Bowser's Monstrous Form Is Unleashed In New Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Trailer

@owizeisme1: Just curious what games in the Mario series you found overly difficult. The only ones that immediately come to mind, where I felt they sacrificed fun in the name of difficulty, were a few levels in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on the SNES, and some of the timed challenges in Super Mario Sunshine. I too do not enjoy games that are so difficult it stops being fun. I am not trying to repeat levels/sections/bosses more than 20 times. But I don't think the Mario series crosses this line, with the exception of a few endgame challenges.

@owizeisme1: Mario platformers have never been hard except for Post story levels and even then that's the very last thing you can do in the game.

In other words:

Git gud

@dragonsama:

Except this is par the course for Mario weirdness.

And... this isn't even remotely close to being Mario's most bizarre adventures.

*cough*Mario+RabbidsKingdomBattle*haaack*

*cough*MarioOdyssey*cough*

*haaack*SuperMarioLand1*cough*

@dragonsama: I don't know, I have had lots of fun with the more recent entries. My favorite Mario titles are: Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario World, and New Super Luigi U. And while not my favorite, Odyssey felt innovative & fresh, taking cues from the "bigger level-design containing more challenges" that Jak and Daxter pioneered (which itself iterated on Super Mario 64). My point is, I don't think the series has peaked & is going downhill. I know some of the more recent entries (like 3D World) are rereleases, but the addition of multiplayer to the series has been huge, and is a blast to play with other people (though you have to warn them, New Super Mario Bros multiplayer feels DESIGNED to make you angry at the people you're playing with).