Really? I actually love Super Mario Bros. 2 despite the fact that it's not an actual Mario game. Seeing speed throughs on YouTube where a guy beat it in 12 minutes have really gotten me to go back and appreciate all the characters in the game I didn't use as a kid... namely, everyone who's not the Princess. Luigi and Toad rock in that game.

And as for Galaxy, yeah, I got it for Christmas, and it's great! Hands down the best 3-D Mario game of the bunch. But some of those hidden stars have me scratching my head. Luigi says I've missed one in the Good Egg Galaxy, but I sure as hell can't figure it out.

But I did have a thought that kinda creeped me out a bit. Super Mario 64 is eleven years old now. That means it's 11 years older than Super Mario Galaxy. Well, Super Mario 64 is also eleven years older than Super Mario Bros. There has been as much time in between the original Super Mario Bros. and the game that brought the series into 3-D as there is between that game and the latest game in the series. For some reason, that makes me raise an eyebrow.