is like tiramisu: you may have eaten it over and over, you may know what to expect despite slight variations here and there, but it's tasty. Kudos to the developers for finding a sweet spot of 3D where it's not too overwhelming, but it's impressive at the same time. If there are any positives to take away from the game it's that it really looks great on the new 3DS XL - going back to the original 3DS does the graphics an injustice.

Are we really expected to go through the motions again when the same game hits the Wii U this holiday season? 2 did that the first time around when it was released on the original DS. We all know things aren't going so well in the Mushroom Kingdom these days and Nintendo needs its big franchises to get up to bat and knock one out of the park. After a while, what's the point? Why am I even making an effort to collect all these coins and 1-UPs? You get so many lives that they're disposable. All it really leads to is an insane amount of extra lives - I think I cleared 60 before I made it to World 2. Great, a Mario game where coin collecting is supposed to be more important than it was before. In fact, a universal coin counter will sit in the corner of the screen in World Map view, calculating just how many you've gathered over the entire campaign. The gimmick this time focuses on coin collecting, but more so than in other Mario games. 2 barely brings anything new to the table. That said, you may fall into the same deja-vu trance that I did while playing and begin muttering, 'Haven't I done this before?' If you own a 3DS odds are you haven't bought a game in a while, so this will most likely find its way into your portable system. Now before you gather up the pitchforks and start heading my way, you'll be happy to hear that I still think the game is fun to play. game has worked in the past, why not again now? The problem with that mentality is that after a while, even the great Mario isn't invulnerable to becoming stale. The 3DS needs all the help it can get, so a new Mario Bros.

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