Yeah, it was an amazing experience. It handled the best gameplay so far, gorgeous graphics and awesome soundtrack. In fact, we all know that Mario Galaxy is easily surpassed in graphics, but it is hard, nearly impossible, to find something like a good old Mario gameplay experience. The soundtrack is very unique too. There's a lot of games out there that features great orchestrated music, but some are kinda generic. Generic music.
Anyway, it deserves its score. An addictive game. Though there are many great games out there. What I could say is that it is the only game this generation I felt I was playing like a good SNES or N64 game. It's like a game from another time.