An overall fun Mario experience. The addition of widescreen along with enhanced graphic clarity, especially with text, helped make the game feel a touch more modern and visually pleasing. The cutscenes, although enhanced, still feel rather dated, but are overall fun to watch. F.L.U.D.D. is a fantastic companion and makes the game much more fun to control. The worlds to explore are interesting and entice exploration with blue coins, which are a mixed bag. On one hand, they promote thinking outside the box and offer a good incentive to cash in for Shine Sprites, but some are so obnoxiously placed or hidden that it's blatantly not fun to get them. The game feels a bit janky to play at times, but overall, it's a decent Mario game and holds up somewhat well 22 years after its initial release. Would play again.