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[Latisha Gervase]

Iwas looking forward to getting this game on October 20th and playing it. Another 2D Mario game, who are the bosses going to be? Who is the main villain going to be? Bowser as usual? Peach is playable here from the looks of things, so either way he's not kidnapping her. And Daisy is playable too which is awesome, her last mainstream game was her first, Super Mario Land, and she was just damsel in distress then when she was kidnapped by Tatanga. And the gameplay of these games is generally fun.

Plus I'm not a professional like people who can 100% games, do big speed runs or no damage runs, beat Mega Man games, or Contra without any cheat codes, etc. so I'd probably just get frustrated with it if what I hear is true. Making it too hard for non-professionals or kids could cut its players in half, while those who buy the game but can't beat or have fun with it will be down $80 bucks or however much it cost.

I wouldn't worry. I doubt the skill level of the Mario Wonder dev team is on par with that of your average seven year old. Kids have time to master video games. No matter how challenging it is, they'll push through if they enjoy the game.

Also, I really doubt it's as hard as they say. Harder than New Super Mario Bros. 42 is a low bar to cross. They could well be talking about a game of average difficulty. From their persective, it's way harder than any recent Mario, but...

The whole game is not hard, the difficulty will increase as you progress. And this is something many have been wishing for too, the NSMB branch is considered too easy by some. I can't say nay or yay, I haven't beaten any of them *shrug*

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But remember that Wonder also offers the easy mode where you don't take damage and can die just by falling. I'm going to pick it up later today so let's see. At least the early ratings have been promising.

I was just about to say "Why can't they have difficulty settings to appease both professionals/those who want a challenge, and non-professionals/younger players?" Then I saw the bit about the "easy mode". Can you turn that on mid-game or do you have to set it at the beginning of a playthrough and make it permanent?

I might wait to see what a lot of players think of it first... which is fine coz I am in the middle of FFXIII right now and due to level grinding, FF games can take a long time to beat. (I am at Chapter 7 now and will be fighting lots of enemies to get Incentive Chips to sell since before defeating Dahaka in Chapter 11 there are so few opportunities for gil farming in this game, unlike FFXII)

I suppose you can choose your character in every level, I'm not sure if you can even change mid-level. And as far as I understood, all characters play the same, there shouldn't be floating Peach and high-jump Luigi. I can confirm this earliest in 12-ish hours

Well, Nintendo, there's $60=$80 you won't be getting from me. Super hard games alienate non-professionals like me, and rip off parents of kids who lack the skill as well. They should put difficulty ratings on games so people know what they're getting into.

From the sounds of it the game overall isn't "a super hard game" but more that it has difficult levels - Super Mario 3D World was the same but these games give alternating paths to allow for skipping the more difficult levels (and I assume Wonder will have something similar) as Nintendo does understand that a lot of their player base are younger and/or may not be as skilled as someone who's been playing platformers since the original Super Mario Bros.

If they don't then I don't believe they should be lambasted for that choice. They have a creative vision and make games the way they envision them, not the way you envision them (not you specifically, just "you" in general").

Some of the optional stages ARE definitely way harder than you'd expect from mario, at least this early on. But... they're optional. If you want to beat the game and have fun in a casual manner, you can do that.

There's also a ton of things you can do to make the game easier. For one, the game's main gimmick, the wonder seeds, are where most of the game's challenge comes from. But... they're all optional "modifications" you can apply to each stage by collecting a special item. If you're having trouble with one, you can just decide not to collect it and finish the stage as normal. To clear worlds you do need to collect a certain amount of wonder seeds, but on top of the mid-stage challenges, you also get one every time you finish a stage, and can even buy one in shops with purple coins. The game's pretty damn generous with them and you can totally choose which levels to play and which to skip.

Aside from that, as others said, there's the easy-mode characters. And from my experience, playing with online enabled also makes the game way easier, since you can be revived by random players, and they might sometimes decide to give you a powerup (if I run into a small player and I got a spare powerup I'll just give it away and I feel like most players just do the same).

I'm fully expecting the rest of the game to be more or less that, with most of the super challenging content being limited to optional stages (which Mario games has been doing for a long time) and the rest of the content being fairly easy to beat. If not... seriously, you have a lot of options on what to play and what to skip. This is not a "nintendo hard" game by any means.

So, I have beaten FFXIII again and am thinking about getting this game soon, but before I do, peaple have had time to play this now, so how hard is the final stage? Are there any really hard stages that are not optional?

Because of this I was confident enough to get it at Walmart (which doesn't take returns for games) instead of Game Stop (which was closed), but I couldn't even get to the first boss. There is a huge difficulty spike (with the 4 star bull train level, and the 3 star swamp level where I just reached a dead end, and unless I missed one, all the pipes are non-warp), and the second half of the stages I did complete I couldn't get their extra wonder seed, and whenever I fall over the edge or into poison water I have to go back to another level and complete it for the powerup so I'm not shrunk and utterly defenseless.

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Within hours after "Super Mario Bros. Wonder" was made available for download, I grabbed my Switch, purchased and then excitedly installed the game. Not since the release of "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" have I been so excited for the release of a new Nintendo Switch title.

Having been a Super Mario Bros. fan since the early days of Nintendo gaming (on the NES), the idea of playing an all-new side-scrolling game that wasn't a sequel or remake was both intriguing and exciting.

Nintendo's "Super Mario Bros. Wonder" is the latest game in the Super Mario Bros. franchise. It can be experienced as a one-player adventure, or up to four players can play simultaneously on one Switch console (with each player using their own controller). The game supports Nintendo Switch Online, so playing online with up to four friends is also possible.

Within minutes after launching the game, it's obvious that "Super Mario Bros. Wonder" is filled with colorful, smooth and visually stunning 2D graphics. The gameplay is accompanied by a new soundtrack that's upbeat and inspired by other Super Mario Bros. games.

The game stays authentic to what you'd expect from a Super Mario Bros. adventure, but it nicely incorporates plenty of new twists and surprises that makes it unique, fun and interesting. This is one of the few Switch games that just about anyone -- regardless of age or gaming skill level -- will enjoy.

There's a lot that allows "Super Mario Bros. Wonder" to stand apart from other games in the franchise, not to mention most other Switch games. Here's a quick summary of 10 things I discovered that make this game extra special.

As in any Mario Bros. game, there are fun new power-ups to discover. When Mario locates the power up that transforms him into Elephant Mario, he can pounce on enemies, jump, run and split water. His trunk is also a power-packed way of whacking enemies out of his way and smashing through objects in his path. There are secrets in the game that only Elephant Mario can discover.

While the game is not difficult, it will often take you a few attempts to figure out what needs to be done in each level. Wherever you go in the Flower Kingdom, you'll find new mechanics and obstacles that require you to use your powers in different ways. There's a lot of agility, timing and strategy involved here, and a lot of secrets to find. Experimentation is required.

Another thing I found particularly refreshing is that the game is not entirely linear. There are many forks in the road, and you can often choose your own path. Some levels are much harder than others, but many of the hardest levels can be skipped if they prove too difficult or frustrating to complete. There's also the element of surprise intertwined throughout each level. Each level has a Wonder Seed to find that will transform it in strange ways -- the background will change and pipes will begin the move. Some enemies will start to sing, or start to stampede.

I found some levels deeper in the adventure can take upwards of an hour to get through the first time. But once I knew what to expect and what's required to get past the various challenges and obstacles, it then took me just minutes to get through it again, if necessary.

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