Mario: A Decade In Review

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:33 PM

As Mario finishes out his third decade as everyone's favorite video game hero, we can look back and see that the veteran entertainer is certainly not losing the spring from his step. For Mario, 2000-2009 was just as packed with surprises and successes as his previous years, and the hits just keep on coming. Here's a look back at this past decade, and the grand and notable things Mario achieved.

Well, to start with, he starred in five brand new action-adventures! Two of them were highly innovative 3-D platformers (Super Mario Galaxy became the most critically acclaimed game since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, incidentally), and another two took us back to the nostalgic side-scrolling action of yesteryear. As for Super Paper Mario...well, I don't know what that was, but it was a triumph all the same.

But that wasn't enough for our man Mario! He also starred in no less than five(!!!!!!) RPGs! Man, I wish I could travel back in time to 1990 and tell the people there that, in the future, Mario is the greatest RPG hero of them all.

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:33 PM

Some of Mario's greatest adventures reappeared on the Game Boy Advance......

............as did the Donkey Kong Country trilogy!

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:34 PM

Luigi finally got his first marquee role (outside of Mario Is Missing!), and Princess Toadstool got her own game as well! Also, we were finally given a true follow-up to SMW 2: Yoshi's Island!

And who'd have thunk we'd be playing a bigger, graphically enhanced version of Super Mario 64 on a handheld, amirite?

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:36 PM

Wario continued his own unique brand of adventuring.................

............and the WarioWare series burst onto the scene!

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:36 PM

In his free time, Mario went out for sport...................

................and even went to the Olympics! Twice! (Teaming up with Sonic the Hedgehog for the first time.)

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:37 PM

Additionally, Mario continued to party, kart, and smash like a maniac!

Donkey Kong's achievements were less spectacular, but he had his moments.

Metal Mario · 12-31-2009, 01:38 PM

And let's not forget to bow our heads and wish "Captain" Lou Albano - the Mario of a generation - a fond farewell.

What will Mario and friends get up to in the new decade? I don't know, but I can't wait to find out!

***CaptHayfever*** · 12-31-2009, 02:16 PM

(A) ...Dang. That's a lot of games, almost all of them good.

(B) ...Dang. I didn't know we could go 10 pics in a post now.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**Valigarmander** · 12-31-2009, 03:41 PM

^ lol silly cap

It was a good decade for Mario. Gives me faith that great classics like SMB3, Yoshi's Island and SM64 aren't just a thing of the past.

12-31-2009, 01:33 PM	#1
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	Mario: A Decade In Review As Mario finishes out his third decade as everyone's favorite video game hero, we can look back and see that the veteran entertainer is certainly not losing the spring from his step. For Mario, 2000-2009 was just as packed with surprises and successes as his previous years, and the hits just keep on coming. Here's a look back at this past decade, and the grand and notable things Mario achieved. Well, to start with, he starred in five brand new action-adventures! Two of them were highly innovative 3-D platformers (Super Mario Galaxy became the most critically acclaimed game since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, incidentally), and another two took us back to the nostalgic side-scrolling action of yesteryear. As for Super Paper Mario...well, I don't know what that was, but it was a triumph all the same. But that wasn't enough for our man Mario! He also starred in no less than five(!!!!!!) RPGs! Man, I wish I could travel back in time to 1990 and tell the people there that, in the future, Mario is the greatest RPG hero of them all. Last edited by Metal Mario; 12-31-2009 at 01:39 PM.

12-31-2009, 01:37 PM	#6
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	Additionally, Mario continued to party, kart, and smash like a maniac! Donkey Kong's achievements were less spectacular, but he had his moments. Last edited by Metal Mario; 12-31-2009 at 01:37 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

12-31-2009, 01:34 PM	#3
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	Luigi finally got his first marquee role (outside of Mario Is Missing!), and Princess Toadstool got her own game as well! Also, we were finally given a true follow-up to SMW 2: Yoshi's Island! And who'd have thunk we'd be playing a bigger, graphically enhanced version of Super Mario 64 on a handheld, amirite?

12-31-2009, 01:36 PM	#4
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	Wario continued his own unique brand of adventuring................. ............and the WarioWare series burst onto the scene!

12-31-2009, 01:38 PM	#7
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	And let's not forget to bow our heads and wish "Captain" Lou Albano - the Mario of a generation - a fond farewell. What will Mario and friends get up to in the new decade? I don't know, but I can't wait to find out!

12-31-2009, 02:16 PM	#8
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	(A) ...Dang. That's a lot of games, almost all of them good. (B) ...Dang. I didn't know we could go 10 pics in a post now. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

12-31-2009, 03:41 PM	#9
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ lol silly cap It was a good decade for Mario. Gives me faith that great classics like SMB3, Yoshi's Island and SM64 aren't just a thing of the past.