I didn't quite understand your second last paragraph, people give bad ratings to 3D Mario? They are extremely high rated (which I fully agree with since I'm a fan of them).
But I agree with your opinion on 3D World. It's just so... bland. Still I finished it and thought it was okay fun, but not anywhere near 64 or the Galaxy games. 3D Land was also bland, but I believe the style of gameplay fitted with a handheld console. A home console game of this caliber should rather feel big and epic. And with that I hope that 3D World was just a one-off little experiment by Nintendo, and the next 3D Mario is not necessarily Galaxy 3, but at least a 120 star 3D Mario.
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