The elephant power-up of Super Mario Bros Wonder was famous even before the game launched. — Photos: Nintendo/dpa
TOKYO: Super Mario as an elephant with a trunk and giant ears? This image from the first presentation of "Super Mario Bros. Wonder" immediately went viral. But the latest addition to the Mario universe is about much more than just that.
"Wonder" plays very much like a classic 2D Mario title: running from left to right, collecting coins, hopping onto platforms and enemies, or slipping into green tubes.
Parts of 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder' look like a completely normal, classic 2D Mario title.
The titular "wonder", however, comes in the form of the so-called wonder flowers. When they’re collected, the level turns into a colourful glowing world where surprising things happen.
Tubes come to life, Mario becomes a small brown mushroom creature called a Goomba or rides through the level on a herd of buffalo.
You have to hop over these colourful bubbles: Super Mario Bros Wonder is delightfully whimsical in many places.
The transformation into an elephant is a regular power-up like collecting a fire flower or a mushroom. As an elephant, players can store water in their trunk, trickle it out or use it to catapult enemies away.
As in previous games, the world is divided into individual levels that can be selected on a large world map. In many sections it’s possible for the players to move freely. In addition to regular levels, the game world also offers small challenges.
Woo! Another level completed.
You can play alone or in a team of up to four people – and with various characters from the Mario world, including Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy. This can be done on the couch or by using a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
"Super Mario Bros. Wonder" is scheduled for release for the Nintendo Switch on October 20th at a cost of around €60/US$60 (about RM280). – dpa
