What are your notable Mario experiences this decade?

[Xiahou Dun]

I noticed that we're at the sunset of 2010's. There's a lot of great things to have come out this decade, so I think there should be a thread reflecting on that before 2020's begin and roll out. What are your favorite Mario games this decade, what are your favorite characters introduced this decade, what games you like. You can also talk about disappointments, let-downs, tragedies too. If you can sum up all notable moments , that'll be great! You can also be surprised how time flies too. Maybe also set expectations for this decade?

I know quite a few experiences I have such as Mario Kart 7 being the hot new thing, Iwata's tragic passing, the announcement of Nintendo mobile games. Oh! I think plush collecting for me seriously took off as my favorite Mario plush was definitely this decade and is actually starting to get worn. I'll talk about it more, but you definitely have different experiences from me.

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

2010: I make my YouTube channel and name it after Fawful because Fawful is great, probably my line of thought there: i was a simple fanboy. Videos were terrible and I had a tendency to shoehorn A Troll in Central Park where it doesn't belong.

2011: I start 11th grade in a new home after my parents send me to a childrens' home. Meet my first girlfriend and annoy everyone and their mother about the "best character ever," Fawful. Also often loudly humming either The Ultimate Show, In The Final, or the diabetic songs in Troll in Central Park. Also can often be found watching the Paper Mario 3DS trailer on repeat in excited glee about how it's definitely gonna live up to the Paper Mario games I've played.

2012: The long-awaited "Paper Mario 3DS" finally lands in my claws, and as Thanos said "Reality is often disappointing."

2013: I turn 18 and return to New York. Super Mario Boards becomes my first fandom home on the Internet, and I also get a satisfying 3DS MaRPG at last, in Dream Team. Antasma is introduced and joins Fawful, Dimentio, Cackletta, Count Bleck and the gang in recurring status in my drawings.

2014: IRL my life takes a plunge for the depressing. But Mario Kart 8 and Smash 4 both release this year, and as I recall one of the hypest moments was finding out there'd finally be a Paper Mario stage in Smash (though i was disappointed at the disproportionately large amount of Sticker Star compared to the rest of the series).

2015: I was banned on this forum, huge wake up call to my toxic nature. I remember E3 of this year vividly, as it was when Paper Jam was announced, and I was immediately uneasy about the lack of OCs, which turned out to be exactly what I dreaded. But on the other hand, Super Mario Maker dropped, far and away my favorite Wii U game. It spawned so many memories from 2015 all the way to SMM2's release in 2019 of making levels, sharing them with streamers, and playing all the cool levels others came up with. And of course the hot garbage lmao.

2016: The Color Splash Year. I'd finally stopped watching intently for Directs, so the one that actually announced a Paper Mario game, I actually missed it. I found out about Color Splash's existence by going onto Facebook to find people to join my Mario Kart 8 room. I immediately cancelled what I was doing to watch the CS trailer and give my thoughts on it: they were very worried. And I wasn't alone, many YouTubers were thinking similar thoughts. Well the game came and released, as expected it had no original characters and played like Sticker Star, but at least it had unique locations and better writing, as well as Bowser and Luigi speaking and Huey being a much better character than Kersti. Still, I hope the classic style of RPG Paper Mario comes back next time, and the ban on original characters is lifted.

2017: I return to Mario Boards shortly after the reveal of Super Mario Odyssey, easily one of the most hype reveals I watched live. Then later during E3 my dreams were lifted even higher as Superstar Saga, in all its nostalgic glory, was shown off remastered for the 3DS, with all its fun, sadly forgotten characters finally getting modern-day appearances. Not only was Fawful finally back, but also Cackletta, Prince Peasley, Popple, and all the other zany Beanbean characters. I was ecstatic.

