The first one had semblances of an actual story, this movie starts plots and abandons them for cameos. Browser's redemption "arc" had promise but once he met his son it went kaput for the sake of a showdown and for a nostalgia pop. The composer and the animators did an amazing job 10/10 for both parts, the writer on the other hand needs to do better, this is a movie not a video game 4/10. So my overall score is a 6/10. See it for the animation and music if you're a fan and have kids who are fans of Mario too. But I can't recommend this to someone who doesn't play the games. Transformers the Movie(1986) had a better story and it's goal ultimately was to kill off the old toys to make way for the new toys. Wished DreamWorks Animation or Sony Animation made this movie.
Still pre-ordered the steelbook and the OST vinyl.