Just a few minutes into playing the Super Mario Bros. Wonder demo at Nintendo Live 2023 in Seattle, I knew I was playing something special. For the first time in a long time, a 2D Mario game — 2.5D to ...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder had me hooked from the moment I saw Mario transform into an elephant man. In this unusual new form, Mario can bash enemies with his trunk, soak up water to spray at friends ...

If you uploaded a Super Mario Maker course with cheap hidden blocks, unfair enemy placement, or just overall haphazard design, I'm sorry to say that Nintendo might have judged you for it. During ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

To talk of return to form, it suggests that Mario’s recent 2D outings before this weren’t very good. I don’t think that’s entirely fair, as the New Super Mario Bros (NSMB) games, first pioneered on DS ...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first brand-new game in the mainline series to be entirely 2D since the release of New Super Mario Bros. U in 2012. This would mean that almost 11 years have passed ...

At first glance, the game is similar to the New Super Mario Bros series. However, the new game will revolve around Wonder Flowers, which cause drastic changes to the environment. The reveal trailer ...

In many ways, the shift of Super Mario Bros. Wonder is best represented by its art style. The NSMB games that have dominated 2D Mario for years have used an art style as established by 1996’s Super ...

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I got to attend Nintendo Live in Seattle this past weekend, and my hands-on time with Super Mario Bros. Wonder (coming out on October 20 for Switch) definitely stood out as the highlight. This is the ...

I would say “name a bigger downgrade” here, except you can’t.Super Mario Bros. 2’s Famicom box art isa choice and not a very good one. Gone is the detailed artwork from the original, with Koopas and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. During the June Nintendo Direct, Mario was back in the spotlight with a new 2D adventure game. Super Mario Wonder looks similar in style to the New ...