Four players, one couch, and the joyful chaos of a Mario jostling across the screen.

No preference ranking yet, so we read the detail, and on few votes. Where it speaks, it's fun: this game you fire up for one round and put down much later edges out about three quarters of titles, a nice score to confirm. The wish to relive it like the first time stays average. But the art style dives to the bottom, ahead of barely a sixth of games. There's the gap: immediate, shared playing pleasure, but a tame art direction the community doesn't hold onto.

In the 2D platformer aisle, this is a safe bet of the genre, built for laughing together more than dazzling the eye. More recent Marios have since pushed the style much further.

So, who's it for? You, if you want multiplayer fun, simple and brutally effective. Much less if what you chase first is a visual shock or a memorable graphic identity.