Very happy I got to play this again on a modern system, as it's a game oozing with charm (and pollution). But Mario is so dang slippery and several of the shines seem designed to cause rage quits. The late-stage for story completion is particularly aggravating, forcing you to complete a certain number of episodes per stage and repeat tasks, culminating in chasing down Shadow Mario seven times. I'm happy to see this game get more attention as an interesting anachronism, but am even happier than the 3D games went in the direction of Galaxy and Odyssey.