3/5 ★ – MechaniChris's review of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!.

Somehow with very minimal difference this was MUCH more enjoyable than the past two. I still don’t love this series, and I definitely don’t love it’s reliance on the stylus, but the puzzles are smoother, and more satisfying here than in previous games. I also enjoy that they brought back the traditional DK boss battles that are more like a classic Donkey Kong level, rather than whatever the last game did with launching the minis at him. I will say, I almost gave this game a higher score until I remembered the plus mode. Every game has a plus mode (a trend I generally don’t like) and this one handles it the worst. Rather than making harder puzzles, they just add the extra layer of having to get the minis in a specific order. It sucks a lot of the fun out when it’s no longer trying to find a clever way to solve the puzzle and are now just forced to find the ONLY way to solve the puzzle. I can’t believe there’s like 3 more of these I have to play (I don’t have to but I’m not going to NOT finish what I set out to do).