AirShip wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 12:45 pm
Actual era: Sub-Zero Heroes
Classic era: Tower of Biased series/ Star Expedition
Just to add to this, being pretty well-versed in the classic era myself, I do remember Mario Classic was also held in high regard. One source cited it as the "best SMBX project ever made" and was stated to have "amazing level design and gimmick choices". Considering this was made back in 2011, the gimmicks were impressive for its time (such as a dark cave light gimmick based around attach to layer events).