I've never played a mario game before, with the exception of one of the galaxy games which i enjoyed a lot

i've never played a mario game before, with the exception of one of the galaxy games which i enjoyed a lot

i have a host of emulators here and a controller collecting dust

which games are best?

Would recommend playing Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64

thanks man

are the RPG's any good?

Yeah they're great
Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga being good starting points

Do try sunshine as well as luigi's mansion. Both are bit of a cult hits that they have a strong following but not a large one

64. 3. World

The series peaked at 3.

Hooooooo boy.

OK.
>Super Mario Bros 1
>SMB 2
>SMB 3
>Super Mario World
>Super Mario World 2
>Super Mario 64
>Yoshi's Story
>Super Mario Sunshine
>Super Mario 3D World
>Luigi's Mansion
>Paper Mario
>Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Honestly, just about every Mario game is enjoyable. The series has very few bad games. I could even recommend you Mario Baseball for the Gamecube.

Go nuts, OP.

Trust this guy. Play them in that order. Also be aware that SM World is funny when you look for all the yoshi coins and secret exits.

alright thanks
maybe it's easier to ask

which games should i absolutely NOT play?

>most of the sports games
>Paper Mario Sticker Star
>Mario Party 10

Well there's the obvious ones like Mario is missing, Hotel Mario, and Mario's Game Gallery
I'd avoid the newer Mario Partys and the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games games
Sticker Star and arguably the last two entries in the Mario and Luigi RPG series are also kinda shit
Other than that I can't really think of anything

>most of the sports games
Which ones? All the ones I've played have been fun

>tips fedora

Then you're fine. I personally didn't like Mario Strikers or the 3DS Tennis one.

As another user said before, Most (main series) mario games are good. Maybe the original mario 2 (known as "the lost levels") is not recommended as it's the same as mario 1, but really difficult. Also there's other SMB 2 (a completely different game with Mario Sprites), but it's really boring imo.

>Most of the sports games
Most of the newer sports games
Wii era and before had some good ass games like Golf and Tennis
Speaking of which, the Mario Tennis for GBA is a surprising blend of tennis and an RPG, I'd check that out of you really find you like he sports games

Oh yeah, forgot about tennis 3ds, that was shit

Oh no, you told me I wear a funny hat. How will I ever recover from this?

They all have their positive's but they all bring such a different flavour to the main mechanics you really need to try for yourself.

If you want to really get a feel for the 2D Mario games, I recommend getting Super Mario Maker. You'll be able to play the styles of Mario 1, 2, 3, World and the New series and after that you can play the actual corresponding games depending on which style you liked.
>b-but Mario Maker's levels are shit compared to the originals
Only the ones that players actually make. The game itself comes with about 50 of its own pre-made levels that Nintendo made.

>You'll be able to play the styles of Mario 1, 2
>You'll be able to play Mario 2 in Mario Maker
Typo, sorry. Mario Maker doesn't have Super Mario Bros 2 in it.

>but it's really boring imo.

You won't, sorry famalam.

>opinion
>wrong
Whatever, user. I'm sure Op will try it anyway, just for the sake of completion.