Bowser's monologue at the end was pretty good. When he gets into the child abuse and stuff. Heavy man. Heavy.

The story is so terrible. I was going to play with my little brother (who's 16) and we booted up the game together. I got so embarrassed in front of my little brother while watching the intro cinematic (because it was so kiddy) that I had to turn the game off. We haven't played it since. After that disaster, we booted up Call of Duty: Black Ops II instead and my brother and I put bullets through numerous heads and started feeling more comfortable about our manhood.

Personally, I was surprised by the ending... never saw it coming.

And I agree, the story sucked.

Mario is so 'Breakfast Club'. Play LBP; it'll do your body better. It has a narrator.

Nah, you clearly missed how the entire game was a metaphor for the struggle between political ideologies.

When Bowser invaded the castle, it was supposed to echo the Occupy movement from the last year or so. Mario's quest to get back to the castle through all the various worlds was a representation of the pursuit of the almighty dollar, and the Goombas and all the other 'bad guys' represented all the little people tossed aside for money.

So it's basically the same as Super Mario Bros. on the NES? Wow, just wow. Glad I didn't buy it then.

when will i see mario shoot a gun!? and kill zombies!!! yeah!!! zombies!!!!

See I told you! Nintendo is all out of ideas.

Next Link is going to need to save Princess Zelda again. Just watch.

I can't imagine anything worse than being embarrassed by a younger sibling.  Good thing you had BO2 so you could go back to mature gaming.  CoD titles are known for their awesome stories and non repetitive gameplay.

Mario Paintball from Activision.  Coming every year for the next 10 years.