honestly, super mario run was the only genuinely good mario app imo. like, mario kart tour can be fun, but the gacha ruins it, and while i havent played dr mario world, it has lootboxes so i can tell that its just more of mkt. while they're not inherently bad games, they're kinda fundamentally flawed, and i hope nintendo steps away from this rabbit hole. i havent played mario run in a hot minute, but I dont remember it having gacha of any kind, not even microtransactions if im not mistaken. on top of that, it did something really cool with 2d mario that I hope future mario games in general do more often. the new mechanics like the vault and stuff like that makes it quite a good autorunner. I know mkt also did something unique by making mario kart more score based, and that's cool, but I don't think it should be used for future mario kart games. it feels like a mobile exclusive thing. I dont see whats wrong with making a full fledged mario game on mobile, one that DOESNT REQUIRE AN INTERNET CONNECTION!!!!! basically, i like that nintendo is trying to expand their market by putting their games on non-nintendo consoles, but i wish we had more ACTUAL mario games on mobile, games that could work just fine on a console.