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Inkling
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Current Reviews:
93 Metacritic
92 OpenCritic
IGN 9/10
Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks and plays like the true next step for 2D Mario platformers that it aims to be. The Wonder effects change each stage in both surprising and delightful ways, and the Flower Kingdom makes for a vibrant and refreshing change of pace from the Mushroom Kingdom. With apologies to Yoshi's Island, Wonder feels like a proper 21st-century follow-up to Super Mario World.
Gamespot 9/10
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a bold choice for a name. It plants a flag in the ground that suggests anything less than a constant sense of awe and delight will be a failure by its own terms. But then, surprisingly, Mario Wonder rises to the challenge and the result is a modern classic. The Wonder effects are the marquee feature, and for good reason, as they serve as a springboard for a cornucopia of creativity. But it's the smart and thoughtful choices around new power-ups, badges, online multiplayer, and visual flair that cement it in Mario canon. This is the rightful successor to Super Mario World, and hopefully, will serve as a touchstone for 2D Mario going forward.
Nintendolife 9/10
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is, quite simply, the best 2D Mario game since Super Mario World. This is the slickest, sharpest, and smartest that two-dimensional Mario has felt since 1991 and in its Wonder Flowers, badges, and online aspects, it serves up an endlessly inventive and impressive platforming adventure that we've been utterly hooked on. With local co-op and online fun adding to the replayability factor and nigh-on perfect performance in both docked and handheld modes, this feels like 2D Mario with its mojo back, and one of the very best platformers we've played in quite some time.
Eurogamer 5/5
It's a rush. Whenever I tell someone I'm playing the new Mario, they ask what the angle is. Is it space, like Galaxy? Vacations like Sunshine? Is it retro stuff like New Super Mario Bros? Is it coins like New Super Mario Bros 2? Is it just really, really hardcore, like New Super Mario Bros U?
The answer, I think, is that there is no one angle. There's elephants and flowers and that hidden event that splits every level in half, but none of those these add up to an angle. In truth, the angle here is that every level is its own angle, and each angle has these little sub-angels, throwaway gimmicks, one-shot animations, bespoke enemies. They called it Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They could just as easily have called it Super Mario Bros. Imagination. Jeepers.
Metro 10/10
Ultimately, the only real flaw with Super Mario Bros. Wonder is that at one point it will end (there's plenty of post-game content though and it's highly replayable, especially in multiplayer). It absolutely deserves to be talked about in the same breath as Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World and is a stunning achievement of imagination, perfectly hewn gameplay mechanics, and good old fashioned Nintendo surrealism.
Despite being the latest entry in an almost 40-year-old franchise its greatest achievement is that you never know what's going to happen next… and are always charmed and amazed when you find out. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is an absolute joy, from beginning to end, and one of the best things Nintendo has ever done.
Comicbook 10/10
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is about as close to perfection as it gets for a 2D Mario game. While the New Super Mario Bros. games were fun, they never felt like they had their own distinct identity, the way we saw with classic Mario games like Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is dripping with creativity and personality in every facet.
CG Magazine 10/10
Back in 2017, I said that Super Mario Odyssey was the best 3D Mario Nintendo had ever made—reimagining familiar concepts in such a new and creative way that it set the new standard for how to design 3D Mario. Now, Nintendo has done the same for 2D Mario, reinvigorating the iconic side-scroller while maintaining everything that made the games so incredibly fun and memorable. Since I started playing it for review, I haven't been able to put it down, and I can see myself going back to it as regularly as I do Super Mario World or Super Mario 3.
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