Perhaps most importantly, however, is that it was the first mainline Mario game to star Charles Martinet - a role that has been iconic ever since.
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Super Mario 64 is one of the few 3D platformers from the 64-bit era that has aged gracefully, and it’s just as playable in 2019 as it was when the Nintendo 64 launched more than two decades earlier, especially now that it was included in the 3D All-Stars pack. Mario’s running, jumping, and flipping translates perfectly to the Nintendo 64’s polygonal visual style, with creative levels encouraging exploration and problem-solving in addition to traditional platforming. Making the jump from side-scrolling 2D to 3D platforming for Super Mario 64 was a risky move for Nintendo and the Mario series, but it succeeded in a way few other games ever had.
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Secondly, the games have to have Mario himself as the lead character. This eliminates Mario sports games, the Mario Kart series, role-playing games, and all the Mario Parties. First, the games have to be platformers - either 2D or 3D. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Furyįor our list, we had two main criteria.