Mario Wonder is the game 2D Mario has been needing since the 90s, as every level is so joyously whimsical, and packed to the brim with creativity and charm that it's hard not to thoroughly enjoy yourself the whole way through. I think it's clear that when they were designing this game they decided to get rid of all the annoying tropes that we've seen over and over again like the timers, mid-castles, fake-out endings etc. and instead the team just let themselves do something different and the result is one of the best and imaginative Mario experiences. I hope this leads to an opposite effect of NSMB games where instead of getting more games in this style which are indistinguishable, we get more 2D games which take longer to make but instead are able to stand-out between each other and are equally inspired.