in hindsight, it's easy to see why a LOT of people wrote off 3D world as an average mario experience, merely stretched 3 inches horizontally with an angled camera. while not completely true, that very idea is why this game was always kinda spectacular. with 3D land, mario's wings in this new(ish) terrain weren't exactly given the chance to spread fully, so plopping him on a home console was a pretty good idea!! this game takes on a lot of galaxy's roots and just starts chucking new idea after new idea with almost every level. one minute you're wrestling with the mechanics of a new power-up while the level challenges your very ability to do so, and the next you're dealing with whatever fuckin direction plessie thinks you wanted to go. what i'm trying to say is that this game is great, and don't let its generic presentation fool you. also it's such a fucking blast with others