I can’t express how disappointed I was by this game. It’s been many moons since the first game was put out on the original Game Boy (though it did see an updated version on GBA). Part of the charm of the original game–a fantastic product–was how its platforming elements called upon the original battle between plumber and ape. Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, despite the implication that it is a sequel, has more in common with Lemmings than the original Game Boy title. The platforming elements are gone, so this is solely a puzzle game. I suppose it’s passable as a puzzle game, but I didn’t play it long enough to really find out.

It’s a bummer though, when a game you really enjoy finally gets a sequel that may as well have been Samus guiding Metroids away from the Space Pirates.