I'd have to disagree with the "ess" part of the "pointless" URL. Rainbow Mario is awesome; however, they could've made the star.... you know, well a starman. Should be gold and should have eyes just like always! How would a person confuse a smaller, thinner, blockier, pointed-edge gold star with eyes (like the rainbow starman's shape) for a larger, fatter, rounded edge star (power star) that floats up in the air?
Also, Weegee, I did find the shell to be horribly gimmicky. Trying to keep up momentum without ricocheting off something or whatever was annoying... especially if you missed a jump by a few pixels and hit the very top corner of a hill or whatever.
The Flying Mario red star thingy.... um, I only use it in the Observatory to get up to the Garden or Engine Room faster. Past that, absolutely nothing.
NSMB should use suits, yeah... suits from MARIO 3.
Nintendo always does this now. They create powerups that aren't memorable at all, so then they're suddenly exclusive to that game. Are we gonna see the penguin suit or propeller suit in the next Mario side-scroller? Doubt it. Are we gonna see old school items
that are classic, worked well, and were aesthetically simple in the next Mario side-scroller (or any Mario game for that matter)? Doubt it.
Wouldn't it be cool to see the Tanooki Suit, Hammer Bro Suit, or Feather brought back into a side scroller
in 3d?
Kimimaru:
...or some variation of [the wings] (to distinguish it from the Wing Cap).