Super Mario Bros Wonder Hype

I don't have a working switch at the moment, but i'm curious to see how it's received. I want to play it, it looks fantastic.
 
I'm quickly approaching 40, but this series is responsible for many of my fondest gaming moments.

I've been excited since it was announced and not sure if I want to play it at release, or wait till Christmas to share it with my kids.

Waited with Wii U to do that and the experience was incredible.
 
SMB Wonder might be my most hyped game this year. Everything I've of it played so far has been fantastic and something special. I love 2D Mario games so much, and this one feels like a return to form after almost 2 decades of New Supe.

I'm biased, but everyone should get this game.
 
tmlDan said:
I am not, typical Mario game again. Im kinda over Mario platformers tbh
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So you aren't interested in it because it's a platformer?

I guess it can be looked at as being pretty casual, but it is Nintendo at its finest to me. The old boy is always learning some new tricks and going to new places.

The gameplay is pure fun, and not quite like Sonic to me where you are zooming to the goal at the end.

I appreciate the art. It screams Nintendo. It's expressive and it pops, especially compared to how blocky and pixelated the first game is. It doesn't have to go for anything super realistic, and it just tries to be FUN.

Even better still, you get to play these games with your friends and family. Although I will miss the chaos of bouncing on someone's head to drop them in a pit or picking them up and throwing them. Unless I can use yoshi for this.

I can return to them years later and I never have buyers remorse. I do crave some more of that.
 
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Not really. I haven't been into Mario since they started the "New" Super Mario Bros style. I did like 3D Land a lot and 3D World was solid. I'm sure I'll play it at some point though.
 
For me, the NSMB series was mostly decent, but this looks awful visually and I still can't get over the ugliness of the Elephant power or the too-saturated candy colors :-/

NSMB1: total trash level design, this one honestly made me think Nintendo forgot how to make 2D Mario games
NSMBWii: actually quite good as a multiplayer game, even fun for singleplayer; they fixed the braindead level design of the first game, even though it's a far cry from Super Mario World or any of the classics;
NSMB2 (3DS): the one people loved to hate, even though it was a very decent game, and infinitely better than NSMB1. The 3D effect was quite nice, and the coin rush mode actually worked well.
NSMBU (WIIU): Not bad at all, basically an expansion of NSMBWii. Some of the extra challenges and secrets were very good.

But Wonder? I still think it's atrociously ugly. And so far I haven't seen any levels that look worth playing, although we have to assume that all the good stuff is blocked out as usual. But if the few overworld & cave levels shown in the previews are how this game is going to turn out, it looks dreadful.
 
This game looks gorgeous and is just bursting with new ideas. Content seems huge.
Can't wait to dive in during Christmas.
I think it's gonna be special and a serious contender for goty.
 
Raonak said:
the graphics and animation looks really good.
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Yeah, they really nailed that classic art style with this one. Thank god they've moved on from the NSMB mold.
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Katajx said:
So you aren't interested in it because it's a platformer?

I guess it can be looked at as being pretty casual, but it is Nintendo at its finest to me. The old boy is always learning some new tricks and going to new places.

The gameplay is pure fun, and not quite like Sonic to me where you are zooming to the goal at the end.

I appreciate the art. It screams Nintendo. It's expressive and it pops, especially compared to how blocky and pixelated the first game is. It doesn't have to go for anything super realistic, and it just tries to be FUN.

Even better still, you get to play these games with your friends and family. Although I will miss the chaos of bouncing on someone's head to drop them in a pit or picking them up and throwing them. Unless I can use yoshi for this.

I can return to them years later and I never have buyers remorse. I do crave some more of that.
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okay, thats nice.

is this an ad? to me, they're all the same with slight variations and thats not worth full price.
 
I'm happy to see a new Mario game release, but I won't be buying it until December.

I'm curious as to who's going to win in sales, Mario or Spiderman?
 
So hyped about it. It feels like the first real mainline SMB game since Super Mario World. It has all the kinds of gameplay innovations that made SMB3 so hyped.

