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Out of the ones you played of course.
Of course, Super Paper Mario and any other hybrids do NOT count. You know what I'm talking about when I mean this. Just rank the ones out of the main Mario series (yuck that left a terrible taste in my mouth). This means that you shouldn't include Yoshi's Island either.
2D platformers
Super Mario Advance 4 (SMB3)<Super Mario Advance 2 (SMW)<New Super Mario Bros.<Super Mario Advance (SMB2)<New Super Mario Bros. Wii<New Super Mario Bros. U
Ok, before you kill me for rating the New Super Mario Bros. games higher than the classics, consider this: I've played the New Super Mario Bros. games first because the classic Mario platformers did not interest me the slightest at the time. My first consoles were the N64 and Super Nintendo, and Super Mario World was the only game I had available and that didn't interest me as much as Super Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and Mario Kart 64. I had a twin to play with and I was too scared to play single player games on my own, and I had little incentive to play them as they aren't as fun when one person has to sit out (keep in mind I'm also at a very young age too). New Super Mario Bros. for the DS was one of my first tastes of platformers and I really liked it. After playing Super Mario Advance 4, I felt its mechanics were outdated. I enjoyed Super Mario Advance 2 more than I enjoyed Super Mario Advance 4 because SMW is simply a more fun game than Super Mario Bros. 3. However, I had the most fun playing Super Mario Bros. 2 out of the classic Mario platformers, simply because the variety of the different characters is an appealing aspect for me. Finally, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U had the coveted multiplayer aspect, which is the sole reason they're on top of this list, with New Super Mario Bros. U having the best levels out of these.
3D platformers
Super Mario Galaxy 2<Super Mario 64<Super Mario 3D Land<Super Mario Galaxy<Super Mario 3D World<Super Mario 64 DS
Remember when I said I like playing as a variety of characters? That's why Super Mario 64 DS ranks much higher than Super Mario 64. I love Super Mario 3D World for its level design and stuff but its bogged down by irritating gameplay aspects such as shared lives, pick up button being the same as the attack button, and Champion's Road in general. Super Mario 64 DS also has the advantage of hunting down every Goomba in the map and exploration, which I prefer. Super Mario 64 just felt...outdated and its controls felt wonky, which is weird because most people find 64 DS to have worse controls than 64. Super Mario 3D Land is fun, but it's not a particularly memorable game. Super Mario Galaxy is an excellent game but I feel it's not as good as 3D World and 64 DS and even I think it gets way too much praise.
The poop of the group (to me) is Super Mario Galaxy 2. Ugh I hate this game. If you know me well, I'm gonna express it again: I expected it to be a much different ground-breaking game as Super Mario Galaxy. Something outstanding. Not here. All I got was basically the exact same thing with different levels and rebarfed back at me. There's basically NO reason for me to be playing Galaxy 2 when I could be playing the far more superior Galaxy.
Of course, Super Paper Mario and any other hybrids do NOT count. You know what I'm talking about when I mean this. Just rank the ones out of the main Mario series (yuck that left a terrible taste in my mouth). This means that you shouldn't include Yoshi's Island either.
2D platformers
Super Mario Advance 4 (SMB3)<Super Mario Advance 2 (SMW)<New Super Mario Bros.<Super Mario Advance (SMB2)<New Super Mario Bros. Wii<New Super Mario Bros. U
Ok, before you kill me for rating the New Super Mario Bros. games higher than the classics, consider this: I've played the New Super Mario Bros. games first because the classic Mario platformers did not interest me the slightest at the time. My first consoles were the N64 and Super Nintendo, and Super Mario World was the only game I had available and that didn't interest me as much as Super Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and Mario Kart 64. I had a twin to play with and I was too scared to play single player games on my own, and I had little incentive to play them as they aren't as fun when one person has to sit out (keep in mind I'm also at a very young age too). New Super Mario Bros. for the DS was one of my first tastes of platformers and I really liked it. After playing Super Mario Advance 4, I felt its mechanics were outdated. I enjoyed Super Mario Advance 2 more than I enjoyed Super Mario Advance 4 because SMW is simply a more fun game than Super Mario Bros. 3. However, I had the most fun playing Super Mario Bros. 2 out of the classic Mario platformers, simply because the variety of the different characters is an appealing aspect for me. Finally, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros. U had the coveted multiplayer aspect, which is the sole reason they're on top of this list, with New Super Mario Bros. U having the best levels out of these.
3D platformers
Super Mario Galaxy 2<Super Mario 64<Super Mario 3D Land<Super Mario Galaxy<Super Mario 3D World<Super Mario 64 DS
Remember when I said I like playing as a variety of characters? That's why Super Mario 64 DS ranks much higher than Super Mario 64. I love Super Mario 3D World for its level design and stuff but its bogged down by irritating gameplay aspects such as shared lives, pick up button being the same as the attack button, and Champion's Road in general. Super Mario 64 DS also has the advantage of hunting down every Goomba in the map and exploration, which I prefer. Super Mario 64 just felt...outdated and its controls felt wonky, which is weird because most people find 64 DS to have worse controls than 64. Super Mario 3D Land is fun, but it's not a particularly memorable game. Super Mario Galaxy is an excellent game but I feel it's not as good as 3D World and 64 DS and even I think it gets way too much praise.
The poop of the group (to me) is Super Mario Galaxy 2. Ugh I hate this game. If you know me well, I'm gonna express it again: I expected it to be a much different ground-breaking game as Super Mario Galaxy. Something outstanding. Not here. All I got was basically the exact same thing with different levels and rebarfed back at me. There's basically NO reason for me to be playing Galaxy 2 when I could be playing the far more superior Galaxy.
