I saved stated my way through this over the course of the afternoon. If this was a regular Mario release, I'd be harsh on it, but it existing as a hardtype makes me forgive how unforgiving it is.

Being that it's looser with proper level design, there's a lot of interesting gameplay concepts like having to find the secret beanstalk to progress to the next level or having to hop off of parakoopas to get to higher and necessary platforms.

Nothing I'd want to play seriously, but a fascinating game.