GP: "Winter has begun. While winter brings about various festivities and merriment, it also brings the temperature way down. It might be fun to play around in the snow for a little bit but you don't want to be stuck outside shoveling it up. Even inside it seems that the dipping temperatures can permeate even the thickest blanket.
So, what do you do when you're nearly frozen solid? You boot up a video game of course! Not just any video game though but something that can draw you out of your cold cocoon. Okay, so maybe gamers don't usually do that specifically but they should. Here's a list of five games that have themes of warmth, sun, beaches, and general summertime goodness."
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made.
Even 20 years later, the incredibly detailed world design of 2002's Super Mario Sunshine still manages to impress.
My main memory of this game is the broken, highly frustrating floating pinball stages.
Still, the summery vibe is quite uplifting.
The Pachinko level purposefully pushing you if you try to hover to a red coin was frustrating indeed.
Playing this game without having the high expectations of being sequel to 64 is actually a blast, I enjoyed it way more than I remember, yes it's the only 3D Mario game that annoys me with some of it's stages but it's actually so much fun overall
