Decided to continue my Mario platformer marathon, that I've started when Wonder got announced and I just kinda quit half way through, and I very much enjoy playing this over the original, despite its control problems. I like the extra content it adds, the extra mission don't feel too out of place, at least the star switch ones. The Silver stars can get annoying and its a bit weird they don't show up unless you select the mission. I mean, the extra characters don't add much, since you pretty much always want to be Mario, but it adds some more exploration and permanent power ups for doing so, which is appreciated. The addition of the balloon and owl made some pretty bs cannon based missions actually tolerable now, and i think for the most part this game is easier than the original in general, which is a positive.

I mean its still not perfect. Its not too controversial to say that Mario 64's level design peaks pretty early, and the camera still is rather annoying. And the added star where you have to get 8 glowing bunnies sucks,as from what I've seen the spawn rates completely RNG. But this is the closest thing to a direct Mario 64 sequel we are going to get, and I appreciate it for that.