2018: An early Nintendo Direct surprises everyone with a teaster for Smash Bros. on Switch (and me personally with a remake of Bowser's Inside Story, which I screamed loudly for the reveal of). E3 came and as someone hoping for Waluigi, i was a tad salty when he was shown as an assist again after they promoted Daisy (a character that had been soured for me due to toxic fans). Regardless, Ultimate was a ton of fun when I got it, and Piranha Plant became an unlikely main for me. It's just so fun to drop spiked balls on players trying to recover with Ptooie.

2019: This year, I finally got my hands on BIS DX, and was introduced to 3 new villains in the side mode: Dieter, Kaley and Beef, who have also become recurring in my drawings (this seems to be a pretty easy thing to do these days: with how scarce new characters are in the RPGs, whenever there are new ones I will draw them a lot). Later we got Super Mario Maker 2, with which I'm having a blast to this day. My life is changing in ways I'm not ready to disclose, which is why I haven't had a new YT video in a while, but I'm looking forward to the future, in Mario and beyond!

 

[Alex95]

In every year, I usually get one or two Mario games, but these are the specific ones I can remember.

2010: I was having a hard time, after having to leave 9th grade for medical reasons. I really wanted to actually go back to the high school, but my mother said there was a better high school, smaller and not anxiety-inducing. I told her I'd only do it if I got Super Mario Galaxy 2. She agreed.
Also, I fully subscribed to Nintendo Power after getting a few previous issues here and there.

2011: The 3DS released, but we couldn't get it yet. I don't remember much Mario-related things that happened otherwise.

2012: I got the 3DS for my birthday, along with Super Mario 3D Land. Wii U released, but we couldn't get it yet. Nintendo Power ended in December. I asked for Mario Kart 7 for Christmas, but my mom said she couldn't find it, and got Paper Mario: Sticker Star instead. The next day, Gamestop got a new shipment of Mario Kart 7 in. Hooray! This was really not a good year for me otherwise, so I've forgotten most of it...

2013: For my birthday, I got Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. My birthday was also Mario Party themed, with various Mario enemies to throw beanbags at, Star balloons, and marshmallow shooters. Also, Nintendo Force started and I've been subscribed to them ever since. I think I also got Donkey Kong Country Returns this year.

2014: On January 24th, I registered on a site I used a lot for Mario tips and information: the Super Mario Wiki (and Fire Emblem Wiki, the same day). After having to drop out of my senior year of high school in 2012, I was having trouble finding a place to really fit in. I never heard of an editable encyclopedic site (even after using the SMW and Wikipedia for years, I never knew you could edit it), so I thought it'd be fun. Truly a great decision that has led to many fun times
Also I got a Wii U in the summer, the bundle with Mario Kart 8. Got Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U on their respective launch dates. amiibo turned into an obsession.

2015: I remember buying Super Mario Maker, and that's really it. I started being a bit more active on the Super Mario Wiki. RIP Iwata...

2016: March 27th was a... huge blow to the Super Mario Wiki community. I really wish I joined sooner, got to know Walkazo better, work with her on the staff team. I only talked to her a few times, she seemed like a great person, would've loved Super Mario Odyssey. Hope her family is doing alright.

2017: On April 17th, I got a message asking if I wanted to be a patroller for the Super Mario Wiki, which I eagerly accepted. Probably a little too eagerly ^^; It's something I was working toward, so I was happy to get the message. I learned a lot about responsibility and how communities work while on the staff team, and the community as a whole has been wonderful. While I'm still in the same rut now as I was back then, at least I have people to talk to. Thank you all.
Also the Switch released and I have yet to get one >_> This year is honestly a blur.

2018: Being more active in NIWA as a whole led to me getting promoted to a Super Mario Wiki administrator on my birthday. The decision kinda got rushed in order for the promotion to take place on April 3rd :p
I finally played a Switch. My Tri-Cities ARC community hosts game nights every now and then, and I was able to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate late in December, along with Mario Tennis Aces and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

2019: I got Mario Party: Star Rush for my birthday, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze during the summer. Hopefully I can get a Switch for Christmas this year.
EDIT: Found someone selling their copy of the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Bonus Disc, which is something I've been looking for forever!

