I see what you mean, but I think I prefer the way it is now. People would be complaining about them even more if they went that old-school way too. Now they're going like "Yeah this isn't using the Wii hardware at all, they've stopped trying.", they'd be going like that even worse if it was all-2D.

I don't really care. I just want Nintendo to get this game out the door as soon as possible so I don't have to wait any longer for the real Mario game.

I'm anticipating Super Mario Galaxy 2 way more than NSMBWii, but I gotta tell ya, man, this is more of a real Mario game than Galaxy 2.

Um, I was obviously refering to Mario Party 9

Oh, my mistake, then. You are absolutely right, dear sir.

Art style is perfectly fine..

Yes, let's all have our own definitions of which number a game is in a series. While I'm waiting for FF13 on the Ps3, Montana Hatchet will call the same game nr 8, as some of the games in the series are different from the others.

I absolutely don't want the Paper Mario style on this game.

The paper mario style just would not work with this. I mean with all the upgrades like the spinning suit, it would just look dumb in 2D.

Personally, I think hand-drawn visuals are destined to be the next big thing in 2D platforming... In fact, I'd hazard to say that 2.5D has very nearly run its course as far as platforming goes *gasp*... And really, weren't platform games all that 2.5D was good for as an artistic medium for video games?