The Worst Mario Platformer

[Eclipse14]

My previous thread's feeling kinda old news, so I felt like doing another one would be best. Especially considering this is probably my last upload for a while (stuff like this takes time, obviously).

This had been over two months in the making. Tried my best to find everything I could find about it, and it compiled into this. I probably made a couple errors, but let's be honest, everyone does.

"There is no truly bad Mario platformer!" Time to prove some peeps wrong.

 

[Iguana-0]

Does Hotel Mario count? Or even those Mario education games on the NES and SNES? Those were pretty bad.

 

[MasterEn]

Does Hotel Mario count? Or even those Mario education games on the NES and SNES? Those were pretty bad.

they would count if mario can jump in those. platformers require that the playable character can jump.

 

[freebie#47]

The worst mario games I know of is the mario port to one of the pc machines Sharp X1 or Pc88 by Hudson soft. Screen didn't scroll and other things, just know it is very bad.

Also the nes and snes mario is missing and mario time machines aren't as bad as you think. The Snes MIM does have some fun boss fights, and MTM has a fun surfing minigame. Sure not action oriented, but they weren't that type. Still better than the sesame street games.

Last is the Super Mario Run....still panned as terrible in reviews.

 

[Antilocal123]

Where Super Lesbian Animal RPG

 

[χKai]

Does Hotel Mario count? Or even those Mario education games on the NES and SNES? Those were pretty bad.

Well, you beat me to it.
I still wonder if Hotel Mario even counts though, so I'm gonna have to come up with a backup answer.

Also not sure if Super Mario 2 (USA) counts since it's not originally a Mario game, so there goes my plan B.

Honestly, in my opinion.. Super Mario World.
The addition of kicking shells upwards was, in my opinion, the only thing saving that game's reputation. Everything else is kinda just  meh, and there were Mario games before  and after it which introduced new mechanics that were way more of a game-changer than anything SMW had to offer. It may have been a pioneer of it's time, but it also serves as a reminder of what could have been.

Mario 3 was way more of an advancement to the genre I would say, with a lot more new and additional content than the previous games than Super Mario World introduced and was (again, my opinion here) way more fun to play than SMW. Granted, there were a lot of new features in SMW, but it just doesn't have the same replayability that Mario 3 has had going for it since the games' respective releases.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I never, ever liked Super Mario 2.

 

[MasterEn]

Also not sure if Super Mario 2 (USA) counts since it's not originally a Mario game, so there goes my plan B.

i think at this point, everyone just accepts it as a canon game, despite the plot twist at the end. and if it wasn't, then about half of the well known enemies in mario aren't canon anymore since they first debuted in that game.
a lot of people like ninji and shy guy and birdo. i am certain that they would fight to the bitter end to keep that game in the mainline canon.

 

[Iguana-0]

I never, ever liked Super Mario 2.

Yeah the Japanese version is better... *evil Laughter*

 

[ciro64]

This one looks like a fever dream.

As a fan of the SMB1, when I see something similar it instantly grabs my attention. First Gianna Sisters, now this. Which means now I want to play it! lol

Who knows, maybe it's gonna be a better experience than SMB2(J)

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they would count if mario can jump in those. platformers require that the playable character can jump.

I'd say Hotel Mario counts. Sure, he jumps low, so he did on Donkey Kong.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

You’re all forgetting: Mario is Missing is a platformer
(Despite that I say Lost Levels, cause at least the former is funny bad, LL just isn’t fun period)

 

[Eclipse14]

Huh, actually kinda surprised there's some kind of discussion going on here. Good to see, even if it's not completely related to my work.

The worst mario games I know of is the mario port to one of the pc machines Sharp X1 or Pc88 by Hudson soft. Screen didn't scroll and other things, just know it is very bad.

This is precisely why I made it the subject (and specifically the PC-88 one, because at least the X1 port can be tolerated...to an extent). It's the kind of thing that requires going into a crevice very few ever even notice, let alone dive into.
The hardest part for me was simply getting the info for it. It's all over the place, in terms of who says what about it.

As a fan of the SMB1, when I see something similar it instantly grabs my attention. First Gianna Sisters, now this. Which means now I want to play it! lol

Who knows, maybe it's gonna be a better experience than SMB2(J)

A word of warning if you plan on doing the original PC-88/X1 version: I did mention the controls, there. You're basically looking at an NES controller designed southpaw. If you're going the controller route, this means B jumps and A runs. Good luck trying to convert to that lmao.

And of course the PC-88 ROMs being borked, but I'm sure that's a given considering you did see the thing.

 

[ciro64]

Huh, actually kinda surprised there's some kind of discussion going on here. Good to see, even if it's not completely related to my work.

Good job with this video! I'm a Mario fan but I think I'd have overlooked this game if it wasn't for you, and this video gives me a good idea of what the game is like.

Also I realized you're the person who made the Secret Fighting Game video, I liked that one too, so I've subbed to your channel now

 

[Eclipse14]

First full day, and it's been a bit slow. Probably should have done it from the start, but I did a quick change to the title ("Platformer" to simply "Game" since people searching will likely go that route instead). Hopefully it'll do something?
I do appreciate those who do share the video around. It's all the motivation I need to continue making stuff like this.

 

[Eclipse14]

Today is a good day.

I got some ideas for what to do next. I just need to start one and get going on it.

 

[ciro64]

How long does it usually take to make a video? Just curious about the process.

 

[Eclipse14]

How long does it usually take to make a video? Just curious about the process.

Honestly, it just depends on how long I take to do it and whatever else is happening in the background. Something really simple, with nothing going on, less than a week is doable. A couple did take a month+, however, but other things had priority at those points. That likely won't be the case anymore.

Depending on things, I'll probably have my next one up at the start of June.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

"There is no truly bad Mario platformer!" Time to prove some peeps wrong.

I'd still argue that there's no really bad Mario game*

*Made by Nintendo.

 

[DEH]

Super Mario is good and every part .

 

[thecrow2313]

 

[Eclipse14]

Safe to say, this was a relative success (only my 3rd video to hit 10000+). Noticing a few comments about one particular error, so I'll pin something and leave it be, for now. If I go back to fix the issue and reupload it, I do. That'll probably be if the viewership flow completely craters in the next couple videos I do.

My next one's in the works. Hopefully it won't be too long before I can launch it.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I rewatched your video three times and it was a banger but not eye pleasing because of that graphics.