Appropri-rated.
When the word ‘underrated’ is used in reference to entries in series as venerated as, say, Super Mario or the Zelda, it never quite feels right. Sure, perhaps there are some early oddball entries that people missed — games that were crafted when the template and direction of the series was still in flux — but it’s hard to argue that these represent the most analysed, most considered and reconsidered video games ever made.
Whether they’re celebrated genre-definers or one of the lesser entries in the Mushroom Kingdom canon, surely every single Mario game is rated absolutely appropriately, right? Sunshine is famously not as polished as other mainline 3D Marios, but it’s got some great bits, too. Some people will call it their favourite, which is fine, but broadly speaking, it ranks where it ranks (13 at the time of writing) on our all-time best Mario games list for a reason,
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