The only good M&L games are SS and BIS, which fucking sucks because those games are great and the series had a ton of potential. Alphadream very clearly stopped knowing what to do with this series in the 3DS era and the new guys still don't today. They need to ditch the 3D art style, ditch the endless tutorials, ditch any form of gameplay gimmick (one-and-done minigames are fine), and start making interesting characters, worlds, and battles again.
It's unbelievable that we've had so many Mario RPG remakes and sequels lately and they've all been sub-mediocre at best and shit at worst. Nintendo truly has something against making a good RPG with Mario in it.