It was amazing up until rolling the credits for the first time. Past that point is just endless backtracking and studying of every pixel to find secrets. The search was fun at first but eventually I burnt out and resorted to using a guide as it got too tedious.

SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE if everyone on the development staff had a brain injury.

Can't really explain my visceral negative reaction to this. The game just feels really wrong in every respect and I was more or less physically rejecting it while trying to play. Gives me the heebie jeebies. Something not right going on in there. I've got a good sense for these things.