Nintendo Says Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Online Mode Aims For "Entirely Positive" Chill Vibes
«People have their own image of what online play might be. Maybe it's a little difficult, or maybe it's a little scary.»
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder overall promises to be a major revamp of the traditional 2D Mario formula, as we saw in Nintendo's latest Direct. Beyond its unique take on level design and new game mechanics, Wonder is also promising to change the way we play online, with an online experience that aims to be «entirely positive.»
Online gaming doesn't exactly have the best reputation, with trolls, griefers, and toxic players often too easily encountered. Mario Wonder aims to buck this trend with its more casual take on online play. «People have their own image of what online play might be. Maybe it's a little difficult, or maybe it's a little scary,» Mario Wonder producer Takashi Tezuka told CNET.
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«The concept behind the online play this time is really this idea of casual connection, being able to experience multiplayer game sessions as if you were playing a single-player game,» added game director Shiro Mouri. «What I really wanted to do is create an online play experience that's entirely positive.»
This plays out in the game a few different ways. You can encounter another player's presence in Mario Wonder in the form of signposts that can provide you with a helpful power-up, in a way that's comparable to Death Stranding's online co-op elements. Online players can also show up as shadows in
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