Super Mario Bros Wonder Gets Demos At US Kiosks
Super Mario Bros Wonder already has a demo out. But it’s not available on the Switch eShop.
As reported by Video Games Chronicle, demos have already spotted out in the wild. And by out in the wild, I mean Nintendo have placed in-store kiosks across different retail outlets around America.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder demo is now playable in some Target stores pic.twitter.com/adA1nLMC1Q
The pictures of the kiosk show that players can see the Switch inside its dock. There is also a readily available Swith Pro controller ready for players who want to try the demo out, as well as a pair of Joy-Cons on the other side. All of these controllers are tethered to the display. We don’t know for now when Nintendo will put up a demo on the Nintendo eShop, or even if they plan to do so.
Of course, placing demos in retail stores is a strong strategy. It’s designed to get visibility for this new Mario game with people who aren’t gamers, or more likely, are lapsed gamers. Some of those gamers may have fond memories of growing up with Mario games, and their interest could have been reactivated by the incredibly successful release of the Super Mario Bros Movie earlier this year.
While the Super Mario Bros Movie has been overtaken by The Barbie Movie as the highest grossing film of the year, it still stands as overwhelmingly the most successful game made by Illumination. Both movies are also overwhelmingly ahead of everything else in the industry that released this year.
If there could be a reason for Nintendo to publish a demo for Super Mario Bros Wonder on the eShop, it would be to encourage the fans to try out its multiplayer features. So maybe has plans to release a demo in such a way that people would contact their friends to get them to
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