One of the most fun and creative Mario games. It's such a shame that after this the only mainline 2D Mario platformers we would get is the generic NSMB games. You can tell that Nintendo really wanted to experiment with new ideas and with this being on the more powerful SNES, they were able to execute those ideas near perfectly. The sprite work might be some of my favourite in a Nintendo game, all the designs are simple yet charming and colorful. The levels are very creative with their themes, first you going through your usual green plains, then your running across a bridge, jumping on Cheep Cheeps that leap out at you, then your going in an underground cave with giant Monty Moles that you can use to traverse the level, then your exploring a haunted mansion trying to find the exit and it just gets more and more creative as the game goes on. The music is some of the most iconic and best in the series, ever song is catchy in its own special way. It is easily my favourite 2D Mario game and probably one of my top 3 platformers of all time.