This game has like a million different ironically hilarious quotes I could share for a review if I wanted to, but I think it should tell you everything about this game's over the top edginess when I say that the menus have gunshot sound effects when you click on certain options, and nearly every time you die Shadow will respond by saying "D A M N". Really bad game for sure although if you want some ironic enjoyment I'd just recommend trying one playthrough and leaving it at that, not worth 10 fucking playthroughs to get to a last story segment that ruins the whole point the game was going for.

I think it’s most likely due to how this released on the console two years after the SNES dropped for some reason, but I’m pretty confident in saying this is the nicest looking NES Game I’ve played this far. All of the colours look really nice and the sprites are probably the most detailed and nice looking I’ve seen on an NES Game, mainly with Dedede’s expression in the final world after Kirby fucks up and accidentally causes the world to nearly end like a dumbass. Anyways while this is definitely not the best Kirby game I’ve played thus far and some stuff does get a little repetitive like all the times you fight random enemies Meta Knight throws at you, but compared to some other NES Games around this time it’s aged remarkably well and I dunno if I can be mad at the game that started the tradition of fucked up hellspawn Kirby bosses.
(Also this is a side note but how much of a hot take is it to have cutter as your favourite copy ability, I’m pretty confident in it and beam being my top two.)

I'm not gonna explain the whole backstory behind this game and how it was originally Doki Doki Panic because I think anyone who is a big enough fan of Mario knows that already, but the point is because of the fact that wasn't even a Mario Game originally, this one 100% feels the most different out of any of the NES era Mario games. No stomping on enemies to kill them, no timer, a more labyrinth like structure instead of just going from left to right, a lack of common Mario enemies, and a complete lack of Bowser all make this game much different then what comes before and after in the 2D Mario Saga and while I can see people enjoying the game less because of that, I personally got a lot of this more different style of Mario. The more puzzle like elements were pretty fun to go through albeit a bit to vague in parts, the addition of having multiple playable characters like Luigi Peach and Toad and them actually playing different unlike Mario 1 is cool and while it does get annoying after a while hearing the same fucking song in every level, the music for the most part is still well done like the rest of Mario's soundtracks are despite a bit more variety being greatly appreciated. So even though I literally only played it because Chaotique was spamming the box art, I really enjoyed Mario Bros 2 and was a nice unique change of pace compared to the same been their done that feeling again from the repetitiveness of the NSMB franchise. Not playing Lost Levels though, I'm to much of a pussy for that shit. Off to Mario 3 I go.

Genuinely do not see how Mario Kart as a franchise can get better then this, now that the Booster Course has doubled base 8 we got the widest selection of tracks we've ever had filled with mostly bangers (repetitive city courses aside!) and the most comfortable feeling controls in any Mario Kart entry. Was skeptical about the Booster Course going into it considering the copying of some Tour tracks and the general cheapness compared to the base 8 offerings, but I think the amount of bangers new and old combined with the quantity still made it worth the price overall and also they added back the two best things about this franchise (Wiggler and 3DS Rainbow Road) so yk I can't really complain at all! At this point I don't really know how things will go in the future, the inevitable Mario Kart 9 is gonna have to step back considering this whole package is like the peak peak amount of content in a Mario Kart game and at a certain point adding more is definitely gonna feel overwhelming. Or maybe Nintendo won't care and they'll do "8 Deluxe Deluxe" or some shit and it's like quadruple the course idfkjiefokofekfeok, this is like the highest selling Mario game ever now so it's not impossible! But uh idk I won't about that for now, was a blast down memory lane going through this one against and for a game I've been playing for nearly 10 years at this point it could be a lot worse! Once again thank you James Gunn for this and for making The Guardians of the Galaxy as we know them today.