The controls are tight and clean, exploring is really fun, the atmosphere is incredibly rich, the visuals are just gorgeous, and Samus is so damn cool. I love Metroid now. This is pretty much a perfect game, and is in contention for my favourite game of all time.

I would call this game aggressively mid, but the dogshit controls and usually weak level design mean it’s a step below that. Doesn’t help that these NSMB games have the most boring, sanatized, unbearably uninspired visuals, soundtracks, and theming in the entire Mario franchise. Whatever, I’m probably gonna forget this game exists within a week anyways.