Binged this over some weekend with friends, and it's an overall solid Mario game!
I, like many others, have felt 2D Mario stale over the years with the incredibly same-y New Super Mario series. This has thankfully been a nice stray from that formula while still remaining true to 2D Mario gameplay and presentation. There isn't too much to say in terms of what the package is. It's a 2D Mario, and it's good.
The music is fun, although I won't linger on any specific hits. The wonder mechanic makes it incredibly fun to experience levels and see the creativity by the dev team. The creativity! Can't be stated enough how fresh it feels with simple but fun ideas brought to the table. Even the traditional Mario worlds have been strayed from a bit as the worlds in Wonder have a bit more life injected into them. The badge system was admittedly kind of a miss, with 2-3 badges clearing all the others by a wide margin. That and it would've been nice to have a few more unique wonder effects or harder levels to add more to the overall gameplay. Can't complain too much though, this is 2D Mario. You know what you get when you buy it.
As a whole, it's a simple and effective 2D platformer oozing with creativity the 2D Mario series hasn't had in years. Odd it's this late in the life cycle of the Switch but a welcome addition nonetheless. Great game, excited to see how it gets a follow up years from now.
I, like many others, have felt 2D Mario stale over the years with the incredibly same-y New Super Mario series. This has thankfully been a nice stray from that formula while still remaining true to 2D Mario gameplay and presentation. There isn't too much to say in terms of what the package is. It's a 2D Mario, and it's good.
The music is fun, although I won't linger on any specific hits. The wonder mechanic makes it incredibly fun to experience levels and see the creativity by the dev team. The creativity! Can't be stated enough how fresh it feels with simple but fun ideas brought to the table. Even the traditional Mario worlds have been strayed from a bit as the worlds in Wonder have a bit more life injected into them. The badge system was admittedly kind of a miss, with 2-3 badges clearing all the others by a wide margin. That and it would've been nice to have a few more unique wonder effects or harder levels to add more to the overall gameplay. Can't complain too much though, this is 2D Mario. You know what you get when you buy it.
As a whole, it's a simple and effective 2D platformer oozing with creativity the 2D Mario series hasn't had in years. Odd it's this late in the life cycle of the Switch but a welcome addition nonetheless. Great game, excited to see how it gets a follow up years from now.