Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a game for the Nintendo Switch. It is the first new 2D Super Mario Bros. game since New Super Mario Bros. U. It was revealed in a Nintendo Direct on June 21, 2023. The game was released internationally on October 20, 2023. 
==Gameplay==
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a platformer game that includes playable characters such as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Blue Toad, Yellow Toad, Toadette, Nabbit and the Yoshis. Their moveset features standard abilities, for instance the Wall Jump and the Ground Pound. The Yoshis retain their Flutter Jump, ability to use their tongue, and can also be used as a mount, and they and Nabbit do not take any damage from enemies. The players can receive new abilities by consuming power-ups, both returning and brand-new ones, such as an elephant-themed fruit.
The signature feature of the game is the Wonder Flower, a power-up that changes the world around Mario and friends in unique and strange ways, examples including bringing Warp Pipes to life and causing themselves and elements of the stage to stretch upward. Also revolving around the "Wonder" theme are the Wonder Seeds and purple coins, prominent collectibles. Another notable addition are Talking Flowers, non-playable characters that populate the levels and comment on the events and gimmicks nearby.
The game has a very expansive world map, allowing you to walk around it in open area's much like Super Mario 3D World. Unlike most Mario games, the game allows you to choose the levels you want to play, and collect the wonder seeds, to unlock levels and progress. The game also includes Poplins, the residents of the flower kingdom. You can find them around the map and talk to them. Or you may even find them running a shop, where you can buy 1 ups, badges, or standee's. 
The game takes place in a location distinct from its predecessors and foregoes some of their established elements while featuring new level themes, such as autumnal forests and savannas. The hub consists of a contiguous world map, similar to that of New Super Mario Bros. U, where each level is represented by a 3D modeled icon, as in Super Mario 3D World. Also similar to both games, levels have unique names. Each one is also assigned a difficulty rating in-game, a feature only found previously in Super Mario Maker 2s Story Mode.
Unlike every other 2D side-scrolling Super Mario game, excluding Super Mario Bros. 2, there is no time limit, so the characters can explore levels for as long as desired.
==Development==
On June 21, 2023, a Nintendo Direct has showcased Super Mario Bros. Wonder. On August 31, 2023, more of Super Mario Bros. Wonder was shown in a 15-minute-long Nintendo Direct specifically focused on it. Super Mario Bros. Wonder also supposedly never had a deadline, as producer Takashi Tezuka stated: “I wanted to prevent people from saying, ‘We won’t make that deadline, so that’s why we didn’t do it—we can’t do it,’”
In regard to the new badge system, producer Tezuka had this to say: “It felt more like maybe something that you would see in a Zelda title, it didn’t really feel very Mario-esque … Mario gameplay is a lot more straightforward and simple.” According to Tezuka, the simple formula of older Mario games just isn't enough anymore. “When Mario first came out, of course, everything was new, so we really didn’t have to explain anything or convince people to do that play style,” Tezuka says. “We provided the game, and people were able to come up with their own play styles.”
The team also wanted to make a more unique and repayable experiences. Tezuka said, “If someone plays through a course, finishes it, moves on, and never comes back, that makes me a little sad. I really want players to play courses again and again.” For Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the development team took big risks. Instead of following the limitations of Mario, Tezuka urged developers “If you think it looks cool, it’s going to be fun. Do it.”
== Story ==
Welcome to the Flower Kingdom, a not so distant land just beyond the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and friends were invited here by the benevolent Prince Florian! But Bowser, the King of The Koopas, had other plans. With just a single touch of the mysterious Wonder Flower, Bowser merged with Prince Florian's castle! Thanks to his newfound power, chaos spread across the land! 
Bowser lands in the middle of the Pedal isles, protected by his Cloud Piranha Plants, as he prepares for his "big wonder". but wait! it seems the royal seeds can destroy Cloud Piranha Plants! 
Now it's up to Mario and friends to find the royal seeds, stop Bowser, and save the Flower Kingdom!
