21st June 2023, 9:05 AM
Yep, that's basically what this is. Super Mario Bros. already had a pretty clear Alice in Wonderland inspiration, but this game really leans DIRECTLY into that until the background falls open and all the little backstage critters holding up the blocks and clouds freak out and run away.
This... is an absolute must play. I haven't seen such an "inspired" 2D Mario game since... Yoshi's Island. They also seem to realize just how creative they're being here, because they've dropped the "New Super Mario Bros. X" titling entirely.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)