, SilverspoonGaming said: @pegwont find much sand while being snowed in in a log cabin... Eh, replace sand with snow. I misremembered the original post and was to lazy to scroll up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,727 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 No question. SMB3. But it's easy for me because I never got into Mario 64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 I wonder what this guy would choose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg | 370 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Mario 64 sucks. It's not Zelda 64 bad, but it's really, really bad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,093 Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Are you people even sure you like video games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erac | 78 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 @a3quit4s: lol, only good ones. Platformers utterly bore me. There's just nothing interesting in them, all you get is more points. Moving a platformer to 3d helps nothing, why would you adventure around when all you can find is points or new abilities with which to get points? At least in RPGs adventuring around gives you interesting things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Only the hottest of takes for us fine gentlemen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_robot | 540 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 I'm going Super Mario 64 because 64 bits is objectively better than 8 bits. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot_Ninjutsu | 122 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 2:01 PM, DefaultGen said: Sad, you have to play SMB3 40 times before you've extracted the fun out of it, meanwhile 5 minutes at Walmart with SM64 is enough to set you for life because it's that good. Mario was a much better man when he was silent. On 5/28/2021 at 2:11 PM, Hammerfestus said: You kept count? I was 11/12, of course I counted the # of times I beat my favorite game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inzoreno | 102 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Definitely prefer SMB3 over 64. Super Mario 64 is a great game, a masterpiece at the time it was released that was a revolution of 3D design. But to be honest, I've never been a fan of 3D platforming games. I've always had some difficulty judging depth in 3D games, so when it comes to platforming I've never been great at them. I can get by, but I have a preference for 2D platforming games. In addition, the camera controls in 64 just doesn't hold up like it did back in the day. They are serviceable, but don't allow for the amount of control you really need. I also love the variety of power-ups available in SMB 3 compared to just the three you get in 64. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyNotZoidberg | 585 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I will always prefer SMB3 to SM64. But I think the novelty of having played very, very little SM64 would make me pick SM64 in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,404 Administrator · Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Are people capable of picking their favorite and sharing why without throwing shade at others for their choices? Jeebz. (Yes, I realize some/most is playful, but still! ha) I chose Mario 64. I love both games, a lot. I can't fault anyone for choosing either, as they both excel in different ways and there are solid reasons for liking either. I LOVE SMB3, don't get me wrong - but I've also played it to death over the years and been through every nook and cranny. I don't think I can say the same for Mario 64. I've played it a lot, but I can't say I've fully conquered the game yet. There is a LOT of content in 64. Also, SMB3 is more about going from left to right and moving through the level. Mario 64 has a ton more opportunities for fun, random exploration. And that's what I love. Sometimes, I'll just run around the game trying to master the triple jump and get up to areas I didn't think possible, or just goof around. I like doing that - it's fun every now and then just to ditch the goal and just have fun roaming around being goofy. Many more opportunities for that in Mario 64. I also really like some of the little, I"ll call "side games" like racing the penguin down the slope, which is actually pretty challenging. If you chose SMB3, great. It's an awesome game and I can't fault that. But the shade at Mario 64 surprises me a bit - I think it's a fantastic game and super super fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 I’ll let you guys in on a little secret...I’ve never played Super Mario 3 before. I started with the Master system as console of choice and then jumped into the 16-bit consoles and so forth. Have finished Super Mario World and Mario 64 though, and likely to be my favourite 2 platformers of all time. Mario 3 is on my hit list before I get deformed joints due to ageing. So my answer is: Mario 3. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,479 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I pick Super Mario Bros 2, because its my backlog challenge game. Getting snowed in for the weekend might be the only way I get a chance to beat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 675 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 SMB3 for me. While I do have lots of nostalgia for Mario 64, I tried playing through it again this past year (after not having really played anything more than the first two courses since the 90's) and...it has not aged as well as I hoped it would. SMB3, on the other hand, is pretty close to Nintendo's perfection of the side-scrolling platformer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I'll go with Mario 64. I always thought SMB 3 was overrated, but playing Mario 64 for the first time was an amazing experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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