The newest entry to the Mario franchise is set for release in just a couple of days. With such a wacky, weird, and, well, wonderful tone, will the game live up to expectations? In case you’re wondering what critics are saying, we’ve got the Super Mario Bros Wonder reviews round up right here for you!
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Super Mario Bros Wonder Reviews Round Up:
Metacritic, OpenCritic (Mighty)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks and plays like the true next step for 2D Mario platformers. Wonder effects change each stage in both surprising and delightful ways, the Flower Kingdom makes for a vibrant and refreshing change of pace, and Elephant Mario steals the show.
An endless cascade of ideas in a game that takes Mario to some wonderfully strange places.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is an excellent 2D Mario game with easily the most impressive world-building we’ve seen in this style. The trilogy of new power-ups are brilliant fun, and regularly humorous, with Nintendo’s finishing touches adding extra personality at every turn.
A fantastic 2D platformer that immediately takes its place amongst the pantheon of Nintendo’s very best titles, with such a constant stream of new and surreal ideas you want to stand up and applaud it by the end of it.
Like the Switch itself, Wonder is a collision between the traditional and the new. A game that’s the same as it ever was and nothing like Mario has ever been.
This is the rightful successor to Super Mario World, and hopefully, will serve as a touchstone for 2D Mario going forward.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first Mario game in literal decades to live up to the plumber’s legendary 2D platforming legacy. It is a return to levels overflowing with creativity, a world rich with secrets to uncover, and controls that make the mere act of movement fun. Whether Wonder exceeds or meets the quality of Super Mario Bros. 3 or World is for the fans to debate. But that aside, I’m confident in saying that Mario’s latest adventure is one of the best side-scrollers you’ll find on the Switch. Long live 2D Mario!
Super Mario Bros. Wonder isn’t just a breath of fresh air for 2D platformers, it’s a masterclass in how to update a game concept that’s been a hit for more than three decades, and do it successfully, without losing the essence. A surprising platformer where the unexpected is the real star. (Translated from Spanish)
While Super Mario Bros. Wonder doesn’t revolutionize Nintendo’s beloved series, the charming 2D platformer successfully pays homage to its roots, paving the way forward with unique twists that keep the gameplay feeling fresh.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is yet another magnificent showing from Nintendo. To take a concept that’s so well understood but still find new ways to impress is no easy feat. Yet Mario Wonder excels in this field thanks to incredibly dynamic gameplay, headlined by the imaginative amazement of the Wonder Flower. It’s hard not to fall in love with this new release, a game that’s packed to the brim with charm and zest.
Super Mario Bros Wonder is a resounding success. It reboots a 2.5D reboot, with far more personality and the best balance and pacing in the modernised side-scrolling Super Mario Bros series.
Within the understood parameters of what 2D Mario can be, this has to be the single best entry since Super Mario World – and is the perfect first game to launch a new era of Mario games with his new-found elevation to movie star status.
Super Mario Bros Wonder is a masterclass in 2D platforming, refreshing a long running series in a tremendous way, with inventive new ways to play.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the plumber’s best platformer this generation. We haven’t been able to say that of a 2D Mario for a long time, but this game measures up to the best and most beloved side-scrollers Nintendo has ever made, delivering joyously-creative level design and rock-solid platforming in a gorgeous wrapper.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder puts a fresh new spin on the classic Mario side-scroller with wild and trippy level transformations. It’s still Mario at its core, but it’s fun not knowing what to expect from each level. This could be the start of a bright new era for 2D Mario games.
It’s great to see another Mario game living up to the hype. It sounds like this game will be fun for the whole family, so pick it up if you’re a fan of the franchise! Stay tuned for MP1st’s very own review of the game after it launches this Friday.
Speaking of Mario, we finally learned who the next voice of the titular character is following Charles Martinet’s recent departure from the role. You can find the answer to that mystery here.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be available on October 20 exclusively for Nintendo Switch.
Nice seeing Super Mario Wonder getting great reviews and even a few perfect scores. Look forward to the Mp1st review, and hope they review Mario Rpg as well.