I don't agree with Sunshine though. Besides, 3D World is a sequel to 3D Land, and Galaxy 2 is a sequel to Galaxy 1, so only a sequel to 64 is missing.

Sunshine is a sequel to 64. It has a hub world you can explore and find secrets in, you jump into paint to enter levels. There are lots of hidden 'bonus' levels, you can go off the set path and explore at your leisure in levels.

You should give Sunshine another try. I never played it at all until about a year or two ago. At first I didn't like it, but it picked up after a short time and by the third level or so I felt that it was right up there with 64 (which had plenty of its own flaws) and Galaxy.

There were some things I didn't like Sunshine though.. The FLUDD and certain frustrating missions for example! Then again, it's been a year or so since I last played it..

Every once in a while there's a stinker (I hated the stingray Shine), but most of the Shines are just platforming goodness. Once the game hits its stride, the Fludd is mostly just a part of your platforming arsenal, and mechanically it's amazing. There are a few great things you can do with it. Nailing the full-rotation high jump never felt so good in a Mario game, and combining that with the Fludd gives you fantastic movement options.

Early in the game and ocassionally throughout, a Shine feels somewhat slow and forces you to use the Fludd more as a water gun than as a platforming aid, and these are the times when the game drags the most. But they are fairly uncommon, all things considered, and the rest of the game is great.

Also, Yoshi. Yoshi! Yoshi.

Maybe we want Super Mario 35!

Since we've had so many new Mario platformers in the last decade, I think Nintendo should give the main series a break for awhile and work on an ultimate Wii U remake collection that has 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, and Galaxy 2. 64 and Sunshine would be getting rebuilt from the ground up for Wii U, while I think the Galaxy games would look gorgeous with just an HD resolution makeover. It would basically be Nintendo's Halo: MCC. Then spend a few years of devlopment making an amazing really innovative new Mario platformer that can launch with their next system. Make us long for a new Mario platformer again like they did between the releases of 64 and Sunshine.