 

[YoshiFlutterJump]

2010: Being the year following the Christmas I got my Wii, this was essentially the birth of my passion for gaming. I played my earliest Mario games during this timespan: Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Mario Party 8. I made some of my fondest memories with Mario and with my siblings with those three games, so naturally, they mean a lot to me even today.

2011: This was when my Wii collection started expanding, and I got to experience more great games including Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mario Sports Mix, and Donkey Kong Country Returns. While these never got quite as much attention as the three we got the previous year, they're still fun to come back to today. It was like the classic sequel year: it's not quite new anymore, but it's more of what you love.

2012: This was when everything took a plunge for the worse. A tragic accident involving a quartet of rowdy kids resulted in the end of our dog, and we weren't allowed to play games for months. It was a sad time, but my passion never died, and I remember promising myself that I would never forget my gaming love. I was growing older, losing interest in many of my old passions, but two things remained: Mario and gaming. It was one of the few things about me that didn't change during this time, something I could turn to as a distraction from everything else going on.

2013: A largely uneventful year, until December. That was when we got the Wii U, complete with New Super Mario Bros. U and Super Mario 3D World. I got to relive the experience of getting a new console for the first time, and it was new fuel for my long-running gaming fire. My little sister, born shortly before we got our Wii, was four now, and we got to have a five-player gaming experience for the first time.

2014: Could it get any better than that? I soon learned that the answer was yes. I got to play Mario Kart 8 (the first Mario Kart I played after Wii) and Smash Wii U (a crossover experience like nothing I'd played before). But on top of that, I got my 3DS for my 10th birthday, alongside New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Mario Golf: World Tour. Great memories.

2015: I played my first Yoshi games (New Island and Woolly World), Mario Party 10, Super Mario Maker, and Mario Party: Island Tour. But even with all that, I treasure this year for one thing: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. I'll never forget when I fished that completely unexpected surprise from my Christmas stocking, flipped on my 3DS, and experienced for the first time a true characterization of the faces I'd come to know and love. It's my favorite game of all time for a good reason.

2016: Dream Team took a good long while to beat, but I still couldn't help but feel disappointed when it was all over. I needed more. So I got Color Splash on my first birthday away from home, and Paper Jam the following Christmas. While they never quite had the magic of Dream Team, they were good solid games and I thoroughly enjoyed them both.

2017: New console arrives once again! This was the year I welcomed the new Nintendo Switch and the legendary Super Mario Odyssey into my living room. Earlier that year, in March, I joined the Super Mario Wiki, which I had previously only lurked on, as well as its forums; both sites became critical places of character development for me, and I don't know where I'd be without the community that helped me get to where I am now, It was also the year I finally turned 13, and even though Miiverse had shut down only weeks before my 13th birthday, I still acquired an NNID and Nintendo Account, and went online in games for the first time.

2018: Got to experience my first taste of homebrew with Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii, although I was still too paranoid to use any permanent hacks on my Wii. Unfortunately, this was also the year my 3DS broke after just over four years of use, and while this still remains the case today, I now view this event as a necessary stepping stone to the experiences I had in 2019. This was also the year I entered the Kirby fandom, and while this isn't particularly related to Mario, it was the first franchise I dove into that didn't star the red plumber, showing to myself that I was still able to find other interests besides Mario and that it wasn't too late.

2019: As an aftermath to the demise of my 3DS last year, and a growing desire to explore outside official territory, I finally mustered the courage to use homebrew on both my Wii and Wii U. Boy, am I glad I did. I finally changed a piece of code in a game (have any idea how satisfying that was?), and I got to experience all sorts of games I hadn't before, classic and new. With my eldest sister moving off to college earlier this year and my 15th birthday coming in less than two weeks, I look back on the decade with fondness. I see how much I've grown over the years, how much life has changed for me since that fateful Christmas almost ten years ago. Mario, gaming, and this community have shaped much of who I am, and I don't know where I'd be without it all. Thank you, Nintendo. And thank you, Mario Boards!

