Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a phenomenal game that finally brought some much-needed pizazz to the 2D Mario platformers, but what of its online multiplayer mode? The often forgotten, sometimes hated ghost player mechanic seems to have little to offer when compared to past titles like Super Mario Maker 2 and Super Mario 3D World, but could there be a glimmer of greatness hiding beneath its surface? Let's take a look back at the history of Mario's outings, Nintendo's online offerings, and the Switch's library to find out!
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Chapters:
0:00 History of Mario's Final Levels
3:01 A story about Wonder
4:24 History of Nintendo's Online Games
8:08 SMB Wonder & Nintendo's output on Switch
11:13 A synopsis of Wonder
14:34 How Wonder reworks the 2D Mario formula
18:04 Local Multiplayer and Difficulty Balancing
20:51 Is playing Online cheating?
22:07 Why Wonder's Online Works
23:17 Players pushing Wonder's Online to its limits
25:40 Conclusion
Music Used:
World S - Super Mario Galaxy 2
World 8S - Super Mario 3D Land
Badge Challenge - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Title Screen - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Waluigi Pinball - Mario Kart DS
Fly Octo Fly - Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion
Forest Theme - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Wiggler Race! - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Prologue: The Flower Kingdom - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Pounce Bounce Isle - Bowser's Fury
Coast Theme - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Inside the Inverted Pyramid - Super Mario Odyssey
World 8 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Ninji Disco - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Arena - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Starry-Staff Wonder - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
World Theme: Pipe-Rock Plateau - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
B-Roll Footage Used:
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - @packattack04082
Mario Kart DS - @Typhlosion4President
Mario Kart 8 - @IGN
"Ranking Everything I've Ever Ranked Last Place" - @SchaffrillasProductions
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch) - @rated_g_games
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (prologue) - @ytyoshi1
Sonic Forces - @BossFightDatabase
New Super Mario Bros. DS - @MrZebraGamer
Persona 5 - @Ardnux
All other footage was either recorded myself, credited within the video, or was taken from official marketing materials.