Every time I play this game, I lie to myself and say I like it just as much as Galaxy 2. But I don't. All the best levels are saved for the very end of the game. For all the levels you play before you fight Bowser, I can only think of them with a moderate "I liked that level" at best. I don't remember any of them with the same inventiveness as Sunshine's levels, nor with the same whimsicality as Galaxy 2's levels.

And coming right off of Sunshine, it's clear just how much potential that game had. In comparison, Galaxy is way less fun to play. Mario is so much slower, everything takes longer to do, and you don't have a full 360 degrees of movement.

But then again, the game actually works now. And it's the most geniusly constructed 3D platformer ever made. So, that makes up for it.