Based on the comparison and the reason why Mario always wins.

-Distinguishable characters.

-Motive

-Intriguing story

-Distinguishable bosses with personality

-The level has a theme which unveils what the boss is all about

-Power ups

LBP deserved its scores, but NSMB will not recieve higher scores because it doesn't innovate. It's quite the same reason Uncharted games will never get a 10/10 from Gametrailers.

No these are not universal either

nsmb innovate?

intriguing story it have been the same since nes days.

i will give mario have more power ups and he is faster, and more acrobatic,  but LBP have some great user content.

Innovation and gameplay are NOT the same thing (they don't even have to be related) and gameplay is the single most important thing for a game to be great.

thar's right gameplay is important 80% inovation 15%
graphics & sound 5%

^^ speaking of a 2d platformer or course, other genres depend on other stuff too

I never said NSMB innovated. I said innovation is why LBP got such high scores. If it didn't it would've scored lower than Mario did.

Yeah it's true you never said they were the same but innovation does not necessarily fall into gameplay. You can innovate by creating a new lighting engine and it doesn't affect gameplay at all. Also, you don't have to innovate to have great gameplay.

That's why I think your statement that Innovation, Graphics and Presentation are the top things that make a game great is flawed because it doesn't take gameplay into account.

Is it me or am I the only one who hates the 3 layers of 2D platforming that LittleBigPlanet has?

Nope, it was my problem with the game too. I just couldn't wrap my head around it. I think it'd have been better with just one layer, or two at most.