Top 50 Games of the Decade according to Destructoid

[mibuokami]

RolStoppable said:

mibuokami said:

RolStoppable said:
There is no 2D Mario on this list. How can you talk about the best games of the decade and leave out the definition of gaming?

Well they choose Galaxy and since only 1 game for every series can make the list, thats' probably why 2D Mario got the shaft. All of the genre defining 2D Marios came during the NES/SNES era and when evaluating technical excellence and gaming innovation, they obviously felt that Galaxy had more to offer than any 2D Mario (Lets be honest, 2D Mario hasn't and will probably never change much from it's original concept)

Galaxy is a 3D platformer, so it's not from the same series.

2D Mario doesn't have to change much from its original concept, because it was already so close to perfection with SMB3 and SMW. But since when is gaming excellence a reason to leave out a game from a best games list? There is no valid excuse to not put a New Super Mario Bros. game on this list and it's an embarassing mistake.

I guess it really depends on their definition of one series....

You're reading my second statement wrong, I'm just pointing out what they might be thinking by not include 2D Mario (again assumingg 2D & 3D counts as one series).

If the article were treating both game as from the same series then then I feel that Galaxy should have been the pick because it was both good AND innovative rather than just being Good as with NSMB. Although to be honest, I would have given it to Mario 64.