All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'mario' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Mario Kart Source aims to bring the fun and excitement of the Mario Kart series to the PC though the powerful Source engine used in Half Life 2. We hope to create the ultimate version of Mario Kart (MK) by combining all of the best aspects into one game. We're not simply recreating one version of MK, but using the best parts of each. We want to have all the traditional weapons, characters, and maps but also bring out new weapons that make game-play interesting. We're redesigning the maps so that they keep their appeal, but truly utilize the power of the source engine. We plan to have at least 16 different characters, all the ones you know and love as well as some others from the Super Mario World.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 01:18:38 Super Mario World is most likely the best 2D adaptation of the Mario universe. Player's will guide Mario across the world map, unlocking secrets, and fighting the evil koopalings to defeat Bowser. Along the way, Mario will be aided by a variety of special power ups like the Cape and colored Yoshi's. This is an incredibly deep and enjoyable game that almost anyone can get into.

]]> 26 Jan 2007 10:31:41 Play the original Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, and the Lost Levels in this all new updated version of each game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:23:04 One of the most respected games in Nintendo's Mario Bros. series, Super Mario Bros. 3 introduced new moves and abilities to the tried-and-true sidescrolling platformer franchise. After the vastly different gameplay of Super Mario Bros. 2 (which was based on the Japanese Doki Doki Panic), the third game in the series gets rid of Mario's turnip-pulling abilities and replaces them with new feats like flying via the raccoon suit, and hammer throwing with the Hammer Bros. suit. The idea is once again to thwart Bowser's evil plans and battle your way across eight different themed worlds to win a kiss from the Princess.

]]> 07 Feb 2007 02:17:39 The first well made three dimensional platformer of it's day Super Mario 64 still ranks among the genre's finest. Perhaps its a sad commentary on the once dominant game-type but Mario's seminal 3D game still holds up to this day-provided you don't attempt to play it using the DS' stylus pen: increasingly rare DS thumb-strap for the win! Not to worry though if you managed to snag a Nintendo Wii you can set aside your GI Joe esque Kung-fu grip and use either your wavebird or classic pad to experience SM64 the way it was meant to be played.

]]> 28 Nov 2006 06:04:04 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is a hybrid adventure-RPG developed by Square Co., Ltd. (now Square Enix Co., Ltd.) and published by Nintendo. The game was first released on March 9, 1996 in Japan and May 13, 1996 in North America. It was the last game made and released on the Super Famicom/Super NES for the Mario series as well as the last major Square-produced game for a Nintendo video game console in North America until Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles in 2003 for the GameCube. It was also the first role-playing game (RPG) in the Mario series. It contains token similarities to Chrono Trigger and the Final Fantasy series with a story based in the Mario universe. Long-time Mario fans sometimes see it as an introductory RPG, since it was an easy-to-play RPG starring Mario. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars also became the first game in which Mario and Bowser fight as allies. Neither Nintendo nor Square ever released a PAL version. IGN confirmed that Nintendo will re-release Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars on Wii's Virtual Console in North America in 2007.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 10:28:42 Yoshi returns to save Baby Mario in this sequel to Super Mario World! The Evil Magikoopa, Kamek, is out to kidnap Baby Mario. You play as Yoshi with a mission to successfully carry Baby Mario back to his parents in the Mushroom Kingdom while avoiding all of Kamek's clever traps and evil minions. The levels have a unique, hand-sketched look that gives this game a style all its own. Yoshi's Island has six worlds, each with eight stages. There are six kinds of Bonus Challenge games to earn extra lives or items. This game features the Super FX2 chip which allows for incredibly smooth vertical, horizontal and diagonal scrolling, as well as multiple foregrounds, multiple backgrounds, scaling, rotation, zooming, tons of special effects, huge characters and even bigger bosses!

]]> 08 Feb 2007 07:12:06 The semi-sequel to the Square-developed Super NES title "Super Mario RPG," Paper Mario's Mushroom Kingdom characters are clearly its only features which are two-dimensional.

