It seemed to me that the "Mario" games were getting better and better and then "Super Mario Bros. 3" was the best but it would get better. At first I saw "Super Mario World" (or "Super Mario Bros. 4" whatever you want to call it) as better than 3, but after playing them both in the same day at a friend's house I decided "3" was better. My concept of progressively better "Mario" games was completely destroyed when I bought "Yoshi's Island" (or "Super Mario Bros. 5" or "Super Mario World 2" dang this is confusing). "M4" was certainly a revolution, but threw out too many of the elements from "M3" to be superior. I have a certain conception of "Mario" mechanics that is present in "M1" "Lost Levels," "M3," and "M4" and the first two (the only ones I've played) "Mario Land" games but not in "M2," "M5," or "M64". That makes "Mario," and the games that have radically different mechanics are not as good. I hope "Paper Mario" has the "Mario" mechanics we know and love.