New Super Mario Bros. 2 accomplishes everything a 2D Mario game is supposed to, just without any of the exciting level design, new editions, or anything of note. The coin gimmick is fun at points, but it genuinely felt like they threw phoned it in with this game. Boring, lifeless, and predictable levels and worlds with bullshit collectibles to try and overcompensate for a lack of any effort put into this. It controls pretty good I guess, but that's the standard set by every other Mario game; even though other modern 2-D Mario titles are very formulaic and not very hard, there's at least variance in the level design, new gimmicks, different environments, and SOME resemblance of difficulty which usually adds up to making a game that's decent at the very least. This game, however, is just a boring, lifeless cash-grab that offers the bare minimum of what a Mario game should be.