I had never actually beaten this game until 2013, despite having played parts of it a few times since its release 17 years earlier. So even without copious amounts of nostalgia, this game grabbed hold of me and didn't let me go until I had 120 stars. The level of challenge is great. The N64's analog stick makes this the only way to play this game. On the Wii U's Virtual Console the stick has a huge dead zone. On DS you have a D-pad and a touch screen.

If it weren't for the Switch re-releases, the best way to play this would still be on the original N64 hardware!

...or an emulator, I guess