On the sports thing, I don't think baseball has banned anyone since Pete Rose, and that was for betting on his own team to win so it's not like he was trying to tank games and it didn't help him or his team on the field. For PEDs, players get three strikes before they are banned for life. Altering the baseball illegally usually gets a pitcher around 10 games, which is equivalent to 1 game in the NFL in terms of percentage of the season. So baseball is actually less strict than football.
As for the Super Mario thing, I agree. SM64 has aged poorly. The game is just too quick and easy. Sunshine is a bit more challenging and hunting for the blue coins is fun. The Galaxy games have much better graphics and their unique gameplay, but those games are very linear while Sunshine had more of a sandbox element to it.