I didn't say I still thought it was the "last great Mario game." I felt (and know others that agree with me) that Galaxy 2 just didn't have the same sense of originality or even a sense of discovery and awe similar to the original. The world map stopped it from feeling open and limitless, like the original. I love 3D World, but hated 3D land. It just felt like the combination of 2D and 3D elements just didn't work. Not to mention the difficulty: It commonly was way to easy, or way to hard, with just a few levels being right on. Lastly, MK games don't really count towards what I was saying.