SPM was a GOOD game. Much better then New Super Mario Bros though. The game had a slight identity crisis, a pension for making you back track, a bad habit of breaking flow, slow, and in general a little boring. What saves the game is its wealth of variety in enemy and stages, good dialog, Mr. L, and well actually the characters themselves. Though as a game it just didn't make for a cohesive whole. I'm near the end though so we'll see if it can redeem itself above good.