It's a fun enough romp with a decent metagame. Coins add a surprising incentive to play levels just a little bit differently. There are even some creatively presented themes here like that one spider level in world 3.
Unfortunately it doesn't distinguish itself enough from the other "New Super" games. The focus on coins isn't the most well thought out when a lot of the levels are autoscrollers, ghost houses, and underwater.
Better than Wii, but not by much. I just want one more 2D Mario that reaches the same aesthetic quality as Super Mario World all that time ago, and after finally beating the last game I had to get to in this series, I'm close to giving up hope.
Unfortunately it doesn't distinguish itself enough from the other "New Super" games. The focus on coins isn't the most well thought out when a lot of the levels are autoscrollers, ghost houses, and underwater.
Better than Wii, but not by much. I just want one more 2D Mario that reaches the same aesthetic quality as Super Mario World all that time ago, and after finally beating the last game I had to get to in this series, I'm close to giving up hope.