omg, it's my favorite 3d mario game ever and It came later within my life. I was 14 years old when I got it and man what an adventure it was. For one thing before I got the game, I was studying space and when I got the game, I thought it was an ok game but it wasn't as cool as I thought it was going to be because mario didn't have punching or kicking in which I loved from mario 64 ds. Also when I did play the game, I didn't know how the water controls worked, the black holes were too close and I felt like it would be too powerful if it were that close since that what I learned in school, and I got spoiled on the last boss because I curiously looked up youtube for the final boss and regretibally looked at the final boss so because of that, I didn't like it that much but then in 2010 to 2012 when I played it again, I fell in love with it because it felt so good to play as mario, the gameplay was really fresh and good collecting stars and jumping with spinning. The level design was so creative and it was epic. Did I mention the music? The camera angles were good too because they don't screw you over unlike mario 64.