So the game is very similar to SMB3? Is it a remake of sorts? Sad to hear about the controls, hopefully they iron them out (and it is Nintendo, so I trust they'll get those ironed out).

It's kind if redundant to say that the Racoon Leaf and Tanooki Suit have been combined, the only difference between the two was that the Tanooki Suit also let you turn into a statue.

And Mario looked totally adorbz in the Tanooki suit.

Probably because I was there at the begining but I never minded the SM64 camera. Super Mario is the one game that I don't need to read impressions about. I'm 99% sure I'm gonna love it.

Actually I always liked Raccoon Mario better than Tanooki Mario.

Besides, since Animal Crossing this is what I associate with tanukis: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=169

What I getting at is that the leaf now gives Mario a suit instead of just ears and a tail (note that both powers were tanuki powers in Japan, the US localization confused things). However, the suit doesn't let him fly or turn into a statue.