07-19-2013, 06:53 PM
I pretty much agree with Diogalesu, it's difficult to choose one over the other.
See, Mario's awesome because he's essentially the father of platforming, and although the NSMB games have become a bit infamous for being uncreative, they're still fun to play as what they are: a graphics revamp of the original SMB, plus a couple of extras. Then you also have the M&L RPG series, which is one of my favourite series of anything, ever. SS was awesome in just about every way, and they just keep on getting better.
On the other hand, the LoZ games are also a blast to play. Link's Awakening has a gigantic nostalgia factor for me, and it's one of the few games I've played through multiple times. The Oracle games are also fantastic, as well as the lone GBA game, Minish Cap (Four Swords doesn't count). Also, PH and ST are two of my favourite games on the DS. The former had a couple of sizeable flaws, but the latter pretty much fixed these.
Both series have a few downsides for me as well, though. I played Super Mario 64 a while back, and didn't really get too far. It was some time ago though, so I do want to pick up the DS port and see how that goes.
Ocarina of Time I also haven't gotten far in. I'm currently up to the Forest Temple in the 3DS version and, while I do want to get further and experience the rest of the game, I just somehow don't really have much motivation.
Both of these could be due to the 3rd-person perspective, one that I'm not a great fan of on consoles. I dunno.
That said; I haven't really played many of either series, or at least not as many as other people here. From my point of view though, they're both great in their own ways.
However, for the sake of the poll I'll choose Mario (the M&L series tips the scales ever so slightly).
See, Mario's awesome because he's essentially the father of platforming, and although the NSMB games have become a bit infamous for being uncreative, they're still fun to play as what they are: a graphics revamp of the original SMB, plus a couple of extras. Then you also have the M&L RPG series, which is one of my favourite series of anything, ever. SS was awesome in just about every way, and they just keep on getting better.
On the other hand, the LoZ games are also a blast to play. Link's Awakening has a gigantic nostalgia factor for me, and it's one of the few games I've played through multiple times. The Oracle games are also fantastic, as well as the lone GBA game, Minish Cap (Four Swords doesn't count). Also, PH and ST are two of my favourite games on the DS. The former had a couple of sizeable flaws, but the latter pretty much fixed these.
Both series have a few downsides for me as well, though. I played Super Mario 64 a while back, and didn't really get too far. It was some time ago though, so I do want to pick up the DS port and see how that goes.
Ocarina of Time I also haven't gotten far in. I'm currently up to the Forest Temple in the 3DS version and, while I do want to get further and experience the rest of the game, I just somehow don't really have much motivation.
Both of these could be due to the 3rd-person perspective, one that I'm not a great fan of on consoles. I dunno.
That said; I haven't really played many of either series, or at least not as many as other people here. From my point of view though, they're both great in their own ways.
However, for the sake of the poll I'll choose Mario (the M&L series tips the scales ever so slightly).