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Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is an action-adventure platformer that takes the titular plumbers and company into a new whimsical world where a strange phenomenon, "Wonder Effects," changes everything. Players can choose to play as the Mario Bros, the Toads, Peach, and Daisy in this magic-filled take on the sidescrolling classic Mario Bros. formula.

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Platformer
9/10
Top Critic Avg: 91/100 Critics Rec: 98%
Released
October 20, 2023
ESRB
e
Developer(s)
Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Engine
ModuleSystem engine
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
Franchise
Super Mario

ESRB
e

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Forget Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo Switch 2 Needs A Different Mario Sequel

Super Mario Odyssey was a great 3D Mario game, but it isn't the Mario game that I'd most like to see a sequel to on the Nintendo Switch 2.

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New Super Mario Bros. Wonder Plushie Is Accidentally Terrifying

A new plushie from Super Mario Bros. Wonder is meant to be cute but its design and one specific feature make it very creepy.

Mario from Super Mario Bros. Wonder on a background from the game
Cut Super Mario Bros. Wonder Effect Shows Just How Silly The Game Could Have Been

Super Mario Bros. Wonder could have had far more silly and bizarre elements, with many of these shown during a at the 2024 GDC event.

Three Goombas from Super Mario Bros. Wonder; one is asleep with a big snot bubble coming out of its non-existent nose, another is sitting down and looking tired, the third up front is standing and looking angry. Behind them is a landscape of the Mushroom Kingdom, with Peach's Castle on a grassy hill in the distance.
Mario Wonder Showed The Goombas’ Plight (& The Mushroom Kingdom’s Tyranny)

One level in Super Mario Bros. Wonder transforms players into a Goomba, highlighting the dire circumstances in which they live as defenseless prey.

Luigi, Daisy, and Mario on a backdrop of an early Super Mario Bros. level.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Abandoned A Series Staple (& Is Better Without It)

Super Mario Bros. has used a winning formula for decades, but that doesn't mean that change is never called for, and one big shift is for the best.

Super Mario Bros Wonder Luigi with a parachute cap and a Wonder Flower with elephant characters in the background
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Missing One Feature To Make It A Masterpiece

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is an incredible experience that is fun and chaotic, but there is still one thing that could have made it cooler.

Super Mario Wonder Multiplayer With Four Characters playing as Luigi, Daisy, Mario, and Peach.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Online Multiplayer Options & Co-Op Explained

Super Mario games are not known for offering any sort of online multiplayer capabilities, yet Super Mario Bros. Wonder may be breaking new ground.

Super Mario Bros Wonder elephant mario in front of a couple screen shots of levels
10 Super Mario Bros. Wonder Myths, Debunked

Many theories are swirling around about wild things some say are in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Here are a few myths that have been debunked.

One Super Mario Bros. Wonder Character Could’ve Ruined The Game - Daisy, Luigi, Mario and Peach from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
One Super Mario Bros. Wonder Character Could’ve Ruined The Game

The Flower Kingdom prince featured in Super Mario Bros. Wonder was not the first such character in Mario’s history, which made some fans concerned.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Finally Embraces Just How Trippy Mario Really Is - Mario running across a bendy pipe in the background and blowing bubbles in the foreground
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is The Closest We’ll Ever Get To M-Rated Mario

Most longtime franchise fans who play Super Mario Bros. Wonder will pick up on the evident psychedelic, trippy nature of the Wonder Flower sequences.

How to Get the Last Badge (Sound Off) In Super Mario Bros. Wonder
How to Get the Last Badge (Sound Off?) In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

There are 24 badges to collect in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but the final one, Sound Off?, will require completing some difficult tasks to obtain it.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Secret World Found by Discovering All Entrance Locations
All Special World Entrance Locations In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

The Special World in Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the eighth map you can explore, but only if you discover all the entrance locations to the area.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Purple Flower Coins to Farm Fast to Unlock Areas and Buy Special Items
How To Farm Purple Flower Coins Fast In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Purple Flower Coins are used to unlock new areas and buy powerful items in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, making them an item you'll want to farm fast.

Peach and Daisy from Super Mario Bros. Wonder in front of Fluff-Puff Peaks.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Missing An Important Co-Op Feature

Co-op is a fun way to take on the challenges of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but it's lacking in one particular regard compared to some past Mario games.

Birdo Diddy Kong and Toadsworth
Super Mario Bros. Wonder DLC: 10 Characters That Should Be Playable

Super Mario Bros. Wonder doesn’t have any announced DLC, but there are many characters that would be fun to have as playable options if they did.

How To Unlock The W1 Special Course In Super Mario Bros. Wonder
How To Unlock The W1 Pipe-Rock Plateau Special Course In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

The first Special Course in Pipe-Rock Plateau will require Mario to complete Bulrush Express in Super Mario Bros. Wonder & find the secret ending.

Mario with the Hidden Petal Isles course in the background from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
How To Unlock The Petal Isles Special Course In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Unlocking the special course for Petal Isles in Super Mario Bros. Wonder requires Mario & Friends to first win a very difficult Wiggler Race.

Bowser as Prince Florians Castle In Mario Wonder.
One Super Mario Bros. Wonder Item Proves A Dead Series Needs A Comeback

Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings nostalgic feelings of past games in classic platformer action, but there is one series that needs a full comeback.

Captain Toad Bursts Through The Screen With A Smile On His Face And Wearing His Treasure Tracking Gear.
All Captain Toad Locations In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Captain Toad is an explorer who you can find in five different locations in Super Mario Bros. Wonder to receive lots of Flower Coins as a reward.

Elephant Mario bursting out of a red tube with Mario worlds visible in the background.
Every New World In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Ranked Worst To Best

Super Mario Bros. Wonder introduces a variety of new worlds in the Flower Kingdom, some of which are more familiar at their core than others.

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