Lisa V

It’s like they blended Wario Shake It, Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country, and Super Mario U. Then they gutted it and only gave us 4 true power ups. And in one level it’s like they even took from 2 Fast 4 Gnomz, floating down by our hat (instead of our underwear) through the piranha plants (instead of thorny vines). In the first few worlds it does feel very childish. The levels are short. There aren’t that many secrets to find. There aren’t many levels. It doesn’t really start getting better until Sunbaked Desert. Then we finally get a fair number of levels and more secrets. But still, only 4 different power ups? And you only get to keep one spare. I would have liked an inventory menu like in Super Mario 3, and mushroom houses where you can actually get lives and power ups. I haven’t really been disappointed with a Mario game until now.