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1. Silent Hill
2. Raccoon City
3. Megaton
4. Bowser’s Castle
5. Rapture
6. Kvatch
7. Mallet Island
8. Saffron City
9. Jacinto
10. Liberty City

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Bret Elston over at GamesRadar goes through the changes in the size (both general and relative) of one of the oldest and our favorite hero/villan pairs in video gaming history- Mario and Bowser.

From the original NES games to the new Wii releases - things have gotten a little different throughout the years.

"From shotguns to rockets, chainsaws to weapons that fire right through walls, weapons are what make gaming fun. You can have the greatest game out there, but if the weapons sound weak and don't pack much punch, you've lost something in the interface between the gamer and the world you're trying to immerse him into."

"10. Track 2, Excitebike
9. World 8-4, Bowser's Final Castle, Super Mario Bros.
8. The Dark World, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
7. Hyrule, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
6. Brinstar, Metroid
5. Katina, StarFox 64

4. Mario Kart Series, Rainbow Road


3. Super Mario Bros. 3, Giant Land


2. Bob-Omb Battlefield, Super Mario 64


1. Special Zone, Super Mario World
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"Mario Kart Double Dash for the Gamecube took up most of my college life. My papers and classes would always have to be put on hold while I played this game for a least 8 hours a day. To think of where I could be today if I spent all that time studying rather than playing Double Dash. Maybe my 3.4 average would have become a 3.9, but I don’t regret it for a second because I became a master of Double Dash that no one could beat. This accolade was far more important that the benefits of having a..."

"Brian Brinegar, a 29-year-old web developer from Lafayette, Indiana, and two of his avid gamers friends, Dan May and John Groth, decided to get together and play seven Super Mario Brothers games straight through the weekend for a good cause, the Child’s Play Charity.

The trio have been playing the original Super Mario Bro. all the way through to Super Mario Galaxy. Check out the fun while it lasts at Super Mario Marathon; and please give what you can, if you’re apt to do so! To date they’v..."

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