Recently, I picked up this game again, for no other reason besides it being a childhood game for me. I fully went in expecting a bland, but polished game like its successors, but I accidentally fell in love with this game again. It’s so insanely creative, introduces some really fun power-ups, and only reminds me of what the NSMB series could’ve been if the Wii game didn’t go for a more traditional and boring experience. The minigames from Mario 64 DS are a nice bonus. I am a god gamer at Luigi’s Casino and Wanted, but it made me realize that I probably played more of the minigames than the actual game as a kid.