==Characters==
===Playable characters===
====Normal Mode====
* Mario
* Luigi
* Princess Peach
* Princess Daisy
* Yellow Toad
* Blue Toad
* Toadette
====Easy Mode====
* Yoshi
** Green Yoshi
** Red Yoshi
** Yellow Yoshi
** Light-Blue Yoshi
* Nabbit
=== Bosses ===
* Bowser
* King Boo
* Bowser Jr.
=== Other characters ===
* Captain Toad
* Poplin (species)
** Loyal Poplin
** Angler Poplin
** Master Poplin
* Prince Florian
* Talking Flower (species)
== Enemies ==
* Anglefish
* Armad
* Blewbird
* Bloomp
* Boo
* Bullet Bill
* Bulrush
* Buzzy Beetle
* Cheep Cheep
* Condart
* Dry Bones
* Goomba
** Grand Goomba
* Goombrat
** Big Goombrat
* Gnawsher
* Bone Goomba
* Hoppo
* Hoppycat
* Hot-Hot Rock
* Konk
* Koopa Troopa
** Koopa Paratroopa
** Hammer Bro
*** Shova Bro
** Rolla Koopa
** Rift Koopa
* Lakitu
* Li'l Sparky
** Hothead
* Maw-Maw
* Missile Meg
* Mumsie
* Outmaway
* Piranha Plant
** Cloud Piranha Plant
** Fire Piranha Plant
** Melon Piranha Plant
** Trottin' Piranha Plant
** Bone Piranha Plant
** Bone Trottin' Piranha Plant
* Podoboo
* Pokey
* Pokipede
* Puffy Lift
* Raargh
* Revver
* Rift Mario
* Rrrumba
* Seeker Bullet Bill
** Big Seeker Bullet Bill
* Shova
* Skedaddler
* Sledge Bro
* Smackerel
* Smogrin
** Big Smogrin
** Giant Smogrin
* Snootle
* Spike
* Spiny
* Sproing
* Sugarstar
* Taily
* Wiggler
* Wubba
* Fire Spike
* Swirlypod
* Trompette
* Sluglug
* Gamboo
* Kerpop
* Noknok
* Whohoo
* Snortoise
* Serpont
* Baboom
* Shoomp
* Zip-Zap
* Lil Scorcher
* Lava Blobble
* Flying Mechakoopa
* Bull's Eye Dragon Bill
==Objects==
==== Blocks ====
*! Block
*? Block
**Long ? Block
*Arrow Block
*Brick Block
*Cloud Block
*Crate
*Door
*Dotted-Line Block
*Double-Note Block
*Hard Block
*Ice Block
*Invisible Character Block
*Jewel Block
*Linking Lift
*ON/OFF Switch
**ON/OFF Block
*Pipe
*POW Block
**Red POW Block
*Pole Block
*Race Block
*Rotating Block
**Long Rotating Block
*Rhythm Block
*Snow Block
*Timer Block
*Wonder Barrier Block
*Zip
==== Power-Ups ====
*Fire Flower
*Super Mushroom
*Elephant Fruit
*Bubble Flower
*Drill Mushroom
*Super Star
==== Items ====
* 1-Up Mushroom
* 10-Flower Coin
* Blue Coin
* Coin
* Flower Bit
* Flower Coin
* Key
* Royal Seed
* Wonder Flower
* Wonder Seed
* Wonder Token
== Worlds ==
=== Pipe-Rock Plateau ===
*Welcome to the Flower Kingdom!
*Piranha Plants on Parade
*Scram, Skedaddlers!
*Bulrush Coming Through!
*Here Come the Hoppos
*Rolla Koopa Derby
*Swamp Pipe Crawl
* Angry Spikes and Sinkin' Pipes
*Bulrush Express
*Sproings in the Twilight Forest
*Cosmic Hoppos
*Badge Challenge Parachute Cap I
*Badge Challenge Wall-Climb Jump I
*Expert Badge Challenge Jet Run I
*Wiggler Race Mountaineering!
*Pipe-Rock Plateau Palace
* KO Arena Pipe-Rock Rumble
*Break Time! Hurry, Hurry
*Break Time! Wonder Token Tunes
*Break Time! Pop Up, Hoppo!
=== Fluff-Puff Peaks ===
*Outmaway Valley
*Pokipede Pass
*Condarts Away!
