I agree; the writing is brilliant and funny.
I disagree with your 'presentation' thing though - the difference between raw graphical power and presentation is whether it fits the game and adds to it. Paper Mario is one of the best series for doing this - TTYD took the N64 one and added so many more clever pieces of presentation surrounding paper such as the stage, the transformations and the character designs. It isn't the best looking GC game - but it is the best presented in my opinion.







