A bit of a letdown, but I went into it fresh with no childhood memories. I absolutely love the Mario RPGs that followed this, especially the Mario & Luigi series. The first two Paper Mario's are also great. I certainly appreciate the walk that this made to allow everything after it to run. M&L: Superstar Saga is an all-timer for me, and this is just OK compared to that. I kept wondering when SMRPG was going to really get going, but it never excelled like I hoped. Halfway through (~8 hours in), I mostly wanted to finish it as soon as possible.