As a fan of both Sonic and Mario, Super Mario World is sublime, and was never approached in excellence by any 2D Mario until NSMB for Wii U (sadly not getting the love that earlier NSMBs got, because it beats the shit out of the Wii and DS games), which only gets where it is by emulating World's formula, although still not quite (for while NSMBU re-introduced a dynamic world map and secret paths between worlds more complex than a mere cannon shot, it still does not match the intricacies of World)
Sonic the Hedgehog is not the pinnacle of its own formula, which was reached with Sonic 3 & Knuckles, where the 2D Sonic formula was made sublime in a way that has not been matched save perhaps by Sonic Advance 1.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
