This game messes a lot with the traditional MM experience without stepping into its own subset like X or Zero do, but I don't think that's a bad thing at all. I enjoy the creative liberties they took here, and think it's probably superior to 7 or 11 in that area. Aside from that the level design here is just a highlight of the series to me. Also the "jump, jump, slide" sections are good y'all just suck.