I've 100% this game before, but some of my friends started talking about it and I had the urge to play it again, this time I only wanted to do any percent and clear at least three Stars per world. I gotta say, this was a blast to play through. Almost every world in the game provides a lot of fun content through its unique level themes and gimmicks. The only world I actively disliked was Shifting Sand Land, though doing only three Stars in it made my overall experience much better. I definitely did have to do some annoying Stars, but I think some parts are less of the fault of the levels themselves and more of the game. I feel like there's some levels where you can slip too easily, mainly in Tiny Huge Island when you're trying to get to the top, the bridge is just too small that you end up slipping on the side often. That or the first Star of Jolly Roger Bay where you drain the water in the sunken ship and have to climb back up it, it's easy to slip on the side of the ship while you're trying to get up and stuff like that becomes really annoying. The Wing Cap also feels really janky to control, mainly because of another issue: the camera can really suck at times. Granted most of the time the camera is fine, but there are parts where it feels like I'm fighting for control with the camera. Side note: I found Tower of the Wing Cap harder than Wing Mario Over the Rainbow, which probably shouldn't have been the case but whatever. Anyway, the Stars are pretty fun to get, there are a few that are really obscure and hard to figure out, but those are mainly in the third section of the game (Snowman's Land and above). Some of my favourite areas include: Cool, Cool Mountain, Lethal Lava Land, Tall, Tall Mountain, Tick Tock Clock, and Rainbow Ride. I think if I put each World in a tier list, a lot of them would be placed on the higher side since they have a lot of great Stars and fun platforming challenges that add a lot of replayability to this game. Overall, I find that while it definitely has aged a little poorly in some areas, this is still a really fun platformer that I would honestly say still holds up in many areas today.

Reviewed on Mar 08, 2024


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