Theres something about this game that makes it such a comfort game for me, despite the objectively better 3D World existing I always find myself wanting to replay this one. Theres just something fun about blasting through the tight (and for the most part excellently designed) levels that once I start I will obsessively play this game for the next day until I've 100%d it.

My biggest "issue" with this game however is just how much the tanooki suit can take away from some of the level design. It absolutely trivialises the platforming in a massive way, that I legitimately think people should have a go at doing a no tanooki run of this at least once. I genuinely believe that this game truly shines when doing that.

Fun game though, 100% worth having a 3DS still for