Stunning game full of excellent little details
Truly captures the wonder
New power-ups are iconic
Badges lock classic Mario abilities
Character switching is cosmetic only
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So much fanfare has been heaped around the Elephant Fruit power-up in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Super Mario Bros. Wonder that I fear everyone has lost sight of the fact that this game actually introduces three new Mario power-ups to the dungaree-wearing canon. What we have here is the most creative 2D Mario adventure we've had for a long time. While this is a more traditional side-scrolling platformer experience than something like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Super Mario Odyssey, it also manages to brilliantly capture so many of the elements of Mario and friends' more recent endeavors and escapades to make Wonder tru൩ly live up to its name.&nbs🌃p;
Release date: October 20, 2023
Platform(s): Nintendo Switch
Developer: Nintendo Planning and Development
Publisher: Nintendo
Playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder is like your first magical visit to Disneyland. You have no idea what's beyond that first bend on the roller coast꧋er track or behind the next closed door, but there may well be sudden singing, odd little creatures, and the occasional man in an oversized suit. The addition of Wonder Flowers truly mimics this surprise factor found all throughout Wonder. In each level, there's at least one hidden Wonder Flower to discover, which always involves a little detective work or some perfect timing.
What the Wonder Flowers actually do to each level will usually be a complete surprise, but they'll always change the aim and potentially the accompanying mechanics of any given level. One turned the entire playable space into a giant rolling Katama♏ri-esque snowball, while another flipped the world on its side and turned the next section into a top-down puzzler. Other Wonder Flowers have the capacity to change Mario (or the other playable characters) themselves, with one such level turning us into inflated bouncing balloons to mimic an enemy comically known as a Bloomp. You can even turn into a Goomba in some levels, complete with a tiny little Mario hat balanced on its head, which means you can't jump b🦋ut are immortal to usual hazards like spikes.
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