I don’t think I’ve ever seen a comparable homage to the super mario world special stages where the game is both congratulating you for figuring out how deep it goes and totally letting loose at the same time in a way that’s completely congruent with what came before yet maximally ambitious
it actually feels generous that it didn’t demand more than like, 50% completion to get in here either
I didn’t even solve 9 or 10 on the way to figuring out that accidentally triggering level is baba must mean that level could be flag too. it’s so demonstrative!!