Games

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10

2023•Platformer•PEGI 3•About 9 hours

Taste attributes: actioncomedyfantasyfastlightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedempowerment/personal growthunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, stylish platformer: breezy and fast. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

91 / 100

229 ratings

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About This Game

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a side-scrolling platform game and the first 2D Super Mario entry since New Super Mario Bros. U (2012). Players choose from twelve characters and traverse levels across the Flower Kingdom, a new setting for the series. The game's central mechanic is the Wonder Flower, which dramatically alters levels in unpredictable ways when touched. New power-ups include an elephant transformation, a bubble flower, and a drill hat, while an equippable badge system allows players to customize their abilities. The game supports local multiplayer for up to four active players and includes an asynchronous online mode.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Mario and his friends are invited to the Flower Kingdom by its ruler, Prince Florian, to witness the power of a Wonder Flower. Bowser crashes the ceremony, steals the Wonder Flower, and uses its reality-warping magic to fuse himself with the kingdom's castle, transforming into a sentient flying fortress. He imprisons the kingdom's citizens, the Poplins, and begins plotting to enslave the entire universe. Mario and the group set out alongside Prince Florian to gather six Royal Seeds scattered across the kingdom's regions, each one removing a layer of Bowser's defenses and bringing them closer...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionComedyFantasyEmpowerment/personal growthUnlikely connections

Keywords

CasualCollectingSide-scrollingCuteFunnyElephantMarioFamily friendly

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 20 October 2023
Series: Mario
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 6h rushed, 9h normally, 23h complete
Age rating: PEGI 3
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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