one of the best platform games I ever played since Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze/Rayman Legends and the best Mario platformer since the 90s, it manages to hit the heights of these two games in nearly every regard, the levels always have something new and crazy to offer, the presentation is top-notch, the controls are tight, the new power-ups are all great, and the badge system allow for some creative decision making and playstyles on an otherwise standard platforming gameplay loop.

however some aspects definitely could have been better, the fact that two playable characters are locked behind an mandatory easier mode is kinda weird, just being an acessibility option to toggle in the options menu would sufice for some players who would like to play them without needing to make the game easier, the boss-fights are still very forgettable, Nintendo really needs to change these up in the coming games both 3D and 2D, re-using the same template across the 6 in-game worlds gets old fairly quickly.

overall Super Mario Bros. Wonder is one of the best 2D platformers ever made and made me more hopeful for Mario's future attempts in the 2D platformer genre, the solid and creative level-design, fantastic presentation and quirkness sucessfully brought back some of the energy and creativity the side-scroller games in this series previously had before the 2000s, an must-play for any Switch owner.