That sounds about right. I feel like it played more like an expansion than an outright new game. I do remember banging my head against some of those tougher levels now.

Good point about the music, it really was quite memorable!

I replayed Galaxy sometime around 2020 and had a lot of fun doing so. I remember liking this one quite a lot. It was also fun to let my kid who was around 5 at the time hold a remote to help collect stars.

I’m… reasonably sure I played Galaxy 2 as well but my memory of that iteration is almost completely blank.

Another thing that makes the timing feel weird to me is… Mario Kart just came out. I like Kirby but it just feels so odd to follow a big racing game as the Switch 2 release title with another racing game.

It’s worth it! I am still chipping away at Expedition 33 as well. I’m in the endgame portion now but just don’t have a lot of time to game at the moment. I’d like to eventually do NG+ and 100% everything.

Increased the frequency of lap-type courses

This sounds like a good change, and perhaps a sign they are hearing the feedback. I still want a mode that is only lap type races.