Callisto laughing animation

main bosses can be mechanically fun (seldom the Metroids)

first half solid overall + the speed

cookies are tasty

on some level I commend the morbidity

1st half overall has a promising story, and the cast overall is likeable

art

the bird looks tasty

Final boss and Medusa boss are actually very good and probably the only times I genuinely enjoyed the gameplay much at all.

has some cool abilities and enemy encounters

solid level design iirc

gud stealth gameplay scenarios

Nergigante's design, among other new monsters

made for a fun April fools joke in a discord server I'm in years ago

I actually like hiding horror games so at least on a basic level this does that well

well it's still a decently fun game overall

revamped Undeground is cute

Pokemon Go the Polls XDDDDD

art

aesthetic and environment art direction good

can't deny the series has "charm" even if I think it's mid

level aesthetics / atmosphere

Mario

environment art direction strongest aspect by far for me

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fine action game on a basic level

details can be enjoyable to view

Even if I don't like nearly everything about it's execution, at least it's one of the only games in the series that really tries to be different