I check up on this game every now and again, and it's always enjoyable. Can't deny it's a bit buggy, and I would personally prefer 100% of the focus being on the texting and social media aspect rather than the platforming part, as I feel like there's a ton of untapped potential in expanding on the phone interactions. More paths, even some additional characters that could take center stage*, more apps (a OnlyFans endgame or shit like that), ...
But while things can always be better, at the end of the day the game has a nice concept and great looking art, which is way enough to be enjoyable. Not to mention it's one of the very few games centered around Peach, probably because of Nintendo's litigious nature.
Just to make sure I'm not missing anything, the gifts don't exist in the text only mode do they?
*What if, for example, Peach ditched the picnic altogether and went to the spa with Daisy (since that's something we hear about) and both of them had some fun, between themselves and with company? What if Luigi himself took Bowser's role and stole Peach away? What if we, as Mario, were working *with* Bowser to get his plan in motion? Infinite possibilities that I feel would be easier to set up if the game was 100% focused on phone interactions.