Still a fantastic game even 17 years later, arguably the only part of 3D all stars actually worth a damn since the changes made to pointer controls do SO MUCH to help with gameplay flow and reduce frustration.
Having not played in about 10ish years, it kinda surprised me just how simple the difficulty and level design was. Even the infamous bullshit segments like the trash cleaning, ball riding and bubble floating stars were EXTREMELY easy to complete, though this could easily just be the skill gap between me and myself from 10 years ago.
Level theming felt a lot more basic and "Mario-y" than I remembered, though that could just be levels from Galaxy and Galaxy 2 being blended together in my mind, but despite the space setting the Mario staple themes were still present with not much flair to them, typical Lava land, Ice Land, Desert, Spooky House, all that stuff, save a generic grasslands stage which was surprisingly absent.
Character control on switch feels great, it takes a while to get things down on the Switch controllers after being used to the Wiimote and Nunchuck but once everything clicks it feels great.
The biggest flaw with this release really was the terrible way in which it was sole, overpriced, with 2 lacking ports that you HAVE to get as well, barely any bonus features, no galaxy 2, and only available for a limited time. Sure in retrospect the limited time bs was completely pointless but for kids getting into these games that are at the age I was when I first played them, it's just a flawed experience, and for people who are JUST starting to get into gaming, finding a copy of it or even knowing it EXISTS with no eshop listing or acknowledgement just stings.
In summary, this port was amazing, but delivered in a terrible way, where the hell is Galaxy 2 fucks sake Nintendo.
Having not played in about 10ish years, it kinda surprised me just how simple the difficulty and level design was. Even the infamous bullshit segments like the trash cleaning, ball riding and bubble floating stars were EXTREMELY easy to complete, though this could easily just be the skill gap between me and myself from 10 years ago.
Level theming felt a lot more basic and "Mario-y" than I remembered, though that could just be levels from Galaxy and Galaxy 2 being blended together in my mind, but despite the space setting the Mario staple themes were still present with not much flair to them, typical Lava land, Ice Land, Desert, Spooky House, all that stuff, save a generic grasslands stage which was surprisingly absent.
Character control on switch feels great, it takes a while to get things down on the Switch controllers after being used to the Wiimote and Nunchuck but once everything clicks it feels great.
The biggest flaw with this release really was the terrible way in which it was sole, overpriced, with 2 lacking ports that you HAVE to get as well, barely any bonus features, no galaxy 2, and only available for a limited time. Sure in retrospect the limited time bs was completely pointless but for kids getting into these games that are at the age I was when I first played them, it's just a flawed experience, and for people who are JUST starting to get into gaming, finding a copy of it or even knowing it EXISTS with no eshop listing or acknowledgement just stings.
In summary, this port was amazing, but delivered in a terrible way, where the hell is Galaxy 2 fucks sake Nintendo.