I'm pretty sure this was the first Mario game ever translated in italian. Which shocked me since I was sure it was Luigi's Mansion (no, not even the Super Mario Advance until Yoshi's Island).

Anyways: I really like what it tries to do to differentiate itself already by the predecessor.
Have to play it better, but sequels that take some variety are always interesting and deserves to be praised just for that (ofc if it is a good idea, this was definitely is).