Super Mario Bros. Wonder Review Round-up – One of 2023’s Highest-Rated Games
The review embargo on Super Mario Bros. Wonder has lifted, which means reviews have gone live for the 2D platformer across a number of outlets ahead of its imminent launch, and the game has seen near-universal acclaim from critics right out the gate.
At the time of writing, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has a score of 93 on Metacritic (after 80 reviews), which makes it one of the year’s highest-rated games, and the consensus seems to be that Nintendo has delivered the best mainline 2D Mario platformer in decades. On OpenCritic, it’s currently sitting at a score of 92.
In a 5/5 review, VGC says, “Super Mario Bros. Wonder is lovingly crafted, consistently surprising, and a delight to play alone or with friends. If this is what the future of Mario side-scrolling looks like, then we can’t wait to see what’s next. Especially if future games are assembled with this much heart.”
Meanwhile, Eurogamer, also awarding it a score of 5/5, has called it “an endless cascade of ideas in a game that takes Mario to some wonderfully strange places.”
Nintendo Life has given the game a score of 9/10, saying, “Super Mario Bros. Wonder is, quite simply, the best 2D Mario game since Super Mario World. This is the slickest, sharpest, and smartest that two-dimensional Mario has felt since 1991 and in its Wonder Flowers, badges, and online aspects, it serves up an endlessly inventive and impressive platforming adventure that we’ve been utterly hooked on. With local co-op and online fun adding to the replayability factor and nigh-on perfect performance in both docked and handheld modes, this feels like 2D Mario with its mojo back, and one of the very best platformers we’ve played in quite some time.”
Meanwhile, GameSpot’s 9/10 review is similarly full
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