Nintendo announced a new 2D Mario game during the June Nintendo Direct, a surreal adventure aptly named Super Mario Bros Wonder. Super Mario Bros Wonder launches for the Nintendo Switch on Oct. 20, 2023, and is the first brand-new 2D Mario game in over 10 years.
The last 2D Mario game on the Switch was New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, a repackaging of the Wii U launch game with a few extra features.
Mario Wonder introduces Wonder Flowers and Wonder Seeds, which Mario can interact with and drastically change the environment around him.
“When you touch a Wonder Flower in the game, the wonders of the world unlock – pipes could come alive, hordes of enemies may appear, characters might change their looks, for example – transforming the gameplay in unpredictable ways. Excitement and different surprises await in each course,” Nintendo said in a press release.
One flower turns Mario into an elephant, another makes Princess Daisy playable, and a different Wonder Flower makes the stage come alive, complete with moving pipes and other surreal effects.
There’s a sizeable playable cast as well, including Mario, Luigi, Toad, Yoshi, Daisy, and Peach. Nintendo didn’t outright say whether that means it’ll include multiplayer functions like most modern 2D Mario games, but it looks probable, given the footage.
Nintendo didn’t give too much additional information aside from that, but did promise more details to come before the game’s October 2023 launch.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
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