wow I remember this
I also liked the side quests with the musical notes with tadpoles.
The battle system was really good considering what system it was on.
The different style of boss battles was very interesting and some were very difficult while others were mildly entertaining. The single match against Johnny was one the most difficult along with Culex Yaridovich mallows single match against dodo & Valentina then Czar Dragon the giant wedding cake and Birdo. I had to actually use a red essence in the dodo culex and Yaridovich fights. I think my fave weapons are the sticky gloves the giant red paratroopa shell bowser chomp chain and peaches fryingpan XD which is the ultimate deadly weapon of many women. (fears her X_X)
Peach's atk spells were pretty lame but whats ot expect of a princess? Geno's whirl is the ultimate attack on basic bad guys but it worked at random for me. I liked Mallows lightning moves but the stupid stick i didn't like as his basic weapon. I think my fave special attack of his is the snow man one XD
Mario's super jumps i couldn't get past 25 sadly cries loved his fireball attacks
Bowser didn't have any really good moves except stalagmite :(
I replayed this game so many Times I forgot how many. I wish they would of had luigi toad and yoshi as battle partners but of course they didn't.
The little minigames like the spacecraft one was really fun. I started playing this game when i was 5 and because of it I learned how to read and do addition and subtraction. It actually drove me and gave me a reason to learn. Honestly this game was one of the greatest in my book. I hope they make a sequal.