Wowie zowie. A great time with constant suprises a visual and mechanical delight that it feels like it's going to shape the future of Mario for the best. Almost holding itself back. Semi linear is great and the badges make a fun addition and replay value. The flowers are great and so is the music. My only problem that's holding it back from a 5 is the fact there's unskipable cutscenes? That kinda like occur although short but a lot. Same with text heavy sequences that feel like it just gets in the way a bit too much. Some seeds feel so freely given while others are much more rewarding to earn. Its great that there's levels to choose to skip or complete depending on how hard you want your game but some mandatory ones feel so damn cheap. Otherwise a great game that is a lot of fun alone or with friends but is definitely not designed for co-op at all