I'm 20 now...and since my parents didn't like me having too many video games...I didn't have every Mario experience I could have.

Two games that really made an impact on me as a child are SMB, and SMW (I can still play SMW all the way through and not be bored).

Later on I played SMB3 and was blown away (this was much later in life, mind you). I loved it. I just recently bought it on VC, and I'm totally staisfied with the purchase.

I regret to say that I have not had the pleasure of beating Mario 64 yet. I've gotten part of the way through on the DS version, but school and work have taken time from my gaming, and I've been playing other things.

I cannot wait for Mario Galaxy though. I played a bit of the full version at EB Games and it was AWESOME. I have it reserved, and will be picking it up and addicted the first day.