I know it's April Fool's joke. But heh, in my honest opinion it's the Worst 3D mario to date. But it's still a good game, would rate it 8/10.

I own it and have recently beaten it and totally disagree. The whole inability to move the camera and keep it behind me made the game 2.5D... not 3D. It's an awesome game, but imo, it's not mainline Mario. It's not a 2D game and it's not a 3D game... but a whole new category.

FYI, I still consider SM64 the best 3D Mario. SMB3 is the best 2D title.

Maybe it's the most fun because it's so lighthearted yet challenging but people are more likely to pick Super Mario 64 or Galaxy.

I honestly thinks its vastly worse than almost all of the other mainline 3D Mario titles. Its failure (IMO) is from its sort of strange perspective in a lot of levels (2D switching with 3D?) as well as the fact that it does not have a strongly put together atmosphere or plot.

I mean Mario is pretty much as basic as it gets with plots but other 3D Mario games like Galaxy and Sunshine have such strong vibes and worlds. They stand on their own. 

Mario 3DWorld just feels like they didn't have a concrete idea of what they wanted to do and mix mashed some things. I think its a poor overall example of a Mario game. it has the gameplay but it does not have its own identity

also its not a system seller. Nintendo would have been way better off and sold wayyyy more Wii U's if they had simply made a sequel to the first two Mario Galaxy games (which were extremely popular with casuals as everyone likes space)

objectively speaking how is Mario 3DWorld better than the previous entrys? I would like you to actually name some of its 'new' or 'improved' platforming components or levels.

better controls is obviously an argument you could make, but there just isn't a lot of new material or gameplay in 3Dworld.

And you couldn't argue that it had a better 'world' or 'setting' because how exactly would you describe it as a whole?  

Mario 3DWorld is more like an experiment by Nintendo. it certainly is not a groundbreaking games at all and every other mainline entry before it was far more revolutionary for the time (64, Sunshine, Galaxy). Nintendo from making big steps with Mario mainline games to making a very small step (and its arguably not forward)

love 3d world, it's a great game. That's a really high bar to be the best 3d mario though. It's the most fun multi-player 3d platformer for me. Mario galaxy 1 and 2 are just far more epic and deeper experiences. I think 3d world's fun factor holds up against galaxy and multiplayer is a great bonus but galaxy is just more revolutionary and more memorable. Same thing with Mario 64.

3D World is a good game, but it's not on the same level as Mario 64 or Galaxy 1 & 2.

Its small and relatively simple isometric levels just aren't as creative or epic as the large open-ended worlds of 64 or the abstract planetoids of the Galaxies.

For what it is, 3D World is extremely polished, but it shoots for the moon where the aforementioned games shot for the stars.

3D land is great, especially considering it was the first mario game to have its style.

I was glad Nintendo made it...I'm hoping the NSMB formula stops being used(New Super Mario Brothers 2 was cringe-worthy. Horrible game).

Still way better than NSMBWii and NSMBU.

I guess I'm the only one who looks back at 64 and scratches his head as to why it is said to have aged beautifully and is sometimes called the best Mario.  It's controls were good but not great, it has a less distinct identity than any 3d Mario except 3D Land and honestly less interesting level design.  3D World constantly brings in new ideas and tricks while not sacrificing on the fun of powerups like previous 3D games foolishly and bafflingly did (not saying the powerups are bad (well, in 64 they are pretty lame) but the situational air of them and the fact you can't take them with you past arbitrarily predetermined points lessens them) and has plenty of personality.  64 was a great game for its time and it's still a good game now.  However it definitely eased Mario into the third dimension with a very safe approach aesthetically, narratively, and even in terms of level complexity.