A distinguishing characteristic of Paper Mario is that, while the game features a 3D environment similar to that used in Super Mario 64, the characters are designed as flat two-dimensional sprites reminiscent of 16-bit Mario titles, creating the impression of the characters being paper figurines.

Another departure from previous Mario games and from RPGs in general is the game's narration. The story is divided into eight chapters and a prologue. The beginning of a new chapter is announced with a cutscene and a scene with a curtain opening, similar to in a theatrical production. When the chapter is completed, another cutscene is shown with the curtain closing. In between these chapters, interludes showing dialogue between other characters take place, advancing the story. These interludes are also times when the player takes control of Princess Peach and attempts to navigate the castle while avoiding being seen by Bowser's guards.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 06:12:07 The newest chapter of the Paper Mario story isn't just out of this world ... it's out of this dimension. What at first glance appears to be a 2-D sidescroller ripped straight from the pages of the Paper Mario universe soon turns into a 3-D action-adventure that defies all video game logic. Fusing 2-D and 3-D perspectives, not to mention RPG and platformer elements, the game slips back and forth between dimensions. The action sprawls across eight worlds filled with traps, puzzles, bizarre mysteries and items that often draw themselves out of thin air. Oh, and just because Mario's in the title doesn’t mean he's the only star -- players also get to play as Peach and Bowser.

This game was originally designed for the GameCube, but it was later moved to the Nintendo Wii platform. Although not officially cancelled on the Cube, it is unknown whether it will be released for this system or not.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 10:32:58 The follow-up to "Super Mario Strikers" delivers bigger shots, massive hits and the chance to play gamers around the world. Mario Strikers Charged is high-impact, all the time. More captains, more playing fields, more sidekicks: It's crush or be crushed in this wild kickfest. Goal Control: Use the skill the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers provide to win the ball, score unstoppable goals and take control of the goal keeper to perform spectacular saves. Score Big with Mega Strikes: Each captain has his or her own set of skills and super abilities, as well as the ability to perform special shots called Mega Strikes, where the iron ball splits into five balls and flies at the goal. The defending player must use the Wii Remote controller to shoot these balls out of the air to stop a goal.

]]> 12 Jun 2007 03:46:07 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 is a re-release of the 1991 SNES/Super Famicom hit game Super Mario World. The update was distributed in 2002. One of the most popular games of all time, the port was very well received, and many retro gamers were surprised at how well the GBA could handle the flagship SNES title, save for the voice-overs.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 09:44:53 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, in Japan, is a video game produced by Nintendo, first released in Japan on June 3, 1986 for the Famicom Disk System. The game is very similar to Super Mario Bros. both graphically and in terms of gameplay, and is generally considered the most difficult game in the NES leg of the series. Because of the game's difficulty and its similarity to the first Super Mario Bros., and because then-chairman of Nintendo of America, Howard Lincoln, personally disliked the game, Nintendo originally decided not to release it in the United States. Instead, they localized an original Japanese game, Yume KÅ

]]> 12 Feb 2007 07:22:18 Made with Microsoft's Game Studio Express by loving fans. This is basically a 2-D version of the 64's Smash Bros. game. The game supports up to 4 players going head to head and has various modes such as: capture the flag, race, deathmatch and more. The game also comes packaged with a level editor so you can make new levels to smash your friends! This game is tremendously fun and is definitely worth a download, especially because the full game is completely FREE!

]]> 16 Jun 2007 12:54:52 The simplistic, yet zany racing style of mariokart, coupled with Nintendo's free wi-fi online service...there's really not much more to say here. Mariokart DS is the latest edition in the long running series of racing titles from Nintendo. Play as Mario, Peach, Bowser, and more in this exciting portable edition of Mariokart.

]]> 24 Jan 2007 01:06:36 The first new 2D Mario platformer since Super Mario World has arrived. New Super Mario Bros. is loaded with features and characters that could only exist in the Mushroom Kingdom, including all-new power-ups like the Blue Shell, in which Mario can ride, and a massive Mushroom that makes him ultra-huge. New and familiar enemies are everywhere, not to mention mind-blowing challenges made possible by the dual screens of the Nintendo DS. Not only that, but players can link wirelessly with a friend to play as Mario and Luigi in multiplayer mode.

