{"id":134628,"date":"2023-09-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-154865"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:00:00","slug":"hands-on-super-mario-bros-wonder-lives-up-to-its-name-in-the-first-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/05\/hands-on-super-mario-bros-wonder-lives-up-to-its-name-in-the-first-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands On: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Lives Up To Its Name In The First Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A funny thing happened at (well, near<\/em>) PAX West 2023. Super Mario Bros. Wonder<\/a>, the latest two-dimensional Mario game \u2014 and the first original one in over 10 years \u2014 was surprisingly made fully playable for Nintendo Live<\/a> attendees and media alike ahead of its October 20th release on Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n

Anyone who\u2019s watched preview footage of Wonder can attest to the game\u2019s more whimsical nature, even for Mario\u2019s standards; you\u2019ve got the nighttime, moody-blue palette, a flower power-up that when touched sees Mario descend into Lewis Carrol-like dreamscapes, and, of course, the elephant in the room \u2026 Mario can turn into a freaking elephant.<\/p>\n

Not unlike some of Mario\u2019s most memorable adventures, this game looks weird \u2014 really<\/em> weird. But does all this nonsense come together to create something as fun as Mario\u2019s lofty standards often promise?<\/p>\n

Wonder-ing how it works?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Skip the following sentence if you wish to avoid spoilers for Super Mario Wonder: <\/strong> Bowser is back, and he\u2019s causing problems in the Mushroom Kingdom. <\/strong> Okay, are we all back? We good?<\/p>\n

Great, because we’re excited to tell you where Nintendo has<\/em> subverted expectations in this iteration of Mario: it\u2019s in all the little, important details. And those little details will likely make a pretty big difference for both shiny newcomers and decorated veterans alike.<\/p>\n