Easiest to Hardest Mario Platformers

[the_randomizer]

1) Super Mario Bros.
2) Super Mario 64/DS
3) Super Mario Bros. 3
4) Super Mario World
5) Super Mario Galaxy
6) Super Mario Sunshine
7) Super Mario Galaxy 2
8) Super Mario 2: The Lost Levels

(I didn't include Mario Bros. 2 because it doesn't count as a real Mario game; it was originally called 夢工場ドキドキパニック or "Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic" for the Famicom Disk System).
The real Mario Bros, 2 is notoriously difficult.

 

[Hadrian]

Easiest, Super Mario 3D Land without a doubt. The 3D aspect made it so much easier. It's also my least favourite of the core Mario titles, not a bad game its very good but I can't say I care about playing it ever again! A first for the Mario series for me.

Hardest, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the same reasons as Chavosaur stated but I didn't find the version of SMB that much harder once you adapted to it but the version of SMB2 is a total bastard.

(I didn't include Mario Bros. 2 because it doesn't count as a real Mario game; it was originally called 夢工場ドキドキパニック or "Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic" for the Famicom Disk System).
The real Mario Bros, 2 is notoriously difficult.

Actually it started of as a Mario game before it was turn into Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic, the mechanics were sorted out before Nintendo decided to use the Yume Kojo license.

Most people reckon difficulty factored into why Nintendo of America decided to go back to what it was before they used the Yume license, actually it was also to do with the fact that the Japanese version of SMB2 looking not much different to the first, they didn't think it would do as well if players thought it was the same game but with different levels. Though obviously both games are pretty much the same.

I consider it as a Mario game regardless, if Sunshine can be considered a proper one I can't see why this can't.

...and back on topic

 

[Gahars]

I guess it just depends on the player. I've always thought that Galaxy 2/Super Mario Bros. was the hardest thing I've ever played. (Until Contra came along)

Give I Wanna Be The Guy a try then. Diamonds are softer than that game.

Also, where's the love for Super Mario Frustration?

 

[Taleweaver]

Christ...this'll be hard to judge. I haven't finished half of the Mario games I've played, so I won't judge on them. From what I've finished, the list would like this:

Mario land 3: Wario land (yeah, yeah...I know. Still: it says "Mario land" on the cover)
Mario land 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy (I consider it harder because it was my first 3D Mario...took quite some getting used to)
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Super Mario World
Mario land (keep in mind: this was my first platformer ever. Also keep in mind that I take that 'underworld' part into account, so finishing the game would just be halfway).



...man. I really have to catch up to my backlog.

Also: does Donkey Kong Classic count?

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

My list:

Hardest: All of them

 

[YayMii]

Here's my lists:

2D=
NSMBDS
NSMBWii
SMUSA
SMB
SML2
SMBDX
SMW
SML
SMB3
SMB2JP
SMB2JP on SMBDX

3D=
SM3DL
SMG2
SM64
SMG
SMS

(sorry about the abbreviations, I'm on my phone)

Also, where's the love for Super Mario Frustration?

I thought ROMhacks don't count...