Morton Koopa’s airships are blotting out the sun over Toad Town and the whole kingdom’s got that panicked energy, you know the one. Toads running in circles. But Mario? Nowhere. Just gone. Which leaves Peach holding the bag, or rather, hiking up her pink dress and stepping over the castle wall. The setup is so perfectly stupid I couldn’t help but grin. It’s a raw, unpolished arcade runner where you’re dodging goombas and hopping platforms, but the hitboxes are a little drunk. Sometimes you’ll swear you cleared a koopa and then bam, you’re in a scene.

And those scenes. Look, it’s a Princess Peach parody that knows exactly what you’re here for. The blonde hair, the crown slightly askew, that look of royal annoyance melting into something else entirely. The first time a piranha plant snags her, the animation is janky but the framing is laser-focused on