1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

[Gamerforlife]

I kind of agree. SMB 2 and 3 had a certain magic for me when I was a kid. I was in awe of those games and played them many times. Super Mario World felt to me a lot like the 3DS version of Super Mario 3d Land did, like this is just Nintendo mailing it in.

Maybe not the thread for this, but I take umbrage that Super Mario 3D Land was Nintendo "phoning it in." They do a lot of unique tricks with the fixed camera and level design that belies that entirely.

I didn't feel that way. The camera stuff is superficial. The gameplay was just your typical Mario stuff. Jump on enemies, toss some fireballs, go down a few pipes, hit some coin boxes. I just kept waiting for something fresh in that game and never got it. It was a solidly put together game, but it all felt so familiar

[dsheinem]

I just kept waiting for something fresh in that game and never got it. It was a solidly put together game, but it all felt so familiar

You've described 90% of Mario platforming games since 1985

[Damm64]

I just kept waiting for something fresh in that game and never got it. It was a solidly put together game, but it all felt so familiar

You've described 90% of Mario platforming games since 1985

Witch games are the 10% ?

[Stark]

I kind of agree. SMB 2 and 3 had a certain magic for me when I was a kid. I was in awe of those games and played them many times. Super Mario World felt to me a lot like the 3DS version of Super Mario 3d Land did, like this is just Nintendo mailing it in.

Maybe not the thread for this, but I take umbrage that Super Mario 3D Land was Nintendo "phoning it in." They do a lot of unique tricks with the fixed camera and level design that belies that entirely.

I didn't feel that way. The camera stuff is superficial. The gameplay was just your typical Mario stuff. Jump on enemies, toss some fireballs, go down a few pipes, hit some coin boxes. I just kept waiting for something fresh in that game and never got it. It was a solidly put together game, but it all felt so familiar

There are also the propeller boxes and coin boxes and other items that set it apart. Shrug. IMO, 3D Land doesn't truly open up until you've beaten the first 8 worlds.

You might like the 3D World one, it has a lot of unique items like the double-cherry. Which adds an element that is entirely new to Mario platformers (as far as I know), duplicates that you control all at the same time.

[Gamerforlife]

There are also the propeller boxes and coin boxes and other items that set it apart. Shrug. IMO, 3D Land doesn't truly open up until you've beaten the first 8 worlds.

You might like the 3D World one, it has a lot of unique items like the double-cherry. Which adds an element that is entirely new to Mario platformers (as far as I know), duplicates that you control all at the same time.

That does sound kind of neat. The Wii U version does sound a lot more ambitious than its 3DS counterpart from what I have heard

I just kept waiting for something fresh in that game and never got it. It was a solidly put together game, but it all felt so familiar

You've described 90% of Mario platforming games since 1985

Witch games are the 10% ?

I feel like SMB 2 and 3 did some interesting new things with the formula. So did Yoshi's Island, which I found far more interesting and exciting as an SNES Mario game than Super Mario World.

I don't know if I should count SMB 2 in the discussion though, as it wasn't a true Mario game(Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic )

[GigaPepsiMan]

I made a new list. Nintendo Official Magazine Readers Top 150 Games Ever (2005). I plan to do 3 more lists this week.
http://www.listchallenges.com/nintendo- ... rs-top-150

[GigaPepsiMan]

2 new ones:
Official Nintendo Magazine's 100 Greatest Nintendo Games Ever (2008)
http://www.listchallenges.com/official- ... 0-greatest

Official Nintendo Magazine: 50 Nintendo Games That Changed the World (2006)
http://www.listchallenges.com/official- ... endo-games

Have one more to do then I'll be done for a while.

[J T]

Coincidentally, 1001 games I must play before I die is what I call my unplayed Steam library.

[cha cha]

Well since this has devolved into yet another obligatory Nintendo fanboy discussion, rather than an actual discussion of all games and gaming platforms... I officially
#YAWN
#EXITTHREADLEFT

[Ack]

Well since this has devolved into yet another obligatory Nintendo fanboy discussion, rather than an actual discussion of all games and gaming platforms... I officially
#YAWN
#EXITTHREADLEFT

Aw, come on chief. Don't be like that. The thread went dead for a little bit, and then got revived because the OP posted a couple of other lists. If it makes you feel any better, I was working on a list of 1001 games, though I admit that I shelved the project a bit to focus on work until the end of the year.