Super Mario Bros. Wonder

After almost two decades of getting New Super Mario Bros remakes for different systems with barely anything changed about them, I was not ready to give this game a chance at all. I played the original New Super Mario Bros for the DS and Wii, and I still love them both they hold up pretty well.

I played the sequel for 3ds and it was so uninspired and boring. I beat it in one sitting, I've never done that for any game ever. So the hype was really not that high for Super Mario Bros Wonder. But then I heard it was actually going to be different; new power ups, more playable characters, fun and creative gameplay, and I'm just going to say it; Wonder!

So I bought the game along with the Super Mario RPG remake for Black Friday and Wonder was for 2d Mario was Super Mario Odyssey was for 3d Mario! It's so fun and endlessly engaging, which is a miracle because I haven't said that about a Mario game since Odyssey.

This is a *WONDER*ful game that anyone of any age can get into and enjoy themselves. This game will bring out that childlike glee we all used to feel when we consumed media for children as kids.

My personal favorite part is that it isn't super punishing like the previous Mario Bros games. They ironed out the extra life problem from the older games where you would get so many extra lives that you were never in fear of getting a game over but at the exact same time, the difficulty of World 5 is so hard on Super Mario Bros U Deluxe that I actually got frustrated with it and put the game down indefinitely.

But this one gives you very little 1-Ups but also doesn't punish you for trying to complete a level and I never spent more than a few tries on a single level. It also gives you options; if you can't make it at this one level, don't worry, there's a couple others where you can't earn Wonder Seeds to progress the game. But if you really wanted to, you could spend all your time at these challenges that don't take away your lives but challenge your skills and it's so satisfying to finally get through it, it's almost like the adrenaline rush you feel when you defeat a SoulsBorne boss.

This will make a great addition to anyone's Mario game collection and it's one of Nintendo's best with new Mario content. It is well worth your $60.