This was really fun! Probably the first time I actually enjoyed 2D Mario since NSMBWii. There are some complaints I have (Bowser Jr. being every palace boss is kind of lame) but overall it was very very solid, with high points being the level design and some of the Wonder effects.
I played this game with friends so there was another element added to gameplay, mainly the fact that the camera only focuses on one person (as opposed to the camera zooming out massively in NSMB Wii (U)), and I'm not completely sure how I feel about it still. Most of the time it was fine, other times some stages became hard to play as the person who the camera was focusing on would just move at a completely different pace than the rest of us, leading us all to get killed haha. But it's not enough to detract from the score, I think.
If this is how 2D Mario will be going forward, I'll definitely play the next entry.
I played this game with friends so there was another element added to gameplay, mainly the fact that the camera only focuses on one person (as opposed to the camera zooming out massively in NSMB Wii (U)), and I'm not completely sure how I feel about it still. Most of the time it was fine, other times some stages became hard to play as the person who the camera was focusing on would just move at a completely different pace than the rest of us, leading us all to get killed haha. But it's not enough to detract from the score, I think.
If this is how 2D Mario will be going forward, I'll definitely play the next entry.