Mainline Mario at its worst > Paper Mario at its best

>water is H2O
not exclusively

they're platformers. they're made by Nintendo EPD/EAD. both 3D and 2D are mainline, retard

With my brain thinking, fucking fart huffer. Mario is a 2D sidescroller, 3D deviates from that therefor it is not mainline.

>Galaxy is mainline? That's a 3D spinoff.

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Wrong, that's wrong. You're wrong. You're wrong and ugly. Fatty.

paper mario has always been worse than super mario rpg

What a strange comparison.

Another braindead take from user of Any Forums.

Mario 64 is a direct sequel to Super Mario World.
if anything, 2D games are the spinoffs now (Mario Maker, "New" SMB). The marketing and budget make it clear.
You are retarded.

Wrong.
>N-NOOOO THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS MAINLI-
It's the main "Super Mario" platformer for one of Nintendo's major consoles. It counts.

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Afaik, these are all the mainline Mario games:

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Land
Super Mario World
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario 3D Land
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Run
Super Mario Odyssey

By the way, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate claimed there were 35 mainline Mario games in 2018, but I have no idea how they got to that number. Even if things like remakes are included, it still doesn't add up.

oh boy i get to bust out this video again
youtube.com/watch?v=XejJ6PzPtEw

Any Kirby game where he can use copy abilities is just a spinoff because he didn't have that power in the first game.

After playing Mario Legends of the 7 Stars, Paper Mario made me physically cringe.

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refer to Don't provoke me, pussy.
Queers.

Shouldn't Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong on the GB be mainline games?

all 4 NSMB games are good, people just shit on them because they aren't what they want aesthetically.

Every game after Sonic 1 doesn't count because he can spin dash in those games.

not sure what the gotcha here is. I still prefer that to any Paper Mario
>46 minute video
>the question is answered in 1 minute
nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/
click on the second row (from the left). Those are the mainline Mario games. Yes, they include the 3D Marios. they even include Mario Run. see above retard, it's not up for debate

>click on the second row
no
>see above retard
You think Nintendo knows everything? WRONG.
Faggot

Every Zelda game where Link doesn't shoot a projectile out of his sword when he's at full health like in the original The Legend Of Zelda isn't a mainline Zelda game

There's a difference between games featuring various/different abilities and games being completely different genres.

just close the tab bro

Ok, then Mario 64 is a mainline game where he gains the ability to move along the Z-axis

>Shigeru Miyamoto himself says SMW2 Yoshi's Island is a mainline Mario game
>Nintendo's official site in both America and Japan say it isn't

Why, I won.
Ok now you're just being a retarded, for why? Retard.

Nintendo has the final word, not Miyamoto

I'm actually surprised the Mario Maker games are considered mainline.

ESL

HMFF

What? Mario 64 is just a 2D platformer, but with a Z axis component. Mario Galaxy is the same deal, except with a planetary component.