A joy wall to wall. Every time I pick it up I notice something new in the animations. It is just so well polished and the levels are endlessly fun. If I’m not loving a level or segment it’s usually over pretty fast. In fact I really only have small nitpicks that ultimately don’t matter too much like why is Yoshi easy mode? Fantastic game and very much worth game of the year because it has revitalized 2D Mario, which has become achingly stale. The last decade of 2D Mario was so gosh darn bland and boring, and Wonder absolutely shakes it up.

It was a gift from my lovely wife when I told her I was suffering from choice paralysis on what game to buy. She picked a good one.