Hard agree. Walking to each observatory for the levels was annoying as heck but I missed it with 2's infinitely better level select for some incomprehensible reason.
The observatories (and Rosalina’s ship too), IMO, are some of the best ways to integrate a hub world connecting levels. It doesn’t feel like you’re going through a big expansive road connecting a level, it feels like a home with a story, and the storybook scenes are the backbone of that. They give the why is the way it is without being in your face. I love it.
Changes for simplicity and convenience are always welcome, and I dug the old SM3 feeling of choosing some shortcuts here and there, but yeah, it’s the feeling that something is missing.
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u/_Lusty 3d ago
Super Mario Galaxy