So, does it really deserve the praise it gets?
For the most part, yes. At the moment I have not found any major issues (although I do not like the final-smash system, but maybe that will change once I get used to it) and I am a long way from unlocking everything. The map editor is also cool, and I've started to fool around with that. I'll post more later, and some pictures if I can get any good ones while playing.