Super Mario Bros. Wonder is Out Now for Switch - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 October 2023 / 4,947 Views
Nintendo today has released Super Mario Bros. Wonder for the Nintendo Switch.
View the launch trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
Get ready to jump into the unexpected with Super Mario Bros. Wonder—the next evolution of Mario fun and the first 2D side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. game in more than 10 years! With a new Flower Kingdom to explore and a varied roster of playable characters, Super Mario Bros. Wonder also introduces Wonder Flowers – game-changing items that create surprising effects you have to see to believe.
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the benevolent Prince Florian invites Mario and his friends to the Flower Kingdom – a not-so-distant land just beyond the Mushroom Kingdom. But Bowser, the King of the Koopas, has other plans. With just a single touch of the mysterious Wonder Flower, Bowser merges with Prince Florian’s castle. Thanks to his newfound power, chaos spreads across the land. Now it’s up to Mario and pals to stop Bowser and save the Flower Kingdom. Here are just a handful of the features and highlights that players can experience on this flower-ful adventure:
- A Kingdom Teeming with Variety – The Flower Kingdom is made up of six distinct worlds that circle the Petal Isles, giving you a total of seven areas to explore. Traverse multiple islands, dive into the sea and spelunk through caves. A rich variety of courses await in each world, and you can even walk freely through open areas you find on the world map.
- Wondering About Wonder Effects? Expect the Unexpected – Wonder Flowers thrive off this world’s mysterious power and release it when in bloom. When you touch a Wonder Flower in a course, a Wonder effect will trigger, causing dramatic changes. Pipes might start moving, the terrain may tilt, your perspective can change or you might float through space. There are even Wonders that can transform your character into a Goomba or a Spike-Ball.
- Charismatic Characters at Your Command – Besides Mario, you can also play as Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Blue Toad or Yellow Toad, and even Toadette. They all play the same, so go with your favorite or mix it up with someone different. Yoshis and Nabbit won’t take damage, so they’re a smart choice if you’re looking for a more easygoing experience.
- Plenty of Power-Ups – Super Mario Bros. Wonder features the debut of new power-ups such as the Elephant Fruit, which allows Mario and some of his friends to transform into Elephant form. Throw around your weight—and your nose—as you swing your trunk to attack enemies, destroy blocks and dash across large gaps. The Bubble form allows you to blow floating bubbles that can be used to capture enemies from a distance. The Drill form makes dealing with spiky or hard-headed enemies a breeze. It also allows you to burrow and move through the ground.
- Don’t Let Your Enemies Get the Best of You – When it comes to enemies, you’ll encounter new treacherous ones while traipsing through the Flower Kingdom. Hoppycats will copy you and jump when you jump. Melon Piranha Plants spit seeds from their mouths. Condarts will fly at you and stick their beaks into your business. Maw-Maws will eat anything that comes too close to their gaping mouths. There are many new enemies for you to discover.
- Equip a Badge to Mix It Up – As your adventure progresses, you’ll be able to earn a variety of different in-game badges, each with its own special ability. In local multiplayer, each group of players will use the same badge. Check out some of the fun options available:
- Enhance your wall-jumping abilities with the Wall-Climb Jump badge.
- Equip the Dolphin Kick badge to unleash an underwater burst of speed.
- Charge up a bounding leap with the Crouching High Jump badge.
- Shoot vines in mid-air and stick to walls with the Grappling Vine badge.
- For a double-edged sword and an additional challenge, become invisible to your enemies (and yourself) with the Invisibility badge.
- Multiply the Fun with Local Multiplayer – Up to four people can play locally on the same Nintendo Switch system. If a player is defeated in local cooperative play, their character will float around the course as a ghost. If another player reaches them before time runs out, they’ll jump right back into action, and the group won’t lose any lives. If someone is playing as a Yoshi, you can jump on their back and ride them around the course. Giddy-up!
- Jump into Online Play – While playing online, you have the option of creating a room to get together with friends. In a shared room, you can see which courses your friends are playing, play the same one together and even turn most courses into a friendly race. Even when playing solo, if you connect online, you can see other players from around the world in courses and on the world map enjoying the game in real time, appearing as live player shadows. You can come back to life by bumping into a live player shadow here too. Plus, you can assist fellow online players by placing a standee that they can use to revive ghosts. Place them creatively in challenging areas to really help someone out. The game will even display how many people have used your standee assist.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
More Articles
Forgot that video games were supposed to be fun. Mario Wonder is what video games are meant to be. A fun time.
There are just too many games, and not enough time to play them. I need to take a couple years off work....
