I was sort of off put by the fact that this game's engine looked identical to the Mario 3D Land game on 3DS, but the more I see of it, the better it looks. While it still looks like it was made in a similar fashion to 3D Land, that's not necessarily a bad thing as the game was great, and this one looks about 100x better, parciularly with the fun looking new power ups and the multiplayer mode. I think it will be similar to NSMB DS vs NSMB Wii, in that it is similar, but takes the formula and greatly improves and expands upon it. While I will always prefer the oldschool 2D style of Mario games, this looks to be the best 3D Mario game since 64 (and yes 64 was easily better than both Galaxies)
I am now certain this game will be one of my first Wii U games when I pick one up for thanksgiving, along with NSMB U/Luigi U, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and Pikmin 3.







