What is the most UNDERRATED Mario game?

[Days of Future Piff]

Going off of this thread, let's put some respect on Mario's more overlooked entries.

Super Mario 3 and World are obvious goats, so I'm leaving those off of the list. Same thing goes for 64.
I'm also putting the OG Mario Kart on the poll, since people tend to argue that it's outdated and hasn't aged well. I still rock with it.
You can debate on whether or not Mario RPG was underrated, but I'm putting it on the poll just because it was the only Mario RPG with no true followup or sequel. My boys Mallow and Geno deserved better

I didn't have enough poll options to cover everything, so if I missed your top picks, go ahead and share in the comments.

While we're on the subject, shout-out to the 1994 Donkey Kong Remake for Game Boy. That game was heatrocks, and nobody EVER seems to talk about it.

 

[Deltron]

DK 94 is indeed dope...so is its spiritual successor, Mario vs DK

Mario vs DK sequels were kinda since they moved to the minis and it was more lemmings esque than DK 94 style

I'd argue OG Mario land is underrated cause all the mario lands after it surpassed it...OG had some neat ideas w/ the shooter levels and bouncing ball fire ball

 

[old pig]

I chose super mario bros. 2

was that game really underrated tho?

my cousin and I loved that game but I can’t remember or probably just don’t know how it was received when it was released

 

[Deltron]

was that game really underrated tho?

hard to say...maybe in the worldwide mario-verse since only a few elements were adapted...but shyt it's the 5th highest selling NES game.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Super Mario Land (Game Boy, 1989)

Easy

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Mario 2 and land 2...land 2 introduced a lot of mechanics and character types that were cool.

Sometime tells me the New Mario U games should get mentioned but I haven't played em much

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

the Land games and Bros 2 are the most underrated

big fan of yoshis island, smrpg and thousand year door but i cant really call those games underrated as they get their props

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I’ll post the mario game i spent the most time playing growing up

This game introduced me to a lot of different shyt i still use today in Creative Suite

 

[UpNext]

Paper Mario Thousand Year Door. GOAT Mario RPG

 

[Days of Future Piff]

Bros 2, Land 2 and Donkey Kong 94 are my personal top 3 with Super Mario Kart and RPG just barely missing the cut.

It's a real shame that Tatanga from the SML games never appeared anywhere else.
Him and Wart would have been better choices for Mario Tennis/Party/Kart than that lame Waluigi

 

[Greenhornet]

im gonna go untraditional and just say Mario Kart 1992

it doesnt get the same love as all the titles that passed it up


but when it came out in 1992 it was a game changing juggernaut, just completely game changing and genre defining game that broke alot of controllers

 

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Sunshine was very underrated

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

im gonna go untraditional and just say Mario Kart 1992

it doesnt get the same love as all the titles that passed it up


but when it came out in 1992 it was a game changing juggernaut, just completely game changing and genre defining game that broke alot of controllers

This was a hand me down game we got from one of my older brothers friends. Easily put 100+ hours into that game back then

 

[homiedontplaydat]

Super Mario 3d World

 

[Ruck]

im gonna go untraditional and just say Mario Kart 1992

it doesnt get the same love as all the titles that passed it up


but when it came out in 1992 it was a game changing juggernaut, just completely game changing and genre defining game that broke alot of controllers

Its still the goat racing game for me.