Got this game the day before my birthday, played it a lot that day and even more the day of, and finished it the day after. This is easily one of the most fun games I've ever played. I already knew some things about the game but actually playing it for myself is a whole different experience and it's great to be able to play a good collectathon like this again. As much as I love Galaxy's spin, I think the movement in this game is probably the best of the 3D Mario games (granted, I haven't played them all but of the ones I have played, I would say so. Note that I haven't logged all the 3D Mario games I've played as of writing this but I did complete the 3D All Stars games and will do so again for their own individual reviews another time). I think the structure of this game is the best yet because it has an open area that you can do anything in sort of like in 64, but has the linear objectives like in Galaxy. The brief 2D sections where the platforming becomes like the first Super Mario Bros. game are great call backs and fit the game super well while having the movement of the old games come back for this. The Kingdoms (for the most part) follow pretty generic level themes, but these have so much more going for them because they don't use the formal conventions of other levels. For instance, the Sand Kingdom was almost frozen over when you first get there, or the Snow Kingdom's main city being underground the snowstorm. Little things like that make the world feel more alive and create newer possibilities for gimmicks, and I'd even go as far to say that this game is more unique than Mario Wonder was (I still love Wonder, I just find that this does what I wanted from that game better). Also, the graphics and aesthetic of this game is absolutely gorgeous. Some of my favourite Kingdoms are Bowser's Kingdom, Lake Kingdom, and the Sand Kingdom, with other smaller Kingdoms going higher on my list due to how beautiful they look such as the Ruined Kingdom and Luncheon Kingdom (Metro Kingdom is also up there but I like it for different reasons). I finished the game with 147 Moons and I'll definitely be getting the remaining 852 over time. Overall, I would say this is easily my favourite 3D Mario game and I look forward to collecting the remaining Moons while visiting the other 3D Mario games after.