It's a good game. There's not a moment I was playing where I wasn't having fun because the platforming just feels great and the stages have a lot of fun gimmicks sprinkled throughout them. The badges are a fun addition as well though I'd like for the extra elevation spin jump to be a core part of Mario's movement since it feels so good I didn't want to switch badges most of the time.

Unfortunately I'm left feeling like I'll forget 95% of the game a couple months from now. The game is extremely easy aside from the special levels and there's not many levels in general so it's easy to blast through the game in no time. The wonder flower sections, rather than instilling a sense of wonder, always just made me go "hey that's a cute idea" and didn't leave much of an impression. 2D mario games have never really had good boss fights but capping off each world with uninteresting bowser jr. fights is pretty lame and some worlds just didn't have a boss at all. Also the elephants are gross, stop that.

Overall I had a good time, but it felt like that was more due to how intrinsically good Mario is and not because they succeeded at their mission to provide a whacky, novel experience.