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FreezeWarp
07-27-2009, 10:35 PM
Mario has had many careers and appearances, however he is best known for his role in the classic Mario games, where he has saved princess upon princess, beaten bowser upon bowser, and been crowned the Mushroom Kingdom here. Which of these installments is your favorite?

Mario Bros.
Initial Release: 1983
Platform(s): Arcade Systems, NES, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Gameboy (Super Mario Land Remake), Gameboy Advance (Mario Advance and Mario and Luigi: Superstar Sega Remakes), Gamecube (SSBM Remake), Wii (SSBB Remake)
Additional Notes: This game is not really a side-scroller, but is close enough.
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Super Mario Bros.
Initial Release: 1985
Platform(s): NES, Gamecube (Hidden Animal Crossing Remake), Wii (SSBB Demo Remake)
Additional Notes: This game was the very first true Mario game.
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Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Initial Release: 1986
Platform(s): NES
Additional Notes: This game was never released in the U.S. as it started with the challenge of World 8 in the original.

Super Mario Bros. 2
Initial Release: 1988
Platform(s): NES, GBA (Mario Advance Remake)
Additional Notes: This game was actually a different Japanese game, released in America with Mario's name. It was also later released as Super Mario Bros. 2 USA in Japan.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Initial Release: 1988
Platform(s): NES, GBA (Mario Advance Remake)
Additional Notes: This game was made to be very different, in order to keep the Mario series fresh and new. It still follows the original concept fairly closely, though.
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Super Mario Land
Initial Release: 1989
Platform(s): Gameboy
Additional Notes: This was a relatively unsuccessful game for the Gameboy.

Super Mario World
Initial Release: 1990
Platform(s): NES, GBA (Mario Advance Remake)
Additional Notes: This was the only side-scroller for the Super NES.
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Super Mario Land 2
Initial Release: 1991
Platform(s): Gameboy
Additional Notes: This game first featured Wario, who would later become a big name.
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Super Mario All-Stars
Initial Release: 1993
Platform(s): Super NES
Additional Notes: This game remade the first four Mario games, giving them updated graphics and cosmetic changes. It also removed many glitches. However, it did not add any new games.
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Initial Release: 1999
Platform(s): Gameboy Color
Additional Notes: This game is a remake of the Mario Bros. for the Gameboy. It also included Mario Bros: The Lost Level as an unlockable. It however is not a remake of either, as their were many minor things to do in the intro screen (no completely new games, though).
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New Super Mario Bros. DS
Initial Release: 2006
Platform(s): Dual Screen
Additional Notes: This is the first completely new side-scoller in 15 years. Before then, 3-dimensional games were released instead.
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Red Globe
07-28-2009, 01:07 AM
Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.


Oh yeah, I've got an emulator for SNES on my PS2.

Jaredvcxz
07-28-2009, 06:32 AM
How did you do that, RG? Linux on PS2?

Red Globe
07-28-2009, 08:02 AM
I dunno, I just bought a CD in this shady shop and it says collection of Mario games, there are also some other Mario games like The Seven Stars.

Jaredvcxz
07-28-2009, 08:32 AM
Those were just remade for the PS2, then.

FreezeWarp
07-28-2009, 12:10 PM
I'm actually guessing they probably were on a SNES emulator for the PS2. Then again, I'm not sure if there is even a good SNES emulator for the PS3 or Wii, so who knows.