its barely passable by mario standards, but completely serviceable amongst an ocean of freemium garbage.

the real redeemer is toad rally. this game's most compelling offering is the euphoria of the star powerup and collecting hundreds of coins.

if mario run doubled down on toad rally - expanding the level selection, rewarding skill more precisely and polishing its connecting to the kingdom building progression, it could be great. but as it stands, there's just a lot of missed potential and the ceiling is passively accumulating toads to unlock a new decoration every 10 hours.

I had fun with it. toad rally was fun enough to get mynintendo rewards for some sweet free knick knacks plus shipping - but it was a worthy experiment for nintendo and I hope they try again with a better focus on what they did right the first time around.