Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is an upcoming 2D Super Mario game for the Nintendo Switch. It was first announced during the June 21, 2023 Nintendo Direct, and is planned to be released worldwide on October 20, 2023. The game features an art style reminiscent of the New Super Mario Bros. games, as well as new power-ups, including the Wonder Flower, and features Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Yellow Toad, and Yoshis of different colors as playable characters. It is the first new full-fledged 2D Mario game since New Super Mario Bros. U released almost 11 years prior.

Playable characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Yellow Toad
 * Yoshis (green, red, light-blue, and yellow)

Non-player characters

 * Talking flowers
 * Flowers that propel the player and platforms upwards
 * A species of Toad-like people with swirly flower bud heads
 * A character that resembles a green caterpillar

Unspecified

 * A Goomba with Blue Toad's cap

Items

 * Coin
 * Purple flower-shaped coin
 * Purple flower-shaped large coin with a 10 written in it
 * Super Mushroom
 * Unnamed elephant-like fruit (turns Mario into Elephant Mario)
 * Wonder Flower (blue, yellow)
 * Wonder Seed (written as "Wonderseed" in the Japanese version)

Forms

 * Small Mario
 * Super Mario
 * Fire Mario
 * Invincible Mario
 * Elephant Mario
 * Elephant Mario
 * Elephant Mario

Blocks

 * ? Block
 * Long ? Block
 * Brick Block
 * Empty Block
 * Long Empty Block
 * Hard Block
 * Luigi Block
 * ON/OFF Switch

Transportation objects

 * Warp Pipe (green, red, yellow)

Platforms

 * Semisolid Platform
 * Mushroom Platform
 * Cloud Lift
 * Bridge

Other objects

 * Barrel
 * Checkpoint Flag
 * Goal Pole
 * Bubble containing any kind of item

Blocks

 * Purple ? Block
 * Colored sound-making block with two beamed eighth notes (♫) resembling the Note Block (red, green, blue, yellow)
 * Breakable pumpkin-like wide block

Transportation objects

 * Warp Pipe (dark grayish-green, turquoise with stars, some contain grass on them)
 * Moving Warp Pipe with eyes due to Wonder Effects
 * Pushable Warp Pipe

Platforms

 * Semisolid tree platform (different style in different themes)
 * Large angry-eyed top-flatted semisolid cloud platform that rains swimmable waterfall
 * Sloped semisolid platform
 * Dashing platform resembling a Dash Block

Other objects

 * Interactive tulip-like flower
 * Purple ones send out a purple light when touched that makes coins appear.
 * Blue ones send out a blue light into the environment when touched.
 * Fountain with sculptured elephants
 * Goal Pole with a blue flower emblem on its flag
 * Toad House-like house with a swirly flower bud head replacing an end-of-level Fortress
 * Breakable sticks that spiked ball Mario rolls into
 * Flower-like sign with Mario’s cap indicating when to glide with Mario's cap

References to other media

 * Super Mario World: Several of Mario's animations are similar to the ones in this game.
 * New Super Mario Bros. series: The "Super Mario Bros." part of the series' logo is used in this game's logo.
 * Super Mario 3D World - Every player shares one live counter in multiplayer, much like in this game.
 * Mario Kart Tour: Daisy's artwork uses the same pointing pose as the from the London Tour.
 * The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Fire Peach is depicted without her hair tied up in a ponytail, much like in the film.

Descriptions

 * Nintendo UK: Step into a world of wonder in Super Mario Bros. Wonder for Nintendo Switch! Classic Mario side-scrolling gameplay is turned on its head with the addition of Wonder Flowers! These game-changing items trigger spectacular moments you have to see to believe. Witness pipes coming alive, wreak havoc as a giant spiky ball, and see even more unexpected events called Wonder Effects.