Finally got to play this for a couple hours last night and it is even better than the first! All the good stuff from the last game is still in there, the controls work exactly the same and are very comfortable for me... and then they throw in Yoshi and it works perfectly. I can't wait to really get into the game and see what else they have added. So far the drill and the cloud are pretty cool, but I definitely like the drill more (it allows you to drill through planets, going to the other side or, in some cases, going to a hidden area in the center of a planet).
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