Based on a transformative hands-on demo, Super Mario Wonder has a lot of surprises in store for longtime Nintendo fans.
It’s been an unexpected year of change for Mario. The Super Mario Bros. Movie reversed the series’ big-screen fortunes, delivering a blockbuster hit led by Chris Pratt. More shockingly, Nintendo recently announced that longtime Mario voice actor Charles Martinet is stepping down from the role after decades of work. A new era is dawning on the Mushroom Kingdom, and you can feel a bit of anxiety among longtime fans who don’t want the character they love to change too much.
The Flower Kingdom I’m not sure anyone needs me to go over the basics of a 2D Mario game at this point: run, jump, collect coins and power-ups. All of those gameplay hooks are unchanged, as is Nintendo’s level design philosophy. If you still love that formula, that’s probably all you need to know until reviews hit this October.
The Flower Kingdom is also home to quite a few new enemy types, expanding a stale list of longtime Mario foes. Nintendo is at its best here, inventing creative new monsters that instantly feel iconic. Maw Maws are an immediate highlight, rushing at Mario and his pals with their comically enormous mouths hanging open. Bloomps, on the other hand, double as a platforming tool, as Mario can bounce off of the balloon-like animals.
New badges can be earned by completing challenges in the world, as well as bought from shops with purple flower coins, which are strewn around stages. Those coins can also be used to buy 1 Ups, collectible “Standees,” and more. Transforming Mario I’ve used the word “transformative” a lot here, and that’s for good reason. Transformation seems to be the core theme of Mario Wonder, as a new approach to power-ups makes it feel more like a Kirby game at times. For starters, there’s Mario’s new power-ups. The Elephant ability gives characters a massive trunk that they can use to smash boxes. The trunk can also be filled with water that can be spat at enemies to stun them or used to revive dead flowers.
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