Lovely...
Every time I see these movies, I am astonished at how you improve from the previous installments. You continue to push sprites as far beyond their 2D limitations as far as possible through your impreccable direction.
You took the ambition of Part 3, the absolutely PERFECT execution of Part 4, and the astoundingly choreographed battle of Part 5, and rolled them all into a piece that actually outmatches the preceding episodes in all categories. I have to love the touches of humor you added to the battles. Despite this overalll fight being a very serious affair, there were more comedic shenaigans from nearly all parties rather than Luigi being the comic relief. It's touches like that make this piece so brilliant.
Despite the laughs, the sad thing is that you manged to get me to feel bad for the Koopa Bros. At least the Axem Rangers had a good run, especially with that green and black spin combo. Yet at the same time, it was time for certain characters to take a bow to push the story forward.