By design and narrative probably the most interesting game ever made.

IMO the best jrpg ever made, full stop

Check my review for more but essentially the best and most well thought out 3rd person shooter of all time, only bolstered by its hilarious writing and utterly perfect pacing

While I might personally prefer 2, Galaxy is the premier 3D mario platformer to me - boasting an absolutely staggering variety of fresh ideas and mechanics for the genre

it's super metroid

how do you feasibly one-up yourself when working on a series that's in its 5th iteration? by being completely unfeasible and deciding to craft the most hilarious exercise in excess of content in your company's history (both past and present), weaving storylines and characters in a way that gives payoff to 2 console generations' worth of buildup