Yep, they were pretty good. My favorite character is actually the bad guy, Bowser. There was a game called Super Mario RPG where you get to play as him alongside the princess and Mario. That one is my favorite.
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It's a very different style of game play from the originals, though. Out of those, I guess my favorite is Mario 2. It had the most creative enemies, and it was nice to be able to play as someone other than Mario.
What's your least favorite Mario game? For me, it was Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. I couldn't stand the crying baby noise in that one. It was annoying!
They made remakes of Mario 1, 2, and 3 on the Super Nintendo and Game Boy that I've been wanting to try, but never got around to playing. The Super Nintendo one is supposed to have an alternate Mario 2 that is more like Mario 1, too.