On the heels of Valentine's Day romance is in the air, even in the Mushroom Kingdom. But Princess Peach wasn't able to celebrate with her special someone, seeing that she's been taken prisoner by Bowser and Bowser Jr. Only the Mario Bros. can rescue the princess from her evil captors!

]]> 01 Feb 2007 12:51:27 Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (also known as Mario Basket 3on3 in Japan and as Mario Slam Basketball in Europe) is a basketball video game developed by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS.

This game is the first in which Mario and Final Fantasy characters appear together as playable characters, and the second Mario game developed by Square, the first one being Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The music is composed by Final Fantasy sound editor Masayoshi Soken. It is the first Mario basketball game ever to be released.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 11:25:31 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (スーパーãƒ

]]> 12 Feb 2007 07:35:34 The Mario Picross game for the Game Boy and Super Famicom is a collection of paint by numbers logic puzzles involving a grid with numbers for every row and column which refer to the amount of marked squares within the grid.

Since paint-by-numbers puzzles were popular in Japan but not North America, releasing the game in the US was a gamble, and ultimately not a very successful one. It is perhaps the most obscure Mario title to date, and is not usually classed as a true Mario game. Learning from their failure, Nintendo of America did not release the sequels of the game, Mario's Super Picross and the Game Boy sequel Mario's Picross 2 in North America.

]]> 15 Feb 2007 01:17:00 Game is about You - You are a player, who starts from low level, getting experiences, playing tennis matches and in the end of the game playing with nintendo's characters like Mario, Peach, Bowser etc.

]]> 30 Jan 2007 03:18:33 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (ãƒ

]]> 13 Feb 2007 11:05:08 Take all the crazy action of the celebrated Mario Kart series.. and multiply it by two! In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, each kart holds two racers that can switch places at any time, so choose from a huge cast of favorites and pair them up any way you see fit!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 08:57:56 Mario Paint is a video game created by Nintendo for use with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and was released on August 1, 1992[1] along with the SNES Mouse peripheral device. Mario Paint is the most well-known game to make use of the SNES mouse technology. The game's package was a larger than normal size in order to accommodate a plastic mouse pad which was included along with the SNES mouse.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 05:03:26 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 is a platform video game that was developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. It is an updated version of the best-selling NES title Super Mario Bros. 3 and uses graphics from Super Mario All-Stars.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 10:06:27 The entire Mario gang is back for the seventh installment of the incredibly popular Mario Party® franchise. Players everywhere will set their controllers to fun as they run, jump, swim and fly through more than 80 new mini-games. But this party's about to get a lot bigger...because EIGHT people will now be able to battle each other at one time. The microphone peripheral from Mario Party 6 also makes a grand return – and with the new Mic Grand Prix mode, there will be plenty of voice-over madness for everyone. The addition of two new playable characters, Dry Bones and Birdo, will ensure that even seasoned Mario Party vets can experience a new world of wackiness.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 09:11:59 Super Mario All-Stars, known in Japan as Super Mario Collection , is a video game that was developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. It contains enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese: Super Mario USA), Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Japanese: Super Mario Bros. 2). There was also an alternate version (entitled Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World) bundled with the Super Nintendo in December 1994 that included Super Mario World.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 08:24:12 The ultimate Nintendo hero is taking the ultimate step out into space. Join Mario as he ushers in a new era of video games, defying gravity across all the planets in the galaxy. When some creature escapes into space with Princess Peach, Mario gives chase, exploring bizarre planets all across the galaxy. Players run, jump and battle enemies as they explore the many planets. For Mario to succeed, gamers will press buttons, swing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers and even use the Wii Remote to point at and drag things on-screen.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 01:52:40 The world's most popular party video game is getting a lot crazier in Mario Party for the Wii! Whether you're shaking up cola cans or lassoing barrels, you and your friends will be drawn into the action like never before using the Wii Remote.

