Felt like I went back in time as soon as I watched the classic-remade intro. One of my favorite memories was playing the original with my older brother who were both big super mario fans when we were just little kids in the 90s. Squaresoft pumping out games like Chrono trigger, FF6, Secret of Mana and this during the SNES era was crazy.

A perfect entry for anyone trying out turn based RPGs and tbh I can't believe how easy they made this remake compared to the original. Things like the Yoshi-race and Jinx fight would take me so long when I was a kid and for me to flawlessly dominate them was surprising, but of course I have gotten way better with RPGs and all the experience I have under my belt now. The newly enhanced OST is great with the HD sound quality as well as bringing back the nostalgia to the OG fans that played the original. I feel like this game is such a treasure and amazes me that I have rarely found other people ever talk about it up until recently. Back then, this was one hell of a marvel to witness. Dialogue that makes you laugh out loud and one of the best portrayals of Bowser in my opinion. I really could gush about so many wonderful things about this game like the tricks and cool events as well as so many great and memorable easter eggs, but I want anyone who has yet to play this game experience it as fresh and new as possible. I love this game so much and for anyone to not play this or the original on SNES is doing a disservice to themselves. I urge you to play this definitive turn-based Mario adventure as soon as you are able to. Not to mention its not a super long JRPG at all probably around like 10 hrs or so.

Also, those new triple gauge moves are insane. The things they added to this already great game make it an even better experience. Thank you Nintendo so much for this, but please learn how the price drop some of your games. I shouldn't walk into a game store and see "New Super Mario Bros U" and "Super Mario Wonder" at the same price...