Nintendo Highlights Classic Super Mario Games In New Switch Online Graphic

Happy mar10 day everyone!

I was playing Mario Tennis through Expansion Pack the other day. Still a very good game to go back to.

Instead of new or remake of a mario game they give us a page of info...NICE!

Happy Mar10 day!

So, Nintendo confirms that Yoshi Island is indeed a mainline Mario game. I always said that but apparently many believe it was a spin-off.

Super Mario Land: "Am I a joke to you?"

I sure miss the days where we got brand new Mario platformers to look forward to semi- regularly (no matter their quality to be honest ...Mario is still always fun) ...and not just stickers, infographics, remasters, ports, DLC for a near- decade- old Mario Kart and sports spinoff beta tests.

@Vil When was that exactly? Unless you're talking about the NES or NSMB (Which... everyone complains about), there's always been large gaps between Mario platformers.

@Adroitone no, it's the prequel to Super Mario World

I've played and beaten them all! Proud of it too.

Too bad they didn’t bring back at least for one day download sales of 3D All-Stars. I would have bought for $40. (I didn’t have a Switch until this past November.)

They left off Super Mario Land again!

@link3710 I personally feel 6 years is large enough between brand new, non- remastered or ported games. Last time we've waited this long was between 64 and Sunshine I'm pretty sure. I'd honestly take another NSMB at this point ...well, almost lol

I have edited it slightly, though. Sorry about the tone, I'm just getting a bit restless.

If you haven't played Super Mario Land 2 yet, do yourself a favor and get on that. It's very short but very sweet.

Also I find it hilarious that every single one of those "Fantastic Firsts" outside of Wario never escaped Super Mario Land 2. I'd love to see more elements from that game be used again.

Still not going to pay for the half baked service.

@link3710 @Vil In fairness, I think we did get Mario games more frequently because they would have staggered releases between consoles and handhelds.

@syrupdash Only Mario games now available on NSO are depicted.

@Adroitone Of cause it is. But I wouldn’t call this poster an official confirmation by Nintendo, it also shows Wario Land 3.

@NintendoEternity Yes and also, they only said that the information confirms the Yoshi game as a mainline Super Mario game, not implying that Nintendo confirming it to be sequel is accurate to them.

Other than that, Nintendo needs to fix that real quick since a prequel makes more sense as you said since the story takes place when it shows baby Mario instead of his current self.

I played mario 64 a couple of weeks ago on my lads nso account, and couldn't believe how choppy the game runs.

@MrHonest

Totally agree. Played mario 64 and fzerox on my lads nso account, couldn't believe how badly emulated they are, lots of stutters and choppy framerates

I miss Mario 35. I’d pay full price + subscription for it. One of my favorite online games ever.

So dying for a new Mario switch platform game
Over 6 years and just one new one the amazing Mario Odyssey.
I don’t like the remaster world much, but I would take super Mario Galaxy 2 remake right now for Switch over nothing at all.

Really hoping for a surprise for Nintendos big end of year game and it’s a new Mario platform game.

I’d love Mario 35 to come back at some point

Since I’ve dusted off my Wii U I’ve been playing Mario Maker - outstanding game!

This could have been a perfect day for a nsmb wii hd release.

Super Mario All Stars that was incredible in the years 1990. That was Hit.

Feels a bit tacky to only mention games that are available on NSO. It's like, Nintendo is only celebrating their ability to sell you Mario, not celebrating the Mario series itself.

Happy MAR10 day.

Played a lot of galaxy 2. Fantastic game music

They should make the 3D All Stars games available separately on eShop. Easy money. Add SMG2 while you’re at it.

@EarthboundBenjy
tbh i would be fine with that if i could even buy these games.
the NSO games are more like a rental since they rely on the service to be able to play them which is really my main issue with NSO. (compared to something like the psone/psp games on playstation or gamepass on Xbox which have options to buy and keep the games)

@Mauzuri Simply wanting a new mainline entry in Nintendo's most prestigious franchise after over half a decade of nothing but ports, remasters and mostly unfinished live service spinoffs is being greedy now? ...I see. Alright. I respect the opinions of others but would like to politely agree to disagree about that.

@1UP_MARIO the one 3D mario I never got to play ☹️

@FawfulsFury play it. It’s fantastic. I prefer it to galaxy 1

@1UP_MARIO If Nintendo ever ports it to switch I’ll be sure to try it thanks for the advice

@MikeJones yes. Sadly.

@Vil agreed!

Fired up Super Mario Odyssey for Mario Day, and boy did I forget how amazing that game is! Slick controls, amazing music, beautiful visuals and buttery smooth 60FPS. The odyssey/traveling theme with the balloon ship is still really fun, and I still have a few things left to do, like collecting all the music tracks, beating all the secret levels, etc.

Would honestly love a new 3D Mario game that actually stars Donkey Kong.

@syrupdash They just didn't talk about it because it's not available on the Switch yet. I'm sure it will be soon.

Unbelievable history in gaming. SM bros 3 is still the best in the series... together with the new sm bros wii and wii u. Playing together in one screen in the latter two is just too much fun.

@JohnnyMind As much as I'd like to do that, I can't, as both have a lot of asterisks attached to them. Bowser's Fury is far from a full game, it's more of a story expansion and felt like a fancy tech demo to me personally, running 3D World's engine. Mario Maker 2 is a stage builder which does have a campaign, but it was the definition of basic, only consisting of demo levels. Yes, you can build your own Mario game pretty much and play full worlds made by others, but it's not a finely crafted 2D Mario from Nintendo themselves if you get what I mean. It's great, but I feel it's part of another category with the likes of Dreams for PS4 and Little Big Planet.

But don't get me wrong. If people count these as the 3D and 2D Mario games between Odyssey and NSMBU and whatever comes next, I totally get that. I just can't count them the same way. In either case, it's definitely time for a new entry. Perhaps not a 3D one as that's being saved for the next generation launch window ...but a 2D one, sure. This is supposed to be Nintendo's biggest IP, yet recently I can't help but feel it's being somewhat mistreated.

I didn't realize the e-reader cards added so many levels! I beat Super Mario Advance 4 a month ago but didn't know if I wanted to bother with the extra levels since I didn't figure there were that many. Knowing this, I am going to boot that game back up again and play them. Perhaps I will even jump into a few of them tonight when I get home!

@Max_the_German oh I know and always acknowledged Yoshi Island to be part of the mainline Mario series. There are people who don’t and I remember big debates about it. My confirmation from this article did not come from it appearing on the poster, it came from the description stating how originally Nintendo was looking to make it a spin off but decided otherwise.