I tried to play a few Mario games in the past, but have never gotten into it.
Like why are people obsessed with Mario? What's the appeal of it?
Zelda, I can understand, sure, but Mario... how?
The 2D Mario games ie which is to say the real Mario is what sparked the phenomenon and I’m not talking about that low quality b-team Nintendo developer NSMB bullshit either but the original Mario games on the NES but especially Mario Brothers 3.
Those games are the reason Mario became a cereal, cartoon series and now movies and has a lasting cultural impact.
No one gives a fuck about the 3D games.
They generally sell like shit and quickly collect dust and go unplayed after the hype of a new release dies down.
Meanwhile the NES 2D Mario games remain relevant and are played both officially and emulated to this day and fans still await a proper sequel to Mario Brothers 3.
Super Mario World even though I personally loved it was a piss weak offering after SMB3.
Nintendo had clearly begun to lose interest in making maximum quality 2D Mario (what the fans actually wanted) by then as they’d become obsessed by their sick 3D fixation that nobody cares about and still does not care about.
Odyssey if it sold well at all likely only did so because of Covid like almost all the other games out during that time not because it was a good 3D Mario that people wanted.
No one talks about it anymore which is proof that it was shit like every other 3D Mario save for maybe the Galaxy games but even then they’d be far better as 2D offerings.
