One of those games that everyone knows is good. So good that I felt like it might be overrated. But then I actually played it and damn this is peak 2D Mario. The physics, the music, the art, are all hot shit! Yoshi is an amazing addition and adds a layer of strategy unseen in Mario prior. The cape powerup is a far better replacement for the tail powerup from Mario 3. Now instead of easily gliding over the whole level you have to learn the mechanics to maintain flight.

Nintendo knew they peaked with this design as they didn't return to 2D Mario on a console for 19 years.