Which Do You Prefer From A Sequel— Innovation or Refinement?

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This is a question which I’m torn over— Would you rather have a Super Mario Sunshine (a sequel in all-but-name to SM64) or a Super Mario Galaxy 2? Would you rather have a Super Mario Bros 2 JP or Super Mario Bros 2 USA? Would you rather have had a more traditional follow up to Super Mario World than Yoshi’s Island? What about Bellabel Park versus Bowser’s Fury?

And looking beyond Mario: What about Halo 2? Would you have wanted a Pikmin 2 or a Pikmin 3 as the follow up to Pikmin 1? Luigi’s Mansions 2? NS2 (keep the good times coming!) or Wii U (innovate with a gamepad controller)?