mortono on 01 November 2009
I recently downloaded this on virtual console and started playing again. It certainly is one of the greatest games of all time for all the reasons you mentioned. Let me just add that it has this level of imagination that no other game has matched. From the tanooki suit to the wild cards placed at the end of each level, it's all just very crazy and also very fun.
To those saying I am nostalgia-induced, well of course I am! But I'm sure that in 20 years we'll all be nostalgia-induced by Uncharted and Super Mario Galaxy too.