All new features/boards! Mario Party for Wii also includes dozens of new mini-games, six new party boards and many new game modes. In a series first, players can transform their characters into many forms, such as player-smashing boulders and coin-sucking vampires. Mario Party Wii includes "extra large" mini games like Star Carnival Bowling and Table Menace. One to four players can play Mario Party, each with a Wii Remote.

]]> 31 Jan 2007 01:42:19 Blue Twilight combines elements from the 3D Mario titles with the classic 2D gameplay that fans have come to know over the years. Speech samples can also be heard throughout the game, along with a suitably, Halloween-themed soundtrack. The game is also set in Halloween-themed levels.

]]> 02 Apr 2007 05:06:19 Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS video game console. It is the sequel to Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and the fifth game in the Mario RPG series. Its graphics and general style greatly resemble Superstar Saga's.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 11:13:21 Yoshi Touch & Go, known in Japan as Catch! Touch! Yoshi! (キャッãƒ

]]> 13 Feb 2007 11:54:39 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is a port of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, originally released in 1995 on the SNES and Super Famicom. It was one of the first Game Boy Advance games to become a Player's Choice title.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 09:55:11 Mage Bros is a 2 player 3D side scrolling game. The gameplay is fun and the graphics will bring you straight back to the Nintendo 64. Plus you can play with a friend at the same time.

]]> 09 Jan 2007 07:13:28 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (often shortened as Super Mario Bros. DX and abbreviated SMBDX) is an update of the 1985 NES title Super Mario Bros. It was released in 1999 for Game Boy Color. The game itself was left relatively unmodified from the original NES version, omitting the graphical updates of the Super Mario All-Stars version. The only differences in the "Original 1985" mode were an on-cart save feature, a world map, a fix for the minus world glitch, and the ability to play as Luigi at any time. The cartridge also featured an unlockable re-release of the 1986 Japanese sequel, Super Mario Bros. 2, as well as add-ons such as a Challenge Mode, a Toy Box, and a Vs. Mode.

l, however, it is possible to save progress in three slots. After the player has beaten the game in Original 1985, the harder "second quest" of the original is unlocked. This is denoted by the title above the save slot: regular mode will show World 1-1, while hard mode will show World 1*1 (just like Super Mario All-Stars). The term used in the game for the "second quest" is "star courses."

]]> 12 Feb 2007 09:19:55 Mario's Cement Factory was a game made in the 1980's for the Game and Watch handheld series. The game was released in the Game & Watch widescreen and tabletop versions, as well as the Mini-Classics series in 1998 (a set of four Game & Watch games ported to small keychain-bound handhelds). It was also released as part of the Game & Watch Gallery series for the Gameboy.

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]]> 21 Aug 2007 08:14:56 Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced remake of the 1996 video game Super Mario 64, produced by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in the United States on November 21, 2004, in Japan on December 2, 2004, and in Europe on March 11, 2005 as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. The game drove intitial success, selling 4.22 million copies, which makes it the sixth highest selling game for the DS. The remake includes various new characters, levels, modes of play and minigames, as well as updated graphics to take advantage of the capabilities of the DS system.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 09:26:30 Super Mario Land is the first Super Mario game for the Nintendo Gameboy. In the game Mario has to save Daisy, who has been captured by the evil Tatanga.

]]> 09 Feb 2007 09:05:03 Super Smash Flash is a remake of Super Smash Brothers. It features characters such as Sonic, Kirby, and more. It is classic knock your foes off the stage gameplay, and has many characters.

]]> 18 Jun 2007 01:26:36 Dr. Mario is an arcade-style puzzle video game produced by Nintendo. It was originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy in 1990. Its gameplay is often likened to that of Tetris. In this game, Dr. Mario throws vitamins that the player must align in order to destroy the viruses that populate the playing field (designed to resemble a medicine bottle). It is also a confirmed title to be available on Wii's Virtual Console.

