I’d love to mention and talk about more Wonder effects, but the ones I can discuss are the ones you’ve seen.
You’ve seen the trailers some flowers make warp pipes dance up and down like a party and flood the stages with bison-like Bulrush, which you ride right through the standard finish flag. There’s at least 10 new gameplay mechanics hereĮach flower transforms the course differently, constantly surprising you with what they do. While there are shared ideas among these Wonder Flowers, almost all are unique to each course as you play out the game.
Some courses have more than one Wonder Flower, which results in getting a Wonder Seed, but you’ll always get another seed for finishing the level. The Wonder Flowers inhabit each course, but it’s not always easy to find them. The word gimmick gets used often as a pejorative, but in this instance, it’s not. The Flower Kingdom isn’t too different from the Mushroom Kingdom, but there is one big difference: it’s home to Wonder Flowers, and these flowers are the main gimmick of Wonder. Mario then sets out with everyone, including the Prince, to free the Poplins and set things right. Bowser takes hold of a Wonder Flower and somehow merges himself with his Koopa Clown Car and Prince Florian’s Castle to become a flying nuisance who locks up all the population of the Kingdom (Poplins) in their homes. While the party is just getting started, Bowser shows up and ruins it for everyone. Mario and friends have been invited to the Kingdom by Prince Florian. games is usually the same, but we’re not even in the Mushroom Kingdom this time, but the nearby Flower Kingdom.
Is Wonder the refresh we’ve been waiting for? You might be surprised. Now, in the twilight of the Nintendo Switch’s life, we finally get a brand-new 2D Mario title, and it’s as fresh as it is weird.
If you wanted innovation and weirdness, you had to make it yourself with Super Mario Maker or play 3D Mario games - those games had freshness in spades. It was the refresh the franchise needed… and then Nintendo milked it dry - game after game with the same art, music, controls, and ideas. For the last decade, the 2D Mario games have been anything but. games are at their best when they’re weird and different.
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