@Danne
Thanks 
To be honest, I don't know why, but I never found the clouds or the other mario graphics cheesy before. But these I do, they are too kiddy, really.
When SMB came out, it was matte, it had an appeal for all ages. SMB3 followed in those awesome footsteps, nothing too kiddy, yet appealed to everyone. SMW was a little on the bright side, but that was just due to the SNES' new HW capabilities I guess. I guess I kind of accepted Yoshi and all because I was still a kid. Mind you no one else in my family seemed to mind it.
But some of the things I see here (the spiders, the lack of detail on the walls and such) is almost less detail than the bricks in Mario 1! :( It really doesn't appeal to me at all for some reason, and I don't know if I'm alone to think so.
Some graphics in the new 3D Marios I find also kiddy, but the game's luster in general is one that shouts "Quality". I don't see that here, but I hope as hell I'm wrong.
