Nah, In the cascade kingdom I only got 2 hints from the toad, still have a bunch of the high numbers left. In sands kingdom I bought at least 10 hints, testing how far it would go. The parrot only gives 3 hints at a time, solve those and he'll keep giving more hints.

Sand Kingdom 100%, 5 Kingdoms down.

That's correct! XD. I don't know what I'm supposed to do, but I'll work through the other kingdoms and go back whenever I feel like it.

I haven't used motion controls at all and I'm having no issues progressing through the game.

I am in Wooded Kingdom right now. Fantastic music all through the game.

My favorite kingdom so far is the Sand one, perfect size and excellent level design. Lovely little calavera characters.

me and the kids got to new donk city by saturday night then sunday morning my daughter woke up and decided she wanted to play..and started a new game so now we are back at the wooded kingdom

Just beat the game, I'm back at Cap Kingdom to do exploration, aiming for 100% for sure.

I beat the game last night. The last boss was not much of a surprise but I died like 3 times. Also the song was decently good. I will probably try to get 100% but I do not think I will attempt too hard on it.

I have one question for the people who advanced more than me in completion. Have I missed something or are there moons without a single hint? XD. I couldn't complete the Sand Kingdom and the Cascade Kingdom because of that. But, well, in the end I moved forward to the next kingdom and still having a great time.

So far, I've 100%'d the Cap, Cascade, Sand, Wooded, Cloud, and Luncheon Kingdoms.  
Moon Count: 708

So I think I'm a little more than halfway there.