Things you like in Mario stuff you don't like and vice versa

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To make things so bad that are no redeemable qualities, I don't believe that is possible, as it is not possible to make something perfect either, here's a topic to pick out things you like in stuff you hate and things you hate in things you like.

Mario Party 7 was easily the most boring of the bunch for me, but I liked that it gave a great role to Toadsworth who I feel doesn't get used too often, it has that going for it at least.
 
Rabbit chasing in Super Mario Galaxy (And SM64 DS). I loathe rabbit chasing with my entire being, especially since I'm not too good at navigating in 3D Mario games in the first place.
 
Some of the music in Mario Party 5 is pretty nice even if it doesn't fit Mario all that much.

Same with Sticker Star.

I like how Color Splash used a lot of classic Mario baddies pretty heavily in order to get around the "no new characters" policy.
 
To avoid the obvious answers I might normally give.

I like when Mario does new things with old stuff.

I don't like when Mario adds new things for the sake of adding new things.
 
Super Mario Galaxy 2, a game I despise, has an amazing soundtrack that's on par with Super Mario Galaxy.
 
Speaking of soundtracks.

Some of Super Paper Mario's soundtrack is good.
 
Don't get used to it.
 
Baby Luigi cries too much in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
 
Mario isn't Mario enough in Mario
 
Paper Mario: Sticker Star (which I despise) has good music and visuals (Even though I'm not a fan of the enemy redesigns, the presentation itself is really nice-looking and nice-sounding)

Super Paper Mario (my favorite game) has some really bad design in chapters 2-3 and 5-1, both involve codes. There's some other places that could benefit a lot from quality of life stuff like shortcuts, especially in the vertical stages (7-3 comes to mind). The fetch quests in 7-2 that just make you redo the exact same sections again with no variation (other than being easier with Bowser) are unnecessary. I'd have liked Pixls to say more throughout the story and be more than just tools after you get them. Also, from a hacking/modding standpoint (i know I can't hold this against the game but whatever) I hate how many pre-Luigi cutscenes will crash if you have Luigi out. Really limits the neat things you can do with having him early.

Paper Mario: TTYD (another of my favorites) has several sections that are not fun at all, namely finding Ge