We’ve already played the new Super Mario game – it’s just great

There it is again, that familiar playing feeling that has accompanied you for decades and immediately emerges when the muzzle holder is operated from left to right. You can jump and jump on opponents at the touch of a button. Mario collects coins, swallows mushrooms and runs to the end of the level. So everything is as usual, you would think. But «Super Mario Bros. Miracle» has some wonderful surprises in store.

The evil one is now a castle

Princess Peach can breathe a sigh of relief because for once she hasn’t been kidnapped by the villain Bowser. Because when Mario and his friends are invited by Prince Florian to his flower kingdom, the always bad-tempered Rager appears and steals a miracle flower. Bowser then merges with Florian’s castle and causes real commotion in the kingdom as a flying fortress.

At the same time, the magical balance is thrown into disarray and all kinds of strange things are happening in the kingdom. To stop Bowser and return the castle to safety, our Super Mario must jump through colorful levels and search for miracle flowers and seeds so he can progress step by step.

Looking for seeds

Simply running through the levels until you are in front of Bowser’s castle is of course not possible. As we have come to expect from previous adventures, tolls must also be paid here regularly. This time our hero does not collect stars, but must always have a certain number of seeds in his dungarees pocket to progress on the map.

If the map is designed very simple and strict at the beginning, it will become more complicated and even busy later in the game. surface, where tiny Mario can explore to find hidden levels or chat with the locals. There are also one or two mini shops waiting for him, where he can buy various items and other objects of his choice with purple money.

A big surprise bag

As we already know from the many predecessors, there are a number world’s, which are dedicated to a specific topic. There’s the classic desert world, the mountain theme, the cloud theme and many other levels that no longer blow our socks off thematically, but do present individual sections that unleash a huge bag of surprises on us as gamers.

Each individual level has a special characteristic, sometimes large and sometimes small. Whether it’s an insane structure, surprising enemies or a new skill that Super Mario suddenly learns Surprise effect is always present. Suddenly you find yourself in a battle arena, a mini-game wants to be played or a race with a strange figure awaits us. Before each level you wonder what will happen to us this time.

Things get particularly strange when we have a hidden copy Wonder flower to discover. When this is collected, it creates a virtual explosion of fun. Solid objects come to life, upstairs is sometimes downstairs, the opponents transform, Mario suddenly changes shape and audiovisual things happen with the very large trowel.

Speaking of audio: “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” speaks for the first time after the departure of Charles Martinet newer Voice actor the roles of Mario and Luigi. The 26-year-old American Kevin Afghani is doing so well that the differences with his predecessor are barely audible.

The new power-ups

Super Mario has a lot to offer in this adventure Power ups. Besides the usual suspects like Super Mushroom, Super Star and the popular Fire Flower, the Nintendo mascot has a few more waiting for him in the question mark boxes.

With the elephant fruit, Mario becomes a pachyderm and can easily knock opponents away with his trunk and break blocks. Using a drill mushroom, he digs into the floor or ceiling to avoid enemies or discover secret rooms. The bubble flower not only ensures that enemies are surrounded and then disappear into thin air, but also serves as a short-term platform to gain height in the level.

Higher, faster, further

Super Mario not only gets new power-ups, but also more than twenty license Plate missed, which provides an additional ability and is always selected at the start of the level.

This improves jump height, allows us to perform smoother wall jumps, optimizes swimming skills and allows us to detect hidden objects via radar, and so on. Over time we collect so many badges that we can’t help it and want to play the levels multiple times to unlock all the secrets.

Sweet, cute, funny

“Super Mario Bros.” Wonder” is a feast for the eyes. The worlds and the levels within them are peppered with loving animations. The enemies are cute, so you hardly dare to jump on their heads. If you take your hands off the controller and take a look at the diversity of the worlds, you will notice many beautiful details in the foreground and background.

Super Mario himself has received a few new movement animations and ensures that the corners of his mouth regularly move upwards. The different animations when he disappears and reappears in a tube are just sweet.

A flower that keeps appearing along the side of the path also makes you smile and will regularly address and motivate you through the right voice output. What at first glance may seem like a small foreign body in the Mario universe, later turns out to be a welcome encounter that also has a tip in store and provides a small but nice dose of extra humor.

The agony of choice

By the way, if you don’t feel like playing Mario at all, you can also go on a journey with another character from the Super Mario cosmos. Overall status twelve playable characters available, which differ only in a few points.

Mario, Luigi, Peach and Co. all control themselves in the same way, while the four Yoshi variants are more intended for inexperienced players. The mounts are virtually invulnerable and have the famous flutter flight, which gives them a clear advantage.

Then there is Mopsie, which is also available for selection. Like his colleague Yoshi, he is just as invincible, but he cannot fly and he cannot do anything with power-ups.

Not just for soloists

If you don’t want to embark on the adventure alone, you can start locally or online with friends. Gathering at the local game Up to four game endings for the screen. If someone chooses Yoshi, he can even be used as a mount and if he dies you can level each other up.

At the Online game Up to four players can hunt together and races can be organised, among other things. And those who start the online connection usually see the ghosts of other online participants from around the world while playing, who can also place funny cardboard cutouts in the levels to communicate with each other. A real online mode looks different, but Nintendo is at least taking the first steps in the right direction.

Showered with pleasure

Conclusion: What fun! “Super Mario Bros.” Wonder” gives us so much pleasure that we can hardly keep our hands off it. True to the motto “One more level is possible!” Let’s run and jump through these beautifully animated worlds, unlock tons of additional abilities and enjoy every surprise that comes our way.

As usual, Mario controls himself with precision, the game is always fair and always shows us crazy design ideas. Even after the entertaining main story, which takes about ten hours of playtime, it’s far from over. The worlds are packed with secrets, hidden levels and challenges that still await you.

“Super Mario Bros.” Wonder” has become a fantastic 2D platformer that will provide you with a lot of fun and will stay with you for a long time thanks to its high replay value. Just awesome!

“Super Mario Bros.” Wonder” will be available for Nintendo Switch on October 20 and is available for children aged 3 and up.