The movement in this game is so stiff, limited, and slow compared to the previous 3D Mario games. It feels like a giant step backwards in that regard. The more gimmicky levels like the surfing or ball rolling ones that force the use of the Wii motion/Switch gyro controls are frankly not fun at all and should probably just be avoided if possible.

The worst part though? The terrible camera. I get that being designed for the Wii makes it more restricted in what it could do with the controls, but the result we get is this awkward camera you can only move in notched increments (when it decides to even let you at all) instead of a free form analog one, and holy fuck is it annoying when you can't get what you need to see in the frame while underwater, or when it just decides to spaz the hell out on some of the spherical levels.

Any amount of fun I derived from some of this game's creative ideas seemed to be met with frustration in equal measure, and it's a damn shame.