What is the best looking Mario game?

[Andy 28!]

This is hard but HAS to be Luigi's Mansion 3 or Super Mario Odyssey, if I had to pick an older one is Super Mario Galaxy 2, the sky boxes look so good, the textures and the lighting are just peak. What you think?

 

[Dorayaki]

So far it's Odyssey. It literally has its own tourist book series to show how much Nintendo invest on the fictional cultures and lanscape.

Bananza also had many great views and is second behind.

Otherthan that, for nogstalia I'd say TTYD, which also feels like a real sightseeing experience.

 

[ButterCashier]

Umm... Sunshine?

 

[Princess Mint]

I think that Mario Kart World has had the best character animations.

 

[Hint Toad]

Definitely odyssey. Though I think my favorite visual style in a mario game would be SMB3. The colors and pixel art in that game are perfect.

 

[Fawfulthegreat64]

idk about best looking by the usual metrics, but i wanna give a shoutout to Dream Team. I adore its 3D environments and how well the character sprites just naturally fit in them. I didn't know the game used sprites when i first saw footage of it, i thought it was genuinely 3D models. And, the way they achieved lighting and detail on the 3DS was just so satisfying. I also am fascinated by the original environments from the 2010 build of Sticker Star for this reason. It was cartoony Mario 3D but somehow had a charm that even previous console entries didn't quite match, and the HD era hits different still. And Dream Team is my personal favorite showing of those 3DS visuals, with a wonderfully unique world to explore.