Back to where it all started.. Alright, maybe a few years later. At least to me it felt like the good ol' days, playing.. Super Mario 64! Yeah, of course, it's a step back, the graphics are naturally dated, the gameplay is not as accurate as Sunshine is, and the story consists of Princess Peach asking Mario to come for a piece of cake or something (and I'm not talking about the expression..).

Not really aspects you'd base the ultimate game on.. yet all these things tend to fade away as this game delivers genuine fun and creativity which loads of games these days miss.. I could also say it's more challenging than the average game, but maybe that's just because of the controller (by the way also a big step back..).

The dated graphics don't really form a problem toward playing the game.. I even think Super Mario 64 was one of the nicer looking N64 games of it's time. By the way, if you're willing to play a game on older consoles you must be prepared for these (and way worse) kind of visuals.

SM64's gameplay remains the example for the following platformgames. To me it's also one of the greatest examples of actual platformers, If a platformer gets mentioned SM64 just pops up out of nowhere.. This game really did leave amazing memories behind..

Super Mario Sunshine did a great job too, building on all of these aspects and more.. Maybe it was just me, but I did miss out on the actual "fun" part.. It was cool and all, and you could definitely see the improvements, but in the end Super Mario 64 remains the undefeated champion of platformers (to me anyway, but maybe I just haven't played enough platformers.. )

getting back to the roots rulez.. (roughly stated..) I loved to throw around a big Bomb-Omb King, I loved to go slide on my belly racing against a Momma Pinguin, and I loved writing this blog (but that doesn't have anything to do with it.. srry..).

Alright.. that was about it.. See Yah;)