Just in case you forgot.  Unfortunately, I never completed the first one, but I’m surprised and simultaneously not-so-surprised that it’s getting nearly complete 10′s across the board from reviewers so far.  Nicole and I will pick this up at launch and likely do a video or at least some first impressions about how it stacks up against the original.  Of course, there are very few bad Mario games, but at a certain point when you’ve set the standard so high to reach those kind of heights with each successive effort becomes a challenge indeed.  Of course, it’ll be a little easier knowing that Yoshi’s back!