Players will need to deftly hop over giant swaying and rotating shapes, tinkle across oversized piano keys, take brief detours up into coin-filled clouds, and don power-enabling costumes like Mario's famous Tanooki suit (a racoon outfit the tail of which lets him float a little longer in the air) – potentially all in the same two-minute level. The courses are short, but jammed with variety. Mario's goal, as usual, is to journey through eight worlds filled with multiple thematic levels on his way to freeing his beloved Princess Peach from the clutches of the turtle monster Bowser. In fact, I didn't quit playing until the credits began to roll – though that's not to say that it put a dent in my regular routine.

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