My only dilemma is whether I should watch more videos than the direct to get even more hyped, or wait and be surprised on Friday
 
osiris_128bits said:
2d game at full price...
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If this was reddit I'd just roll my eyes, but since this is GAF I'm gonna assume this is satire and you're actually a comedic genius.
 
Chittagong said:
My only dilemma is whether I should watch more videos than the direct to get even more hyped, or wait and be surprised on Friday
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The entire gimmick of this one seems to be the wonder effects. I think it'd be a huge mistake watching any more footage this close to release.

I'm very curious how it'll affect the replayability. That's probably my only major concern for this one.
 
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While I enjoy every new Mario game, this game marks a new milestone for me.

My 5 year old daughter has started playing Mario games with me and we've exhausted all previous titles. This will be our first new title to play through together upon release.

No longer am I playing games for one, but now I've begun the passing of the torch so to speak. Games have a whole new enjoyment now 😎
 
I dunno, from what little I've seen, it just kind of looks... fine? I generally enjoy Mario games, and Nintendo hasn't really let me down in a long while. But I also don't typically expect a lot of shake-ups in these types of games.

I've been a bit bummed they've been staying so safe with the playable characters. I'd love to see more characters, like a shrunk-down Bowser, or even inviting more guests like the Mario Kart games. Playing the same couple characters since Mario 2 (USA), with little to no variation in gameplay, just feels a bit dull after a while.

Still, if I ever manage to get some gaming time with some friends, I'd consider picking it up. Otherwise, I might just wait until it's on sale or something.
 
Wonder looks really fun but with crazy amount of games coming out I decide I have to choose Mario RPG over Wonder.....I might get to it once there are less games coming out.
 
fart town usa said:
No. Never been too keen on the NSMB type games. I'm sure it'll be great though.
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FWIW, this plays a lot more like SMW than NSMB in my opinion. It doesn't have the heaviness that New Supe has. It's definitely a snappier feeling Mario game.
 
Hyped enough to part with $60. I'm playing New Super Mario Bros U which I hadn't played before to get myself in the mood.

I "wonder" how much I'll be able to sell my preorder pack of cards for on eBay.
 
Dacvak said:
FWIW, this plays a lot more like SMW than NSMB in my opinion. It doesn't have the heaviness that New Supe has. It's definitely a snappier feeling Mario game.
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New Super's Level design is also nowhere near as clever or interesting (sans the first game). There's a lot more variety and interesting gimmicks on a level by level basis. It's difficult to get bored, here.
 
Dacvak said:
FWIW, this plays a lot more like SMW than NSMB in my opinion. It doesn't have the heaviness that New Supe has. It's definitely a snappier feeling Mario game.
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That's good to know cause SMW is still the pinnacle of the series for me and actually...my wife was browsing the Switch store the other week and said she wanted this. Christmas present perhaps 🤔
 
64bitmodels said:
New Super's Level design is also nowhere near as clever or interesting (sans the first game). There's a lot more variety and interesting gimmicks on a level by level basis. It's difficult to get bored, here.
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Totally agree. It'll be interesting to replay these stages a few months from now to see how well the Wonder effects age, though. From what I've played, I'd say about 50% of them are pretty standard quality Mario gimmicks that I'll probably get tired of after a while (which is fine since they're optional anyway), while the other half are seriously some of the most creative and fun twists I've seen in any platformer, let alone a Mario game.

I bet there are a dozen indie studios right now salivating at how they're going to take one of the better Wonder mechanics and flesh out a whole game with it.

(Wonder effect spoiler)
The effect where the player switches from running on the normal ground to running on the wall of the background is so brilliant. Someone is definitely going to turn that into a full puzzle platformer game at some point.
 
Danjin44 said:
Wonder looks really fun but with crazy amount of games coming out I decide I have to choose Mario RPG over Wonder.....I might get to it once there are less games coming out.
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Seems reasonable. I am looking forward to playing this with my 5 year old, but I want to play Spider-Man 2 as well.

Maybe I will get the vouchers and use them for this and RPG. I missed out on that as well.
 
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