Eurogamer has picked the critically acclaimed Super Mario 3D World on Wii U as their Game of 2013. Mario’s latest adventure beat big hitters such as Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar and The Last of Us by Naughty Dog. The publication awarded indie title Fez their Game of the Year in 2012. Anyway, here’s an extract from the article.

“In fact, as far as I’m concerned Super Mario 3D World is the most delightful of any of the 3D Marios. I found Mario 64 and Sunshine’s structure of sending players back to the same maps multiple times to be plodding and tiresome. The Galaxy games improved on this by taking you to different parts of the stages, but the general theme would remain the same. Unwrapping a new level was always met with a mix of excitement countered with a mild groan of, “I guess I’m going to…