I managed to get my PARENTS, who have NOTHING to do with games and despise this medium, to play minigames in this game for several hours on vacation in Croatia :D For me, this experience was something special. The game itself is one of my favorites, I also like it much more than the original Super Mario 64 because it brings in so many cool new ideas. I find the variation in the levels very appealing, the level design itself was also great and how the new characters and their abilities were added to the existing game was brilliant. For me, it's one of the best Mario games .... but to be honest, I don't know much about that franchise in the first place :D