"I hate Super Mario 64!" some Mario fans cry, whereas our own Editor-in-Chief Kat Bailey is excited about the prospect of a revised Mario 64, and so am I. games are solid, if unremarkable."īy comparison, Twitter is currently aflame with 3D Mario feelings. 3, by the way), but otherwise we generally agree on takes like " The New Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World is the superior 2D Mario game (the correct answer is Super Mario Bros. Mario's jaunts onto the Z-axis divides us in a way that his 2D titles don't. Social media is obviously alight with Mario fans listing their hopes and dreams for these rumored games, and the hype has made me realize something interesting: People have a lot of differing opinions on 3D Mario games. There are also rumblings of a "Deluxe" edition of the Wii U's Super Mario 3D World, as well as a new Paper Mario game. If this pans out, we could be looking at remasters of Super Mario 64 for the N64, Super Mario Sunshine for the GameCube, and Super Mario Galaxy (and Super Mario Galaxy 2, maybe?) for the Wii. Nintendo reportedly has plans to remaster Mario's classic 3D games for the Switch, which is a very big deal: Nintendo doesn't remaster its Mario games often, especially its 3D Mario games. Thankfully, this iconic anniversary is coupled with strong rumors that make me forget about entropy for a little while. ("When there was-a one set of footprints, that's when I-a used a P-Wing! Woo-hooo!") I feel like he and I have some variation of the famous Footprints in the Sand poem going on. Mario's been with me since childhood, through my teenage years, and he's here in my lengthening adulthood. Mario's anniversary is always a little sobering for me because I'm old enough to remember how he conquered pop culture for the very first time. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros.' debut on Japan's Famicom console. See more articles like this in our Starting Screen archive. Starting Screen is our weekly column featuring news, commentary, and music to help you get over your case of the Mondays.