This whole thread doesn't make much sense to me. I get the want for graphical improvements over the game's predecessor -- that makes sense, since its predecessor was on an inferior console. Where you start to lose me is when you essentially say the game has not improved over its predecessor.
Looking at pictures of NSMB for DS, that's ludicrous. You yourself posted a screen comparison between NSMB and NSMB2, and the latter looks worlds better to me for obvious reasons. So much so that I wonder how you can even complain. So maybe your complaint has more to do with the fact that NSMB2 isn't an improvement graphically over the Wii iteration. Mind you, disregarding the 3D capabilities of the 3DS, the Wii is a more powerful machine with more graphical power, which makes sense since it's a console. So first of all, I don't know why you would expect a 3DS game to look better in 2D than a comparable Wii game. The bigger problem with this is that in the few comparison screens I've seen between NSMB2 and NSMBW, the 3DS game DOES look better to me. It looks like it has much more detailed backgrounds, and of course it would, since they'll enhance the 3D effect.
Whenever the actual graphical improvements over the Wii version are brought up, you dismiss them as "cheesy." That's all good and fine, but that's not the game's problem; that's YOUR problem. You said yourself, "I guess I kind of accepted Yoshi and all because I was still a kid." You're basically admitting that Super Mario Bros. has always been what you now consider "cheesy," and yet you still complain that the new game looks "cheesy."
Elsewhere you say you want a new visual style entirely, because the NSMB style has grown stagnant and worn off its welcome. I don't know of ANY video game series that changes its visual style from one game to the next other than The Legend of Zelda. There are exceptions, most usually during advancements in hardware. But imagine how crazy it would be for, say, Halo 2 to have looked drastically different from Combat Evolved, or if Marvel vs Capcom 3 had looked completely different from Marvel vs Capcom 2. Kingdom Hearts 3D doesn't look much different from the original game from 10 years ago, either. Most games don't do that. You might point out that Super Mario Bros. was constantly evolving graphically in its first 4 iterations, and you'd be right; however, that was commonplace for games in that era because of the rapidly evolving graphical techniques and power available. It's much more common now for a series to develop a style that works for it and stick to it.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 might not be "what you want," but can you believe that there are hundreds or even thousands of games made every year that I don't want? Crazy, right? Man, if only they had looked marginally different, I would have been all over them!
Maybe you should reconsider what you want. It's not Nintendo's job to cater directly and solely to you. If you want one of the best 2D platforming experiences you're likely to find this year, maybe you should swallow your pride and pay close attention to this game. If you want an outstanding 2D platforming experience with a AAA production quality and cutting-edge non-cheesy graphics and live music, I'm afraid I have some bad news...
