I don't think I agree with any of that. Crash and Rayman still don't have movesets as versatile as Galaxy Mario, even with Crash 3's powerups which slowed Crash down as much as they added to his movement. Spin glide/helicopter are pretty dope but they still lack options like long jumps, triple jumps, wall kicks and back/side flips, all of which are still in Galaxy. As for Sonic, say what you will about 2D Sonic but comparing 2D to 3D means nothing, the Genesis games are butting heads with games like SMB3 and World, not Galaxy. What is butting heads with Galaxy is the Sonic Adventure games and I'm sorry but no. I don't think Sega has perfected the homing attack to this day, that shit still feels glitchy. Sonic in 3D is just something Sega hasn't quite pinned down.
I hate how the Galaxy games are held in low regard on Yas Forums just because you can't do autistic backwards long jump...
They aren't bad, they just account for momentum in ways other video games don't, which in turn allows Mario a very wide level of fine control.
that might be an actual thing, because I also played Galaxy 2 before 1 and the level design, enemy difficulty and the whole HUD is just so much better. Storywise G1 is better than 2 though, but not that it really matters
Odyssey is a travesty. Cant really understand why people praise it so fucking much
>and kills your wrist
>gives fantastic introduction to Rosalina in a way no other Mario game did
>later games shit on it and make her Peaach 3.0
I miss Rosalina's early depiction so much
>Odyssey is a travesty. Cant really understand why people praise it so fucking much
because despite being bad its still better than 64 and sunshine
2 kept the bulk of 1's ideas intact, even some that should've stayed dead - you shit on Cloud Mario but I think we all would love to forget Spring Mario. It even turned green stars, which were barely a thing in 1, into a full blown second quest style thing. And Yoshi, some parts I wasn't so crazy about like the chili pepper powerup but the little guy was inoffensive for the most part.
Odyssey isn't my favorite but I liked it about as much as 64. Dunno what it is that makes it so divisive for people, though for what it's worth I did shelve it after beating Darker Side and never went back to it. I kinda felt like I was playing Banjo-Kazooie with 1000 jiggies instead of 100, but you only needed half of that to see the end.
Cloud Mario is the best powerup in the series
>there are people who unironically believe this