Marios latest is unfortunately not his greatest. Its very very good make no mistake, but after thirty years of platforming, this is perhaps the least innovative platform game the Italian plumber has starred in. The shtick of the New Super Mario Bros. games is ironically a healthy dose of nostalgia, but its frankly worn a bit thin by this forth outing. Everything about this game is right gameplay wise and the HD visuals do impress, but it in terms of actually playing the game it could just be a download add on the previous New Super Mario Bros. games.
11. Super Mario Sunshine (Game Cube)
The black sheep of the 3D Mario family, like so many games on the Gamecube it was great, but not quite what people wanted. Very much like Mario 64, Sunshines main innovation was Marios water jetpack which he had to use to wash away graffiti and fly through levels. The story was based around Mario going on holiday, and the game felt just like that; a trip away before his next epic adventure. Yoshi was playable, but collecting fruit to play as him was at times an annoyance.