Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Chris Yukine said:
My problem with it is how Mario controls, which is a problem in a majority of Mario games I don't like.
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I haven't got that far but I play as the princess for which it's not bad especially with the midair adjustment. Maybe the GBA version has better physics?

I've also not really liked the scrolling mechanism. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but it was in the original that the screen scrolling wasn't smooth because of hardware limitations back then, and they'd only just gained the ability to scroll back anyways, so they out it on the GBA to make it feel like the older versions even though they didn't have to.
 
Mr. Mr. Prosecutor Grubba said:
I haven't got that far but I play as the princess for which it's not bad especially with the midair adjustment. Maybe the GBA version has better physics?
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I'm basing my experience of Super Mario Advance, but I'm pretty sure it was worse in the original version of Super Mario Bros. 2 based off what I've played.
 
Chapter 4 in TTYD is one of the best chapters in the series, the positives far outweigh the slightly-irritating backtracking imo. The plot of that chapter has to be one of the most creative twists the series has ever done, and it introduces the best partner Vivian. I don't know how unpopular it is in the grand scheme, but I often see Chapter 4 on the low end of people's rankings for the backtracking, and i really think that's being overblown. I do agree that a shortcut pipe accessible by Vivian's ability would alleviate things a lot.
 
Dimentio said:
Chapter 4 in TTYD is one of the best chapters in the series, the positives far outweigh the slightly-irritating backtracking imo. The plot of that chapter has to be one of the most creative twists the series has ever done, and it introduces the best partner Vivian. I don't know how unpopular it is in the grand scheme, but I often see Chapter 4 on the low end of people's rankings for the backtracking, and i really think that's being overblown. I do agree that a shortcut pipe accessible by Vivian's ability would alleviate things a lot.
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I think this too - although the gameplay design wasn't the best, the wackiness of Mario getting his identity stolen and teaming up with a "villain" (who's really not evil and actually mistreated by family) to get it back.
 
The backtracking in TTYD in general is part of why I prefer the first one. Not that there isn't ANY backtracking in the original but the amount it has is less than the amount TTYD has.
 
Mcmadness said:
The backtracking in TTYD in general is part of why I prefer the first one. Not that there isn't ANY backtracking in the original but the amount it has is less than the amount TTYD has.
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Fair enough but personally I think TTYD's battle system definitely makes up for it. In any case, both games have at least tolerable gameplay to me, by which point I'm far more interested in their stories, characters, dialogue, worlds, atmospheres, etc.
 
TTYD's stage gimmicks drive me up the wall to be honest.
 
It's probably the most major reason I prefer 64's battle system/