[JuntMonkey]

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1) Super Mario World should be replaced by Super Mario 3. World was great and all; but it was basically 3 with updated graphics and an updated map system. Plus they dumped the inventory and the mushroom houses which I loved. I don't have any problems with Mario 64 being rated higher; but that's a matter of personal preference.

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This is a pretty decent point, I've thought about the 3-World similarities myself. World has a saving system and a lot of fancy hidden secrets, but that might not be enough to propel it above 3 since 3 came first. I guess it all comes down to level design in this case, and while I have "beaten" all the main Mario games, I have come nowhere close to playing through every level of 3 or World (warping ftw).

Yoshi's Island forces you to play through them all though, and obv I got all 120 stars in 64.