Yeah I got worried that I might've been exaggerating so I looked up some game sizes.  Here are the sizes of some of the most successful games of all time:

Mario Kart DS: 24 MB (18.01 million sales, 16th best-selling game of all time)

New Super Mario Bros.: 20 MB (21.93 million sales, 11th best-selling game of all time)

Brain Age: 8 MB (19.10 million sales, 13th best-selling game of all time)

Super Mario Bros. 3 is like 230 KB or something.  That's an okay .jpg or .gif these days, but its VC sales alone are greater than most new games.  And other devs complain if XBLA/PSN/WW have size restrictions? (17.28 million sales, 18th best-selling game of all time)

The original Game Boy Tetris is about 20 KB.  That's basically a text file.  It was probably even smaller before they added the graphics.  In the beginning the blocks were made out of |_| type characters. (30.26 million sales, 4th best-selling game of all time, and that's ONLY on the Game Boy, not including the more than 100 million sales on mobile phones)

Perfect gameplay needs nothing else!  This is why I'm so into indie gaming these days.  2 people can make World of Goo, 2 people can make Braid, and 3 people can make BIT.TRIP BEAT.  It took hundreds of people 5 years straight to make Red Dead Redemption, while BIT.TRIP BEAT already has 3 sequels from the same 3 guys.

....Can you not see the rest of my post, or something? I wrote like half a dozen paragraphs in response to you after quoting various parts of your post in separate quote boxes. When I said I wished you would write posts like htat one, I was referring to the way you'll put responses in quotation marks and then reply to them tere, making it so tat I can't really see that I've been responded to without entering the topic.

I wrote three separated lines to that initial statement alone. I responded to your whole freaking post. Can you not see it?

Reviews really don't mean anything. GTA IV is also one of the highest rated games in video game history, remember?

I can't say I know too much about why 2D Mario fans don't buy 3D, though I am skeptical you can "fix" its problems simply by making the gameplay closer to its 2D counterpart.

Honestly, one of the major things that bug me about Galaxy is the environments. I don't like traveling between small planets in space, or playing around in what looks like gameplay testing grounds, I want large worlds to explore. Or, if not a large world, at least have us explore a small section of what seems like one. I can't get immersed or imagine myself being in most of SMG1's worlds, which is kinda important for a single player game...

I know the planet / galaxy theme was necessary for the whole gravity thing, but I wouldn't exactly miss that either. I'm sure they could come up with enough fun ideas without the need for such gimmicks (gravity manipulation / water suit). This alone would make the games a lot more accessible (I think?).

"....Can you not see the rest of my post, or something?"

Only when you give a real response to the first paragraph, instead of that BS line.

Oh for Christ's sake, that comment was about the format of your post, not the content. Stop being so sensitive. First it's tis crap, then the "surely he means my post is full of typos" shit, on and on and on.

Here's your response, typos intact, taken from that post which you apparently won't read:

The last word, of course, is yours.

Good day.

"Oh for Christ's sake, that comment was about the format of your post,"

Then why is that the first time you gave even stated that much?

i never knew i would host such a heated debate :b

My answer is not there: I just do not care! (as long as the titles have such a huge quality)

@vonboysp anything involving Mario is going to cause some debate, he's like Mickey Mouse of games. I just got Galaxy 2 and it is NOT the star finder I thought it would be. the star is like the flag at the end of the 2d ones. THats the way I like it. My major problem with 64 and sunshine is gone. No more going thru the same levels 4and 5 times. If you have a WII, set aside your "maturity" screw what your hardcore military FPS friends think and get it. Its my fav game this gen right after Uncharted 2. (I didnt play the first that much, so my enthusiasm might be too high)

i guess i don't mind the 3d marios staying the same, if they are also making 2d mario alongside them. up until recently, they haven't been doing that. if they will keep making both of then (like alterating them or soemthing) then i'll be happy. that comment where iwata basically told off on miyamoto and said he WILL be making more 2d mario  is reasurring.