After 11+ years, we finally got a new 2D Mario game and it’s the best one yet. I’d say this is better than Mario bros 3, Mario World and NSMBDS.
The levels are perfectly well designed, the new power ups are a blast to play with, the 3D world inspired hub worlds are fun to explore, the art style is lively, colourful and a nice refresher from NSMB’s art style, the music is well orchestrated, I like how peach being kidnapped isn’t the main plot and is a creative one, but by far the thing I was most hyped about for this game is the fact that you can play as Princess Daisy. After being sidelined to only sports titles, Mario Kart and Mario Party, we finally get to play as Daisy in a mainline Mario game. Thank you Nintendo. Please include Daisy in more mainline games. Oh and the other character choices are pretty good too.
However, the game is not perfect. Here are some negatives I have to say:
I wish that Bowser Junior wasn’t every boss fight, (besides the air ship levels and final boss) I feel like they could’ve added, at least one more power up in the like the ice flower, since there was still a good fifth of the game left that I bet they could’ve added at least another power up. The search parks are tedious, I wish that the game had multiple save files instead of having only one file on one switch account, it removes replayability and that’s not a good thing since this game is amazing and worth replaying, there were no castle bosses for Worlds 3 and 5 and I think I would’ve preferred it if Yoshi’s WEREN’T playable, since they’re basically invincible which is supposed to be nabbit’s job and doesn’t allow them to appear during levels and being able to ride on them whenever you or another player aren’t playing as a yoshi.
But yet again, this game was still wonderful to play. Let’s hope we get more creative and fun Mario games like this.
Verdict: 9/10