I played it today at my local Gamestop. They had the full game in there kiosk. It gave me that same warm and fuzzy feeling that Super Mario 64 did when i first played it back in July of 1996 at my local Toys R Us kiosk. The gameplay is perfect, and the only thing that i had to use the motion controls for was Mario's spinning punch. And that is done the same way that you do a spin attack in Twilight Princess. I did not want to spoil the game for me, so i slowly walked away after collecting my first giant star. The game is beautiful, and it controls perfectly in my opinion. Miyamoto has struck a masterpiece again. November 13th can not come soon enough!
Famitsu gives it 10,9,9,10. A 38 is pretty fracking good! Super Mario 64 recieved a 39, while Super Mario Sunshine recieved a 37. So that would put this right in between the two. I think Super Mario Sunshine is a better game than Super Mario 64, but it was just not the groundbreaking game that Super Mario 64 was at that time. I am expecting this to be even better than both of them. Here is the link: http://gonintendo.com/?p=27894
Check out this awesome Water World Video: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26680.html