I picked up my copy yesterday. The hype prior to release was about to drive me nuts. I haven't had that much hype for a console game in a long time. So far it hasn't let me down either. It lives up to the hype and then some.

The Co-Star (1.5 player) mode is fantastic. My wife plays the second Wiimote and helps get all of my star bits and helps a lot with holding enemies and bay and is also helpful on bosses. I can't even imagine playing it only by myself now.

I think it's one of the best console games in quite a while, especially in the 3D platformer genre. It's gotten great reviews, but I'm sad to see how many people want to crap on it with the most nit-picky of comments like, "it isn't uber-super-photorealistic and doesn't look stupendous on my HD TV!!" It's a great game and plays very well and I think it looks just fine.