LogFAQs > #968693868

It's not a matter of personal preference to say that Mario makes you spend less time doing tedious repetitive things, and less time on things you don't want to do (if you don't want to do them) in general.

Like you're talking about specific stars in SM64 when you only need 70/120. Banjo if you want to skip a quarter of the jiggies or not bother with note collection you're SOL. You're not going to get the concept of respect for time when you're approaching games with a completionist mindset by default.

Restarting the stage functionally doesn't matter all that much. So many stars have you go in wildly different paths, share paths through engaging sections, or change the level substantially. The only time I'd say it matters much is if you're trying to do the 100 coin star and accidentally grab a different star. That's pretty annoying. Otherwise it's just nitpicking.