Super Mario Bros Wonder. | Final Early Access Previews are Up

[John Elden Ring]

The Final Previews for Super Mario Bros. Wonder are here. The game launches on October 20, 2023.

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One of the big concepts we’ve been hearing about with Super Mario Bros. Wonder is player freedom. However, it turns out that this applied to the actual development as well.

Speaking with Rolling Stone, producer Takashi Tezuka said that this time around, they “really wanted to give the designers more freedom than we would have in the past.”

Tezuka’s full words:

“We really wanted to give the designers more freedom than we would have in the past. And more so than having a lot of people who’ve been making Mario games and working on Mario games for a long time, we had a lot of people who are new to the franchise. said to them, ‘I’m really grateful that you being protective of Mario, but I really want you to think about what Mario needs to be now. What do you think Mario needs to be in order to play it the way you want to play Mario.'”

Super Mario Bros. Wonder seems to be going all out in different ways. The title features some new playable characters, lots of new enemies, a new badge system, Wonder Flowers that can drastically change gameplay in levels, and more.

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Eurogamer:

There are so many new ideas here, pretty much shaken into every stage like seasoning into a bag of popcorn. It can be hard, at first, to get your bearings. Eventually I realised that not getting my bearings was the point. Apart from very simple rituals - levels have new purple coins alongside the gold that can be collected for prizes, there are badges that are unlocked that allow for a special move when worn, new stages are unlocked by collecting Wonder Seeds - the game wants you to feel lost in an ever-shifting sea of gimmickry. It does. And it works.

IGN:

That for me is the key to Super Mario Bros. Wonder success. Not specifically the pipe crushing, but the creative ways of ever evolving the familiar formula. The blueprints for a 2D Mario game are almost as old as the industry, yet Nintendo constantly finds new ways to mix up the fun, adding fresh but never out of place ideas to keep fans returning. From what I’ve seen so far, Wonder proves once again that Nintendo remains an incredible innovator, consistently keeping you on your toes with its next ingenious mechanic and way to play. It has also established an impressive history of rarely using the same trick twice, even within the same game, and this track record of innovation fills me with excitement for everything I’ve yet to see in Wonder. And after the glimpses of the other wild stages we’ve seen in the latest trailer, It feels like the possibilities for the plumbers and friends are endless.

PocketLink:

Wonder feels superb to play, and while I was only able to try a handful of stages, they bode extremely well for the full game, which I can't wait to get stuck into.

MyNintendoNews

Unlike other games in the series, notably New Super Mario Bros. Wii, there is no character collision when playing local multiplayer (2-4 players). Each player is layered behind one another, meaning gone are the days of jumping on your friend’s heads and throwing each other into bottomless pits out of a fit of rage. This makes the overall experience feel much less chaotic, and although some may find it disappointing, it makes a lot of sense considering that some courses would likely be virtually impossible otherwise. For those with a Nintendo Switch Online membership, you can even take the fun online by playing courses together casually or competitively racing to the flagpole. Online players (known as “live player shadows”) appear as slightly transparent, and have their own set of enemies, blocks, and power-ups to independently interact with. The online features in Super Mario Bros. Wonder are surprisingly robust, and when you’re unable to gather friends for a private lobby, the ability to play and interact with strangers from around the world makes playing by yourself feel a lot less lonely.

TechRadar:

There’s still plenty for me to discover in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but the experience so far has been utterly joyous. It’s got its hooks into me, and I’m super keen to discover what other Wonder Events await and sniff out any secret paths and courses hiding on the overworld map. It remains to be seen if it has what it takes to be one of the best Nintendo Switch games, but it’s shaping up to be incredibly promising.

 

[SLB1904]

Mario d*** sucking begins

 

[Snes nes]

Mario d*** sucking begins

 

[Kokoloko]

Good for 2D Mario fans, but I havent really been a fan of the 2D Mario’s since Super Mario World.
Enjoy.
I might try in a few years

 

[Deleted member 223]

Looks phenomenal.

 

[Zzero]

Mario d*** sucking begins

You're just jealous that no-one sucks your dish.

 

[flaccidsnake]

boring franchise that peaked in 1990

 

[Entropi]

I played the game at Target yesterday. The attention to detail is superb and gameplay is fun and feels better than ever. I can’t wait!

It also made me think Nintendo needs better hardware already.

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

Good for 2D Mario fans, but I havent really been a fan of the 2D Mario’s since Super Mario World.
Enjoy.
I might try in a few years

You're good, I dropped out after SMB 3!

 

[Kokoloko]

You're good, I dropped out after SMB 3!

I love both, SMB3 the better platformer. SMW gets me for I feel being larger, and the music, colours and levels. Peak Nostalgia, even though I feel the same for SMB3. Maybe because as a kid I never owned SMB3, I had to borrow it off a friend. I spend alot more time with SMW

What was your favourite platformers as a kid?

