It's very silly to be arguing over what makes a game memorable or not. My thoughts are that hardly any games today are worth the plastic they're lazered onto.
Speaking of Mario though, this another thing that tells me Nintendo's had it easy because most of the Super Mario games past 2 have been using the same content over and over and over only changing to 3D or occasionally adding some gimick like a domesticated dinosaur or a water powerd jetpack.
It's no wonder now why it took them so long to make another 2D Mario after Mario World lost to Sonic The Hedgehog with public perception they didn't want any more direct comparisons.
Sega is the only game company that gave them a hard time and if they hadn't kept cutting off support for their consoles (especially the genesis) things might look a hell of alot better today.