 

[Mcmadness]

2010: I was nearing the tail end of high school and it was about this time I started to develop depression. sleeping through classes, not doing much of anything except stare at the ceiling and play the odd video game here and there.

2011: More of the same except I met the first love of my life.

2012: Still depressed and had basically dropped out of high school.

2013: It's all a big blur of depression, the odd video game and spending time with my girlfriend.

2014: finally went back to school and finished it, still depressed

2015: Joined this website, met lots of cool people, girlfriend left me because I wasn't making anything of myself, still depressed

2016: Started taking meds for depression, still depressed

2017: Asked mods to unban FTG, still depressed

2018: Grandmother died, still depressed

2019: Moved into a new apartment, still depressed.

However through all this I played various sorts of games and indulged in various hobbies. It's just that depression has made this last decade all very similar from day to day it's hard to pinpoint what events happened and where.

 

[Koops]

I'm pretty sure I started playing Mario Galaxy this decade. And man it was a magical experience (especially getting stuck on the second mission of good egg at the point where you had to use pull starts for the first time. My dumbass motions were not reflexive enough to time the spin right). For a very, very long time, until very recently, it was my favorite game. Ever. It was sad to see it dethroned, and I'm sure many people would be sad about the fact that it was a Fire Emblem that managed to nab the number one spot, but most of my gaming experience this decade were still with Mario. I grew up with Mario. And for that reason, I will always be thankful to Mario. I will always cherish him and look at him as the thing that fucking introduced me to gaming.

I wouldn't be here without you, Mario. Thank you so much for making me play your games!

 

[zel]

i literarly just got into mario early 2015 lmao
nothing much notable besides finally getting an actual nintendo console in late 2018 with mario odyssey which quickly became my favorite game ever
but yea the series means a lot to me still

 

[Farrah Goodfairy]

I'm only 16 lol

2010: May have been the first year I played Mario, my first being MKW, which also happens to be the only Mario game I dislike.

2011: Super Mario Galaxy 2, which really got me into Mario.

2012: Super Paper Mario, Bowser's Inside Story, and Super Mario Galaxy 1, three games which are true masterpieces in my heart, still three of my favourite games of all time. What a year.

2013-2015: Nothing particularly interesting really, just playing some Wii/DS classics over and over 'cause I love them so much. I'm talking NSMBDS, SPM, SMG 1 & 2, MKW (not much ) BIS, NSMBW, DKCR, M&S@L2012OG, MP9

2016: Beat the Golden Temple in DKCR, which I had longed to do for a while. Yet to beat that game 100% because I'm too lazy lmao

2017: Now this is when my Mario life REALLY turned around. I discovered Super Mario Wiki, started watching Mario Let's Plays, and defeated

Spoiler: SPM

Super Dimentio

For the second time and I really got back into that game - didn't enjoy the gameplay as much but the charming story and characters etc. really reminded me why it's my favourite game.

2018: Decided I want TTYD, other than that, nothing remarkable, just playing my faves over and over. Recieved my GameCube for Xmas that year.

2019: First playthrough of TTYD, which is now my second favourite game of all time. Also played SMS for the first time, but I don't like it that much. Got my Wii U as well, hence my first playthrough of SM64 (the Wii Shop Channel went down, and before then I was never interested in playing older games and wanted only discs, so never got any points) and SSS (DS in poor condition, didn't have 3DS at the time, don't have GBA), also finished BIS finally as I could never beat the final boss as a child, got my 3DS, hence more BIS and first playthrough of SML 1 & 2.

Ranking years: 2012 > 2019 > 2017 > 2018 > 2011 > 2016 > 2013 = 2014 = 2015 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2010