*Pole Block Passage
*Up 'n' Down with Puffy Lifts
*Jump! Jump! Jump!
*Countdown to Drop Down
*Cruising with Linking Lifts
*Badge Challenge Wall-Climb Jump II
*Badge Challenge Floating High Jump I
*Expert Badge Challenge Spring Feet I
*Fluff-Puff Peaks Flying Battleship
*Fluff-Puff Peaks Palace
*KO Arena Fluff-Puff Kerfuff
*Search Party Puzzling Park
*Break Time! Kick It, Outmaway
*Break Time! Cloud Cover
*Break Time! Zip-Go-Round
=== Shining Falls ===
*The Hoppycat Trial: Hop, Hop, and Awaaay
*The Anglefish Trial: Ready, Aim, Fly!
*The Midway Trial: Hop to It
*The Sharp Trial: Launch to Victory
*The Sugarstar Trial: Across the Night Sky
*The Final Trial: Zip Track Dash
*POOF! Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump I
*Search Party An Empty Park?
*Break Time! Unreachable Treasure?
*Break Time! Watery Wonder Tokens
*Break Time! Timer-Switch Climb
*Break Time! Timer-Switch Dash 
*Master Poplin's House
*Royal Seed Mansion
=== Sunbaked Desert ===
*Armads on the Roll
*The Desert Mystery 
*Rolling-Ball Hall
*Ninji Jump Party
* Bloomps of the Desert Skies 
*Valley Fulla Snootles
* Color-Switch Dungeon
*Secrets of Shova Mansion
*Flight of the Bloomps
*Badge Challenge Parachute Cap II
* Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump II
*Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility I
*Sunbaked Desert Palace
*KO Arena Sunbaked Skirmish
*Search Party Pipe Park
*Break Time! Treasure Vault
*Break Time! Raise the Stage
*Break Time! Revver Run
* Break Time! Floating Wonder Tokens
*Break Time! Bouncy Tunes
* Break Time! Lights Out
=== Fungi Mines ===
*Upshroom Downshroom
*Taily's Toxic Pond
*Light-Switch Mansion
*Beware of the Rifts
* An Uncharted Area: Wubba Ruins
*Another Uncharted Area: Swaying Ruins
*A Final Uncharted Area: Poison Ruins
* Badge Challenge Grappling Vine I
*KO Arena Fungi Funk
* Break Time! Tumble House
*Break Time! Trottin' Piranha Plants
*Loyal Poplin's House
*Operation Poplin Rescue
=== Deep Magma Bog ===
*Where the Rrrumbas Rule
*Raarghs in the Ruins
*Pull, Turn, Burn
* Hot-Hot Hot!
*Wavy Ride through the Magma Tube
*Dragon Boneyard
*Badge Challenge Floating High Jump II
*Badge Challenge Boosting Spin Jump II
* Badge Challenge Grappling Vine II
*Expert Badge Challenge Jet Run II
*Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility II
*Expert Badge Challenge Spring Feet II
*Deep Magma Bog Flying Battleship
*Deep Magma Bog Palace 
*KO Arena Magma Flare-Up
*Search Party Item Park
*Break Time! Hot-Hot Rocks
=== Special World ===
*Pipe-Rock Plateau Special Bounce, Bounce, Bounce
*Fluff-Puff Peaks Special Climb to the Beat
*Shining Falls Special Triple Threat Deluge
*Sunbaked Desert Special Pole Block Allure
*Fungi Mines Special Dangerous Donut Ride 
*Deep Magma Bog Special Solar Roller
* Petal Isles Special Way of the Goomba
*The Semifinal Test Piranha Plant Reprise
*The Final Test Wonder Gauntlet
*The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon
*WONDER? (Poplin house)
=== Petal Isles ===
* Leaping Smackerel
* Robbird Cove
* Blewbird Roost
*Downpour Uproar
*Jewel-Block Cave
*Gnawsher Lair
*Maw-Maw Mouthful
*Muncher Fields
*Badge Challenge Dolphin Kick I
*Badge Challenge Dolphin Kick II
*Badge Challenge Boosting Spin Jump I
*Wiggler Race Swimming!
*Wiggler Race Spelunking!
