New Mario U is definitely my favorite of the New titles, up there with 3 and World for me.
The thing holding it back is pretty much its presentation being the same as the last 3.
Otherwise is a pretty charming game, I love little details like every level having its own name, the connected overworld, the themes of the worlds being about food, sparkling waters and the dessert desert makes these tropes just a tad more special. I like how the sky level gets increasingly more dark as you traverse through it till the boss. Every Koopaling gets its own airship plus boss fights being more unique, taking away their wands and making them more based around their personality and the fact that you are travelling back to Peach's Castle as the final world is another small but great detail that makes the game all the more great. It also had one really inspired level motif with the starry night in the forest.
