Finally beat After Alterna & "surveyed" the whole map so that I could activate the "Sheldon Drone" and get a free item every day. Very cool single-player with a fun, challenging easter-egg type fun ending.

I can finally consider the game mastered.

Decided to boot up the game for the first time today after getting it 50% off on Amazon around Christmas. Personally, I find the charm of the game and the approachability of the battles to be a huge plus, on top of expanding the usually extremely dry Mario formula with the rabbids is pretty fun as this is my first foray into a Mario + Rabbids game.

Decided to put more time into the game tonight. Had a blast, the game does a phenomenal job of (more than any Metroid game in recent memory) steadily providing you powerful upgrades, without you feeling like you're a walking god.

No matter what powers you obtain, you're still Samus Aran walking around a desolate, infested alien planet which she is desperately trying to escape.

8:45pm: Played some more this evening, acquired the storm missiles after beating that flying scarab-like boss. Really liked how cryptic it was to get to it.