I haven't read the whole thread but he's my take on Mario games (platformers) and story: the less, the better.
I've recently started replaying SMG2 and I felt like the intro story was getting in the way of me enjoying the game. I kept mashing the A button the skip ahead and couldn't wait to hop to my first galaxy. NSMB Wii has the perfect amount of story for a Mario platformer, about 30 seconds.
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