I really disliked this game, yet for some strange reason it's the only Mario game I've ever played to completion.
This game was far too long.
The combat is not fun, long timing based encounters that are unforgivingly difficult on normal and silly easy on easy mode.
The giant boss battles are also needlessly difficult and had no easy mode.
I did like the world puzzles/traversal powers.
There were a couple of good songs in the game also.