LoL. Funny. And its actually quite sad that Nintendo's online offerings are still embarrassingly behind the times. No online in DKC, no online for NSMBU, no online for this game, no online for Pikmin  etc, etc. Its quite pathetic if you ask me. But I digress;

As for the OP, let me preface this with I did enjoy Mario 64 back in 1996, I still think it is the best 3D Mario they've made, Sunshine was garbage, Galaxy 1 was fun, Galaxy 2 was lame, 3D Land barren and boring and now we have this...It looks barren and boring. They need to stop with this fusion of 2D and 3D marios and just make each game its own great game. I don't think MP is crippling this game..just everything else is crippling this game, from its philosophy on.

Sometimes when you try to please everyone you end up pissing off everyone lol. Case in point.

Based off what u said, it doesnt seem like ur much a fan of 3D Mario so not sure why u care what direction they take it. Of the 5 3D Mario titles, u called one garbage, another lame and the other boring.

I liked the first Star Wars Trilogy not the prequels. Does that make me no longer a fan of Star Wars? Same rules apply here friend. I don't like ALL 3D Marios, but it doesn't discredit what I said. And if you look at the sales numbers, its pretty accurate. 3D World might not outsell Sunshine.

I will be incredibly disappointed if we get a Super Mario Galaxy 3. I loved the first one, but seriously, no fucking thank you.

3D World looks fun, and I want it, and am sure I will enjoy it. But for a "single player Mario game" (not that that is what the series was all about in the beginning anyway), I do NOT want more space, more planetoids, more gravity physics, etc. There didn't honestly even need to be a SMG2. I want something that literally brings Mario back down to earth, or rather to the Mushroom Kingdom/World. I want to go play around in well-fleshed-out, sprawling 3D versions of Grass Land, Desert Land, Ice Land, etc., perhaps even Dinosaur Island, maybe a side-trip to Sub-Con, whatever. We've never been given the actual MARIO type of worlds in full 3D. It would be nice.

No, I don't think multiplayer is the issue. Nintendo took this approach with 3DLand as well. It's really more of a focus of making a 3D Mario that is more "playable" and incorporates classic Mario elements. There's been many times when I was playing Mario Galaxy when I longed for the classic-style power ups (no life bar) and more traditionally styled worlds in a 3D Mario. 3DWorld gives this. There are also many people (especially women) that have a difficult time with 3D visualization when there is a roaming camera. A more locked camera perspective allows those people to play and enjoy a 3D game. I think the classic play and more accessible viewpoint are reasons why 3D Land has been a big success, and Nintendo wanted to continue this with 3Dworld while bringing in multiplayer, which is awesome.

I think the biggest problem with 3DWorld is in presentation. It's neither groundbreaking, nor does it have the "style" of Galaxy. The music is also nowhere close from what we have seen so far. Galaxy felt "fresh" while this game is more "classic". Contrary to what many say I think the visuals are better than Galaxy and the levels more detailed... they just don't have the cool space backgrounds and flipping camera angles.

I'm really looking forward to the game because it brings a lot of what I have wanted in a 3D Mario to life. I do wish the style or theme was a little more original though, and that the music and that orchestrated drama of Galaxy. The true game may have these things, but we haven't seen it yet.

Sadly, Nintendo believes that the difficulty must be unlocked as a reward for the pain of being bored. Happened with SS Hero Mode and with OoT3D Master Quest.

I still think the game will be fine, the multiplayer will be interesting to try for sure in my opinion.

It wasn't just the backgrounds and camera angles that made Galaxy pop visually, it was the eye-catching use of colour, lighting, shading, and particles, all of which are done is a much less interesting way in 3D World.