Game 3 of Mario Marathon
Hard to say if Doki Doki Panic would have been a hit game without the Mario wrapper on it but it should have been. It's still super fun even though it's so mechanically different than any other Mario game. I'm ultimately glad it exists as it introduced a whole slew of new characters to the Mario World forever and the ending made me tear up as a kid.
I ultimately prefer the NES version over All-Stars or the GBA one. The GBA one might add more new content but the voice clips just sounds so off-putting and terrible (especially with GBA's dogshit speakers).
Hard to say if Doki Doki Panic would have been a hit game without the Mario wrapper on it but it should have been. It's still super fun even though it's so mechanically different than any other Mario game. I'm ultimately glad it exists as it introduced a whole slew of new characters to the Mario World forever and the ending made me tear up as a kid.
I ultimately prefer the NES version over All-Stars or the GBA one. The GBA one might add more new content but the voice clips just sounds so off-putting and terrible (especially with GBA's dogshit speakers).