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The games in the poll are actually listed in order I expect him to like, but y'all know the gameplay & quality of these.

• He absolutely loves Mario. Dressed as Yoshi this year for Halloween, Mario last year.
• He's in kindergarten, can't read. He's watched me play the old Mario RPG on an emulator. He'd load up my game and go back to easier areas to fight bad guys or wonder around different towns. He has a save file of the original Paper Mario that he played intensely for like 2 weekends.
• He plays for fun not the challenge. Beat Mario Odyssey on Assist mode, Beat Mario Wonder as Red Yoshi. He's about halfway though Mario+Rabbid Sparks of Hope and plays that on the easier setting. He's getting Kingdom Battle for an upcoming birthday.
• He's OK dying a lot if there is a challenging part. He's up to 40-50 stars on Mario 64 and not every one of those was easy for him. However, he can't stand losing to a person. In Mario Kart Deluxe he have guided steering off when playing by himself but on when playing with his older siblings.
• He loves making maps in Mario Maker 2. Less interested in playing those maps or playing story mode.
• He likes the mini-games in Mario Party but not the full long party. We have 8 and Super. The other Switch ones don't seem to be worth the purchase.
• Over the summer we saw Mario/Sonic Olympics game being sold used for $10 and he had no interest. I'm extrapolating to none of the sports games, but I don't what Battle League is.
• He plays the old game sometimes, but definitely favors newer. I have a saved file of SNES Mario beaten that he'll sometimes play but hasn't started his own file. He has a NES Super Mario 3 saved file that he'll play sporadically, on the 3rd or 4th world. We have Super Mario Wii & Mario Bros U Deluxe that I beat before he was born. He has a file on each but hasn't gone that far. Similar story with original Paper Mario. He very recently got Mario Galaxy, early signs seem to be he's into it.

Sounds like hed enjoy 3D World. Almost everything else requires reading

I haven't played a Mario game since Sunshine, but maybe one of the titles that are multiplayer.

just so it could either be a shared experience with you, or he could play with friends/other family.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

3D world 100%

Thanks for the advice

easily 3d world, you guys can play the entire game together

3D World, you can play together, look upnthe infinite life trick (It's in the second level) and just max them out and have fun. He'll probably throw you off a million times.

A Super Mario 2 pillowsheet :D

Just FYI nintendo puts a label on the back of their games if reading is required to play them

My kids all love Super Mario 3D World. My youngest definitely cried more than once because I didn't let him get "the crown" enough times.

3D World. Mario kart a back up