My favourite Mario game as of now.

It's been said a million times, but its really true that they just perfected the Mario movement in this game. Everything feels fluid and you have so much control to move in anyway you'd need to for both a skilled or unskilled player.

Kingdoms bring variety and fun takes on classic themes like the "lava world" being the Luncheon kingdom that's all food themed is such a fun twist. Having the "bowser world" as a pure Japanese aesthetic castle is so good and im surprised it hasnt been done sooner.

Music is stand out throughout (although it surprised me on replay just how often the game lets you sit and explore with no OST)