03-27-2026, 02:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-27-2026, 10:36 PM by NowhereMan.)
I missed out on the entire Gamecube era despite watching my friend play Mario Sunshine all night one night.
Going back to the Super Mario Bros 3 versus Super Mario World, both great games, I actually prefer the SMB3 sprites of Mario to the SMW 16-bit look. Also the box art was the best "Mario" of its time for me, too.
![[Image: Super_Mario_Bros._3_coverart.png]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Super_Mario_Bros._3_coverart.png)
Although the All-Stars editions of the classics, 1-3 look great on the SNES.
The aesthetics of the entire game of Yoshi's Island is something that is unlike all the rest, beautifully designed, although Mario is a baby. I just like the look of the entire game.
I am not entirely a fan of the "look" of Super Mario RPG, but again, not the game, just the look. Although I like the direction and threshold they were going.
The game art of Super Mario 64 is absolute prime, although the actual Mario in the gameplay is not my favorite, but it is great for its time.
![[Image: Super_Mario_64.png]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Super_Mario_64.png)
The N64 Mario is what it is, looking at Mario Party, etc.
It's hard for me to talk about Mario's looks in games like Super Mario Land because it was the original GameBoy, to begin with, also because of its time, although I love the game, itself.
And then we could talk about the Mario in the original Super Mario 64, versus the Nintendo DS version, but I won't.
The original Mario & Luigi sprites, definitely not my favorite "looks", but not bad games.
I love the art style of the Paper Mario games, not necessarily the Mario "looks", though.
Everything beyond Super Mario Galaxy looks really good to me, the mainstay games.
The NSMB on the DS, for example, I don't think it looks the "worst" or anything, it is just a different feel of 2D Mario in a 3D world.
EDIT: Must have got me excited on this topic, as I didnt read the starting post thoroughly lol
Going back to the Super Mario Bros 3 versus Super Mario World, both great games, I actually prefer the SMB3 sprites of Mario to the SMW 16-bit look. Also the box art was the best "Mario" of its time for me, too.
Although the All-Stars editions of the classics, 1-3 look great on the SNES.
The aesthetics of the entire game of Yoshi's Island is something that is unlike all the rest, beautifully designed, although Mario is a baby. I just like the look of the entire game.
I am not entirely a fan of the "look" of Super Mario RPG, but again, not the game, just the look. Although I like the direction and threshold they were going.
The game art of Super Mario 64 is absolute prime, although the actual Mario in the gameplay is not my favorite, but it is great for its time.
The N64 Mario is what it is, looking at Mario Party, etc.
It's hard for me to talk about Mario's looks in games like Super Mario Land because it was the original GameBoy, to begin with, also because of its time, although I love the game, itself.
And then we could talk about the Mario in the original Super Mario 64, versus the Nintendo DS version, but I won't.
The original Mario & Luigi sprites, definitely not my favorite "looks", but not bad games.
I love the art style of the Paper Mario games, not necessarily the Mario "looks", though.
Everything beyond Super Mario Galaxy looks really good to me, the mainstay games.
The NSMB on the DS, for example, I don't think it looks the "worst" or anything, it is just a different feel of 2D Mario in a 3D world.
EDIT: Must have got me excited on this topic, as I didnt read the starting post thoroughly lol