Update: 94 on MetaCritic! Super Mario 3D World: A Game Once Doubted Is Now Highest Rated Game of The Holiday! Anybody Eating Crow?

[Salnax]

Mummelmann said:
And why was anyone doubting whether a mainline Mario game would be well recieved? Did anyone actually expect this to have anything but superb scores?!

NSMB2 got a Metascore of 78; barely a "good" game by Metacritic standards.