This game looks incredible, has a lot of cool ideas, it's fun from start to finish and it is admittedly the most polished 2D Mario on consoles since Mario World 2 in many ways. However, I can't help but feel a little unsatisfied having 100%d this in roughly 10 hours. I can't say whether it's the small amount of content, too much linearity, soundtrack that is great but not quite memorable, or lack of much difficulty at all outside of the very final level, but I certainly wouldn't put it in the same tier as Mario 3 or either Mario World. Also, while it is neat in plaza levels, I think it was a missed opportunity to make the online functionality a pseudo easy mode.

Reviewed on Oct 27, 2023


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Good review. I agree