people will argue "Odyssey was generic" but will then say 3D World was creative as if it didn't follow the Mario level formular of "grass, desert, snow, clouds, lava castle" to a T https://twitter.com/ShellTurbo/status/1297651585414303744

even if Odyssey had desert and jungle levels like other Mario games, at least it added to those themes by adding clashing elements to the level design, like having the desert world be ridden with ice or the jungle level be very industrialized with machines and such

to clarify, I think 3D World's world structure is generic

I acknowledge that it has really good level design and new, fun ideas, but it's just a shame that a lot of it is attached to themes and visuals we've already seen so much of