Guessed by Landale_Star
This game was a milestone. Not just for Mario, not just for Nintendo, but for gaming as a whole. This is the foundation on which every modern 3D game is built upon. You'd say that it shows, if you'd compare modern advancements in for example camera work with the crude method used in this game. However, every once in a while, there's a modern game where I'd think; "Why does this work better in Mario 64?" This is beside the gameplay itself though, Mario controls as intuitively and smoothly as he does in 'Super Mario Bros. 3' (#16). And then there's the level design. There aren't many games that can claim a gameplay scheme as tight as this one. Nintendo's first venture into the 3D world knocked it so far out of the park that ball still hasn't been retrieved yet. It wins only Bronze on my list, but this is for all intents and purposes a perfect game.
