I've yet to have one person legitimately attempt to discuss the numerous flaws I've found in 3D Land
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned a few times that I also disliked 3D Land. Part of it is how stupidly easy the game is. The counter-argument to that is always "Did you get to the Special Worlds?" Yes, I did. It was better, but why does that justify the first
half of the game being boring as tar? Also, many of those levels were carbon copies with cosmic clones or shorter time limits added. 3D Land's level progression felt really random. First you were in the desert, next in snow area, then in beach, and back again. It makes sense in Galaxy since each level is self-contained in its own galaxy, but it feels like you're going in circles in 3D Land with this progression. I feel that 3D Land is the only Super Mario game that was truly rushed, and it makes sense: development of the game was basically a year and a half (if it started immediately after Galaxy 2), all the other 3D Mario titles took significantly longer. It was going toward some good places, but it feels like it didn't quite finish getting there.
In that regard, I feel that with 3D World they have more development time and know what worked and what didn't work in 3D Land. I'm excited to see what comes of 3D World as a result.