Goombario's World Demo 1 feels like someone dug up a lost SNES gem—it’s got that chunky pixel charm and a weirdly satisfying weight to the jumps. You start off as this little Goomba dude (with a hat, because of course) bouncing around mushroom platforms, dodging spiky traps, and headbutting question blocks like it’s 1995.

At first, I thought it was just another Mario clone, but there’s something offbeat about it—like the way Goombario slides a tiny bit after landing, or how the music shifts to this tense synth track when you’re balancing on disappearing platforms. The demo’s short, but there’s a secret warp pipe hidden behind one of the waterfalls that leads to this bizarre mini-game with floating coins. Classic SNES mischief.

If you’ve got a soft spot for janky, earnest platformers that smell faintly of cartridge dust, this one’s weirdly endearing.