Mario World is 21 years ago. *checks* ... in Japan. Just under 20 in NA, okay. Still, you get my point!
Obviously I am not on board with this NSMB hate. I find it bizarre and haven't really seen it anywhere but GameFAQs. I've certainly seen the 2D Marios thought of as -the- DS game and -the- Wii game respectively (and the sales kinda back this up), even if I don't quite personally go that far.
(My own personal ranking has 3 > both NSMB games > World, but I dunno how much of that is tainted by nostalgia. I can't see any way to argue that all four games aren't very well designed, regardless.)
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