But I'm getting a little ahead of myself. At its core level-building base, Super Mario Maker for 3DS is a pretty faithful reconstruction of the Wii U original.

It's impossible to play Super Mario Maker 2 without having a huge smile on your face. It's a total deconstruction of what makes Nintendo's 2D platforming franchise so special. You're just a ...

New Super Mario Bros. 2 is a decent enough 3DS game. Sure, the coin gimmick is, well, a pretty blatant gimmick, but the platforming and level design are stronger than the firstNew game.

I have to be honest – most of New Super Mario Bros. sort of passed me by. I really enjoyed the original one, back on DS, but as that series wore on, my excitement for 2D Mario increasingly waned.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder was an unfiltered banger. From its visual style to the barrage of new ideas found in almost every level, it was everything we wanted after a few too many New Super Mario Bros.

Either way, I was having a blast. I enjoyed the New Super Mario Bros. games, but I could muster up much enthusiasm for them. But Super Mario Bros. Wonder has me pumped for its October 20 release date.

Whenever Nintendo returns to the 2D platformer for the Switch 2, they need not forget about Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Just a few minutes into playing the Super Mario Bros. Wonder demo at Nintendo Live 2023 in Seattle, I knew I was playing something special. For the first time in a long time, a 2D Mario game — 2 ...

Since New Super Mario Bros revived 2D Mario in 2006, the platforming plumber games have been following the same basic formula—same eight worlds, same power-ups, same story.

Mario's last original 2D game was Super Mario Maker 2 in 2019, a combination of Mario's signature platforming action combined with a level creation system.

Tezuka and Super Mario Bros. Wonder director Shiro Mouri kicked off the panel by discussing the long wait for a new 2D Mario game. 2012's New Super Mario Bros. U was the last traditional ...

A new 2D Mario title has been unveiled in the form of Super Mario Bros Wonder, though it’s far from the usual approach to this classic series. Revealed via a teaser trailer shown during the June ...