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Mario was originally seen as a decent character in the early metagame, where he was ranked at 7th of middle tier on the first list. This time period includes Mario's best representation with {{Sm|Red}}, a Japanese Mario player that was the character's best representative during the late 2000s, and {{Sm|Nintendude}} who played frequently well with the character in North America during the early 2010s. Afterwards, Mario's strengths were reevaluated even further, this was due to Isai's run at {{Trn|Apex 2013}} and the rise of solo-Mario players such as {{Sm|Czar}} and Japan's new best Mario player, {{Sm|FAUST}}. He rose to 5th place of the second and third official tier list, seen as a character who had the capabilities to go even with higher-tier characters such as Kirby and Captain Falcon. While he lacked the oppressive neutral and advantage state such as the top tiers, Mario commonly worked as a decent co-main seen with players such as {{Sm|Fireblaster}} who was put in contention for one of the best Mario players in the world by the mid-2010s. Both Fireblaster and Czar would hit one of the character's best peaks since Isai's Apex 2013 run with supermajor {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015}}, placing 5th with Mario as their headline character. | Mario was originally seen as a decent character in the early metagame, where he was ranked at 7th of middle tier on the first list. This time period includes Mario's best representation with {{Sm|Red}}, a Japanese Mario player that was the character's best representative during the late 2000s, and {{Sm|Nintendude}} who played frequently well with the character in North America during the early 2010s. Afterwards, Mario's strengths were reevaluated even further, this was due to Isai's run at {{Trn|Apex 2013}} and the rise of solo-Mario players such as {{Sm|Czar}} and Japan's new best Mario player, {{Sm|FAUST}}. He rose to 5th place of the second and third official tier list, seen as a character who had the capabilities to go even with higher-tier characters such as Kirby and Captain Falcon. While he lacked the oppressive neutral and advantage state such as the top tiers, Mario commonly worked as a decent co-main seen with players such as {{Sm|Fireblaster}} who was put in contention for one of the best Mario players in the world by the mid-2010s. Both Fireblaster and Czar would hit one of the character's best peaks since Isai's Apex 2013 run with supermajor {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2015}}, placing 5th with Mario as their headline character. | ||
However, in the years since the third tier list, some of the most notable Mario mains such as Nintendude and Fireblaster | However, in the years since the third tier list, some of the most notable Mario mains such as Nintendude and Fireblaster dropped him completely in favor of solo-maining better characters. Although other solo-Mario mains such as {{Sm|Hydra}} and {{Sm|Kimimaru}} had very solid Snosa and GENESIS runs during this time. Additionally, Czar would be ranked the highest out of any Mario player on the 64 League Rankings on multiple occasions during the late-2010s. Despite this, Mario's metagame was not evolving at the same rate as characters such as {{SSB|Yoshi}} and {{SSB|Jigglypuff}}, who boasted better results and larger playerbases. This would result in Mario dropping back down to 7th in B tier, the same place he landed on the first tier list. In the current meta, most of the best Mario players are currently on hiatus or fail to make notable leeway at big tournaments. However, the character has seen better chances regionally, shown with {{Sm|SuPeRbOoMfAn}} winning {{Trn|Crovy Fest}} and {{Sm|JaimeHR}} placing 2nd at {{Trn|Battle At The Border '23}}. As such, it has been shown that Mario's all-rounder abilities still make him a solid character in the grand scheme of ''Smash 64'', but appearances at top level have become rare due to being outclassed by numerous characters. | ||
==Techniques== | ==Techniques== | ||