This familiar-looking power-up doesn't just gift Mario the ability to shoot fireballs, instead transforming stages in wildly unpredictable ways. Things take a distinctly trippy turn, though, with Nintendo's latest gimmick – the Wonder Flower. Super Mario Bros Movie surpasses one billion dollars at global box office Games: Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel Tears of the Kingdom improves on perfection Games: Bottoms up for next year's Super Mario Bros movie with Chris Pratt Launching on October 20, Wonder ticks all the boxes for gamers who've been battling Bowser since the 1980s, with an overworld map, four-player co-op and a playable cast of Mario mainstays, including Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Luigi and Toad. In fact, the last 2D Mario game before then was 1995's Super Mario World 2 – and it's the Super Nintendo-era platformers that have inspired his next blockbuster.īilled by Nintendo as 'the next evolution of 2D side-scrolling Super Mario Bros games', Wonder is the first new Mario game since Odyssey six years ago. During the portable Game and Watch craze of the early 1980s, Mario enlisted in the army, hand-delivering explosives to his brothers-in-arms in Bombs Away, while in the PETA-baiting Donkey Kong Circus, he forced the big ape to perform cruel tricks or face ridicule.īut it's the mainline Mario adventures that have ensured Nintendo sits top of the platforming tree, and ever since the N64 brought their mascot into the third dimension, his 2D adventures have been limited to the New Super Mario Bros series.

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