Epic by every meaning of the word.
This is my pick of the 3rd best SMBZ episode so far. There were not 1, but 2 fight scenes, the plot moved along along at a steady pace, the Axem Rangers X first appeared, the action was 2 times faster, and most importantly, it was cool. Very, very cool. One cause for complaint is that the cliffhanger at the end kind of gave away a great spoiler, but who care? SMBZ 5 is everything that was good about the previous episodes only it was multiplied 3 times over. When I first saw this, I thought it was the greatest movie in the world... at least for a while. But that is not a bad thing: SMBZ 5 really is one of the best in the series and even Mario parody history.