I'll probably start it up while the disc of Spider-Man 2 is installing.
Amazing game, i am loving every minute of it.
I'm just grateful Mario Wonder finally arrived. I don't know why we had to wait so long. Just Mario Odyssey in the last 7 years. Was starving for Mario!
But imagine the quality of the next 3D Mario game if they have spent over 7 years working on it.
Imo, it was/is incredibly boring for the first hour or so but it drastically changes on difficulty in a matter of one level and it just shows how things are going to pick up.
Zelda ToTK
Baldur's Gate 3
Spider-Man 2
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
These 4 will be nominated to compete for Game of the Year at the Game Awards. The remaining nominees, we traditionally have 5-6 nominees. My guess is RE4:Remake, and I'm torn between DIV, SFVI and Metroid Prime Remastered (for real, this Metroid feels like a true Remake).
As a publisher, Nintendo is this year big winner, followed by Capcom. Zelda, Mario, Metroid Prime: remaster, Pikimin 4... Danmit, publisher of the year in my book.
Starfield probably will be nominated at least just due to the hype, even if it didn't live up to the hype for most people, there are still plenty of people saying it did. Diablo IV, FFXVI, SFVI, and RE4:Remake all strong possibilities for nominations. I doubt Prime Remastered gets nominated (though it should be in my opinion but that's just my personal preference over a bunch of these other games).
Hard to argue winner won't be TotK, as its clearly in a class of its own this year, though Wonder could get the nod simply for being such a fresh new game on nearly the oldest series there is, while TotK and Spiderman2 are very similar direct sequels to games, I have no idea about BG3, don't know anything about that game.
All you said is very possible.
BG3 will most likely be the biggest contender against TOTK as it also is in a class all its own.
As great as Metroid Prime Remaster is, I don't feel like they did enough to it that it should be included. Starfield will be nominated, I wouldn't be surprised if Sea of Stars gets nominated. Hi-Fi Rush deserves a nod as well.
Metroid is almost a remake, game looks amazing. Not sure about Starfield, but It's very possible.
Honestly it would be ludicrous for a game like MP remastered to get nominated. It's a visual upgrade not a new game, regardless of how good it looks. You gotta redo the gameplay if you wanna argue that it's a new title.
Fair enough.
agreed. It's an incredible game and the full graphical update was great. But still there's no reason a graphical upgrade of an old game should be nominated for GotY.
BG3 seems like the sure winner this year. Hi-Fi Rush, SFVI, FF16, Starfield, Diablo 4, Cacoon, Sea of Stars and maybe Alan Wake 2 could be any of the other nominees. Not a fan of remasters and remakes getting GOTY nods. It's been a really great year across the board.
Fair enough. I understand the feeling attached to remakes and remasters. In the specific case of RES IV remake, I felt the game was a reimagination, there were a lot of changes.
That's cool. I haven't gotten around to playing the remake yet. It's on my list.
ever heard of Zelda?
Maybe you should read what I wrote, again. I was mentioning games that may also be nominated. I know Zelda, along with the other 3 games Manlytears mentioned are sure bets to be nominated. I still think BG3 is going to be the overall GOTY winner.
I'd make a safe bet and say Starfield or possibly even Hifi Rush will get nominated. Seems a lot of people have forgotten Hifi Rush released this year and had tons and tons of praise. Anyways, the only game that deserves it is BG3.
I mostly agree with you. But i wouldn't go so far as to say "the only game that deserves it is BG3". Imho, BG3 is the most deserving, but not the only one.
Baldur's Gate 3 is the winner this year for sure.
Remember people said no more home console, we'd get more games?
11 years to go from Super Mario Wii U until now. That was a long wait.
There were 7 Zelda games, 3 totally new and 4 major remasters on the 3DS and Wii U. (Windwaker, Twilight, Ocarina 3d, Mask 3d, Triforce Heroes, Link between Worlds, and Breath of the Wild).
Switch has had 2 Zelda games made for it. TOTK and Awakening.
We had way more quality games releasing 3DS + Wii U. I hope Nintendo can make games faster for the Switch 2.
There are a bunch of Mario games on Switch: Rabbids, Maker, Odyssey, Kart, Tennis, Wonder, and so on are just the biggest. Most consoles only had a couple of Zelda games.
The Switch has a similar number of top games as other Nintendo systems. You can't keep a series fresh if you have too many releases.
I agree. 3 Mario games on the Switch - Odyssey, New SMB and. Wonder. The rest are spin offs.
New SMB was on Wii U. Just 2 actually :) But thank you.
How about the 7 Zelda games last gen, versus 2 so far this gen. Ouch.