*Petal Isles Flying Battleship
*KO Arena Petal Meddle
*Missile Meg Mayhem
*High-Voltage Gauntlet
*Evade the Seeker Bullet Bills!
*KnuckleFest Bowser's Blazing Beats
*The Final Battle! Bowser's Rage Stage
== Badges ==
In poplin shop's, one of the things you can buy with purple coin's is badges. these badges can give Prince Florian super powers, that he can use to help Mario and friends. Some badges can be found in Poplin house's. Others you can get by beating badge challenges. There are three types of badges. Action badges give Mario and friends ability's to help him with his stunts and jumps. Boost badges help you complete task's behind the scenes, like adding ! blocks to the course, or activating a sensor to listen to item's. Expert badges are here to change up the game, and give each level and extra challenge. 
== Standee's ==
standee's can be placed around levels. in online play, standee's serve as a re-spawn point, that you can go to if you turn into a ghost. the more standee's you buy in the poplin shop, the more you can add to your collection. in the poplin shop, you can buy a standee for purple coins. you can buy a character specific standee, or a random standee.
== Music ==
The music for this game was composed by Koji Kondo, Shiho Fujii, Sayako Doi, and Chisaki Shimazu. The game features a full soundtrack like most modern Nintendo titles.
== Real-world influences ==
=== In pop culture ===
The Nintendo Direct of Wonder received mixed reactions of excitement and concern. Fans took interest with Princess Daisy being playable, a new elephant power-up, and even the art direction. Fans were concerned noticing Mario's voice is off, pointing out the voice is different from Charles Martinet, which was replaced by Kevin Afghani (which the latter theory would later become true as of August 21, 2023). 
==Trivia==
*On August 21, 2023, it was announced that Charles Martinet is retiring from providing voice acting for the Super Mario games.Charles Martinet Retires From Longtime Voice Role Of Nintendo’s Mario This means that Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first game to feature Kevin Afghani as the new voice of Mario and Luigi.
**In addition, this is also the first game to feature Giselle Fernandez as the new voice of Princess Daisy, replacing Deanna Mustard.
*This is the second Mario platformer game to feature Daisy as a playable character, the first being Super Mario Run.
**This is the first console Mario platformer to feature Daisy as a playable character .
**This is also Daisy's third appearance in a mainline Mario game, The first being her debut in Super Mario Land and the second being Super Mario Run (which is officially considered mainline by Nintendo).
*Excluding New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (which is a direct port), Super Mario Bros. Wonder is first original 2D Super Mario series platformer to be released on the Nintendo Switch.
*Not counting entries in Super Mario Maker, its follow-ups, and the iOS/Android release Super Mario Run, this is the first 2D Super Mario game since Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins if not counting ports) to not use the New Super Mario Bros. label.
**It is the first game with Super Mario Bros. in the title to not use the New Super Mario Bros. label since the sub-series inception.
*This is also the first game since Super Mario 64 DS in the Super Mario series where Yoshi is an individual playable character rather than playing his usual role as a rideable sidekick.
*This game has the most playable characters in Mario game since Super Mario Run, as this game has 12 playable characters: Mario (1), Luigi (2), Peach (3), Daisy (4), Light Blue Yoshi (5), Red Yoshi (6), Green Yoshi (7), Yellow Yoshi (8), Blue Toad (9), Yellow Toad (10), Toadette (11), and Nabbit (12).
*Nabbit and Yoshi are shown to be "Easy-Mode Characters" as revealed at the Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct. This is second time Nabbit has been declared an "Easy Mode" Character and the first time for Yoshi.
**However, during certain Wonder Effects such as the one in Maw Maw Mouthful, the Yoshis and Nabbits can still be eaten by Maw Maws.
*This is the second game where Mario can transform into a Goomba. The first time was in Super Mario Odyssey.
*This is the first game to have characters walk while crouching, and characters that can throw Fire Balls while crouching.
**Some characters can walk while crouching in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, however.
*Super Mario Bros. Wonder has sold 4.3 million copies within 2 weeks, making this one of the best sales performances of a Super Mario game.
*This game was released on the same week as Sonic Superstars.
==Original Soundtrack==
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