Topic: Nintendo Switch --OT--

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a ton of fun.

It's not on the level of something like DKC: Tropical Freeze or Rayman Legends, but it has reminded me how much I've missed having a semi-regular influx of new 2D Mario platformers.

I love how the game sort of de-centers Mario now. I'm playing through with Princess Peach, and even the in-game narration refers to "Peach's party" throughout.

Grabbed it with a voucher. Other one is probably going to Princess Peach: Showtime! next year.

I know this is mostly a Playstation forum and Spidey 2 came out the same time but I am genuinely suprised to see this is the only post about Wonder @Ralizah! (Though to be honest I kinda forgot Zelda came out this year with how muted talk about it seems to have been outside of it's launch month compared to BotW where you didn't seem to hear the end of it).

I can't actually say much about Wonder but I'm glad there's a nice selection of characters you can choose from as I've never understood the love for Mario as a character. The games themselves sure but Mario himself? Pretty sure dishwater is more exciting

Princess Peach: Showtime looked a bit basic and rough to me when I saw it in the direct but I hope to be proven wrong about that!

@HallowMoonshadow Me too. A new and extremely well-received 2D Mario isn't exactly a common event. Although I suppose, just given the nature of the game, there's not a lot that needs to be said about it.

RE: Zelda - It's the nature of the beast with highly iterative sequels. Same reason GoW Ragnarok talk was far more muted compared to the 2018 game.

BotW rewrote large portions of the book when it came to open world game design. TotK is BotW, but even bigger and with some really innovative building mechanics layered on.

The Princess Peach game could be a really cool puzzle-platformer, or it could be a shallow stab at Nintendo's sizeable female demographic. I choose to remain hopeful. If nothing else, it's not wildly sexist in concept like Super Princess Peach was.

My girl needs representation.

Okay I REALLY thought soneone else might've chimed in about Wonder by now (I saw a bit of a stream and the whole wonder seed business seems like it could add some much needed variety) but... I guess not @Ralizah!

Bit of a shame as it does seem to actually seem to shake things up a bit compared to the last few 2D Mario games.

Wasn't that Princess Peach game something about her using her emotions to do something? Which yeah... Does sound rather bad. Hopefully Showtime does Peach justice!

... Bit of a side note (but hey it's been out on switch forever) but I saw Gnosia is finally getting a PS4/PS5 port! I never thought it was going to tbh. Can't wait to finally try it, been itching to do so ever since I read your review on it!

@HallowMoonshadow The Wonder Flowers add some creative, transformative gimmick or setpiece to each and every level. It's pretty cool. The complete opposite of the NSMB games where you always knew what to expect from each game.

It's selling well, but I guess there's not a lot of hype in Playstation Land.

It's worse than you think. You had to carefully trigger Princess Peach's extreme mood swings to solve environmental puzzles, since they have abilities or elemental properties attached to them. So, like, if you need to fill a hole, you trigger her to become sad, and she cries so profusely the tears fill it up. If you need to burn something, you trigger her to become mad, and she snarls and stomps around as flames jet out of her body.

It's particularly amusing when you need to swap between the various moods in short succession lol.

It's... creative, but also deeply sexist imo. I've never been comfortable with it. The girl deserves better. I'm hoping Showtime gives her that moment she deserves.

tbf between her portrayal in the Mario movie and the fact that Mario Wonder doesn't feature her getting kidnapped and treats her like the protagonist if you play as her, it's already been a pretty good year for non-stereotyped portrayals of the character.

And yes! Get Gnosia! I'm so glad it's getting ported elsewhere. Such a unique experience.