i agree that everyone was aware that the last Super Mario Bros. are nothing special. I didn‘t even bother to play the last „New Mario Bros. U Deluxe blahblah“ because it’s always the same. But I couldn‘t figure out what new direction would be better and thought they might let the Bros. Series die out since the format is just too outdated. Instead they went full Rayman Legends with it, which is great but I could have never imagined that kind of game design would fit to the Mario world.