The 100+ levels in story mode, with their different themes and gimmicks and objectives, already provide a fun 2D Mario experience. While it may verrrry bare in terms of plot, the little things like hidden characters with extra jobs help give it personality. Plus it gives an important role to coins again, something which in most Mario games are ignorable collectibles that seem to just be there since they’ve been a staple since the start.

But then there’s the meat of the game. Making levels, playing user created levels, playing versus, playing co-op, playing speed runs. There’s literally endless fun to be had.