A puzzle game similar to Tetris, Dr. Mario features Nintendo mascot Mario as a doctor. Play consists of dropping two-sided vitamin capsules into an eight-block-by-16-block playing field populated by viruses of three colors (red, yellow, and blue).

]]> 08 Feb 2007 09:18:54 Mario and Wario is a video game released for the Super Famicom in 1993 by Nintendo. The game was developed by second-party developer Game Freak, and is notable for its use of the SNES Mouse. Although the game was only released in Japan, it's entirely in English.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 01:25:49 Mario Party 6 builds upon the style and mechanics of its predecessors by offering furious four-player fun rooted in board game mechanics. The new additions in Mario Party 6 include day and night cycles, new characters and mini-games, and of course, the new microphone. Two of the new characters, named Brighton (a sun) and Twila (a crescent moon) get into a heated debate over who's better. The dispute creates a day/night dichotomy that comes into play whenever playing on any of the six game boards. When you're ready to play, a pop-up book springs open and highlights your options. Party Mode is where you'll find the different board games, which you can play solo or with friends. Instead of just collecting stars, though, each board features different objectives. Mario Party 6 features over 80 different mini-games.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 07:06:40 Nintendo's foray into sports titles continues with Super Mario Strikers, a new soccer game that's unlike anything ever to hit the pitch. Whether players are freezing their opponents with an ice-cold shell, unleashing a spiny shell on their hapless opponents or making entire teams flee in terror with a roving Chain Chomp, they're sure to see something new around every corner kick.

Super Mario Strikers features all the favorite characters from the Nintendo universe, as well as four-person multiplayer action that will have players and their friends cheering all night long. Get ready for the world cup of gaming.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 01:44:56 Mario Bros. was originally released in 1983 as an arcade game and was later ported to consoles.

]]> 09 Feb 2007 03:21:47 Luigi's Mansion is an adventure video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001. It was a launch title for the GameCube.

Luigi's Mansion is the first official Mario game to star Luigi exclusively, as opposed to most earlier Mario titles that featured either Mario by himself or both Mario and Luigi. It features a unique set of goals and ways to attain those goals, involving stunning ghosts with a flashlight and promptly sucking them into a vacuum cleaner, which is aptly named the Poltergust 3000.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 03:55:51 Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a Game Boy Advance sequel to the first Donkey Kong game for Game Boy. The game concept revolves around a combination of platform and puzzle elements, challenging Mario to find keys, reach a locked door, and rescue mini-Marios. This game humorously revives Mario and Donkey Kong's old rivalry. The game's sequel, Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, is on the Nintendo DS.

]]> 11 Feb 2007 09:57:55 Glace is a fast-paced 2D side scrolling adventure game. It plays just like the old Mario and Sonic games. The action is fun, the sound and graphics are great and the storyline is funny and well done. Glace is a great game for all ages. Also it's completely free.

]]> 09 Jan 2007 06:13:51 Mario Teaches Typing is an educational video game that is designed for teaching typing skills of children. It was published and developed by Interplay, with an official license from Nintendo. It was released for MS-DOS in 1991, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh in 1995, and a follow-up entitled Mario Teaches Typing 2 was released in 1996. It features the Mario characters of Nintendo fame.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 06:07:31 Super Mario Advance is a remake of the 1988 NES/Famicom hit game Super Mario Bros. 2 ("Bros." being omitted in-game), known in Japan as Super Mario USA, and was released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance. This version is ported from the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Brothers 2.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 09:32:52 Mario Mix features several of Nintendo's popular characters, including Mario, Luigi, Toad, Toadette, Waluigi, Wario, and Bowser. According to the story, Waluigi has stolen the "Music Keys", unleashing their music upon the Mushroom Kingdom and causing chaos. Mario must restore peace to the land by recovering the Music Keys.

]]> 13 Feb 2007 11:32:56 Yoshi's Safari is a video game made for the Super Nintendo in 1993. In this game Mario and Yoshi have to save King Fret and his son Prince Pine of Jewelery Land from King Bowser and his Koopalings. Unlike most Mario games, it is a rail shooter, with support for the Super Scope light gun.

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