Ranking the best Super Mario games from worst to incredible

No Mario game is bad, but the best Super Mario games are the ones where Nintendo’s creativity and genius for level design are on display

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The caveat when talking about the best Super Mario games is that there really is no bad Super Mario game. Over the course of three decades and more, Nintendo’s flagship series has seen its ups and downs, but even the blandest, most uninspired of the New Super Mario games still has the power to delight and excite. When the series is at its best, however, is when Nintendo’s knack for clever stage design and creative worlds shines through.

Our list of the best Super Mario games focuses on the series’ mainline entries, so there’s no Mario Maker or Super Mario RPG here.

10 best SNES games of all time

If you play any Super Nintendo game, make sure to play these, the ten best SNES games ever made.

If you know where to look, you can play any retro game you desire very easily, and they’re only becoming more accessible thanks to services like Nintendo Switch Online. Still, even Nintendo’s own premium service is missing many of the very best SNES games ever made, and you need to play them. 

In this list we’re running through the ten best SNES games of all time, while attempting to keep the list to one game per series. The SNES was a natural home for side-scrolling action games, platformers, and RPGs, but there’s much more to find if you look a bit deeper. Here are the ten best SNES game ever made.

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For more 16-bit fun, check out of list of best Sega Genesis games, and then follow that up with our best N64 games list.