I’m a Lost Levels fan and that is only partly true. It’s more like “you are a masochist as a result of being bored of the complete lack of challenge in the past 10 years of Mario games”
The SMB3 power ups certainly need to make a comeback. They are the best in the series. I come back to this game a lot, and have owned it several times. So many good memories.
As someone who loved the exploration of Super Mario World, I rarely used Yoshi as a double jump, I chose to just get a running start with the cape to get across the gap. I felt bad otherwise, including for the exit you HAVE to do that for.