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

I love both, SMB3 the better platformer. SMW gets me for I feel being larger, and the music, colours and levels. Peak Nostalgia, even though I feel the same for SMB3. Maybe because as a kid I never owned SMB3, I had to borrow it off a friend. I spend alot more time with SMW

What was your favourite platformers as a kid?

Metroid, the Mega Man games, Bionic Commando, SMB 2 & 3 on the NES. Kenseiden on the SMS... then I moved on to 16-bit ...

 

[Snes nes]

boring franchise that peaked in 1990

You know theres some truth to this regarding the 2D games specifically. The best one imo were the 3D games like Mario 64 or galaxy. The 2D games were good ubatik Mario world then they went downhill from there think there were some for the game boy but I guess they weren’t notable games.

 

[Kokoloko]

Metroid, the Mega Man games, Bionic Commando, SMB 2 & 3 on the NES. Kenseiden on the SMS... then I moved on to 16-bit ...

I liked the Megaman games too. MM3 being my favourite, but MM1 was one my first games I played in my memory. My brother is a way bugger Megaman fan than me though.
How about on 16-bit?

 

[Kokoloko]

You know theres some truth to this regarding the 2D games specifically. The best one imo were the 3D games like Mario 64 or galaxy. The 2D games were good ubatik Mario world then they went downhill from there think there were some for the game boy but I guess they weren’t notable games.

Yeah I prefer 3D too.
Im not a fan of the Galaxy games but Odessey, Sunshine, 64 I love. Even the 3D worlds I prefer to Galaxy

 

[flaccidsnake]

You know theres some truth to this regarding the 2D games specifically. The best one imo were the 3D games like Mario 64 or galaxy. The 2D games were good ubatik Mario world then they went downhill from there think there were some for the game boy but I guess they weren’t notable games.

3 and World stand high above all other Mario games. 64 is also great, but mainly as a 3d pioneer which has long been surpassed. World is still extremely fun today. Starting with GameCube, Nintendo took a series of odd aesthetic/design turns theyve never recovered from.

 

[flaccidsnake]

Yeah I prefer 3D too.
Im not a fan of the Galaxy games but Odessey, Sunshine, 64 I love. Even the 3D worlds I prefer to Galaxy

Sackboy > 3D Worlds

 

[Snes nes]

3 and World stand high above all other Mario games. 64 is also great, but mainly as a 3d pioneer which has long been surpassed. World is still extremely fun today. Starting with GameCube, Nintendo took a series of odd aesthetic/design turns theyve never recovered from.

I dunno about Mario 64 being surpassed but more like a fine wine scenario imo. The ”bad” games in the series like Mario world 2 are fun games. Making it a yoshi game was interesting lol.

Yeah I prefer 3D too.
Im not a fan of the Galaxy games but Odessey, Sunshine, 64 I love. Even the 3D worlds I prefer to Galaxy

Galaxy is awesome imo. Never played sunshine though I did hear that Game has its issues though. I remember liking the 3D world games though they were great 3D games but not the best games in the series imo.

 

[Kokoloko]

Galaxy is awesome imo. Never played sunshine though I did hear that Game has its issues though. I remember liking the 3D world games though they were great 3D games but not the best games in the series imo.

Yeah Galaxy is a great game, its just really not for me. Either of them.

The style is different to Sunshine, 64 And Odessey. And 3D world games to them. I cant remember how they were categorised but it made sense lol. Sunshine had its issues, the play style and level set ups are more like 64 and Odessey.

Sackboy > 3D Worlds

3D world has alot more life to it for me. I did like sackboy kinda, prefer astrobot

 

[Snes nes]

Yeah Galaxy is a great game, its just really not for me. Either of them.

The style is different to Sunshine, 64 And Odessey. And 3D world games to them. I cant remember how they were categorised but it made sense lol. Sunshine had its issues, the play style and level set ups are more like 64 and Odessey.

I loved the galaxy games but never beat them. I like the way the game is setup with its music and galaxy theme. Sunshine though I’m not sure if I’d like playing that game it sounds like it’s got one too many weird issues. The power washing idea is interesting though I’d have to check it out sometime lol.

The 3D world games though I didn’t like that much. Im not really a fan of Mario being a party game like the wiiu one is. The 3ds game was fun from what I remember been a long while since I played it tbh.

 

[Dr Bass]

I loved the galaxy games but never beat them. I like the way the game is setup with its music and galaxy theme. Sunshine though I’m not sure if I’d like playing that game it sounds like it’s got one too many weird issues. The power washing idea is interesting though I’d have to check it out sometime lol.

The 3D world games though I didn’t like that much. Im not really a fan of Mario being a party game like the wiiu one is. The 3ds game was fun from what I remember been a long while since I played it tbh.

I could never bring myself to finish Sunshine. I just never found any fun in it.