Asides from both mario maker, 2d mario games have been following the same formula ever since New Super Mario Bros for the DS released, and even if i'm sure someone could argue that the New soup games have some creative levels, there's nothing that really makes any entry stand apart from the rest of the other ones for most people. But tbh, this issue kinda has been there from day one, because even the classic mario games are very well "classic", there's not a lot of whacky memorable one off idea, sure there's a few levels that do stand out as unique but it's exceptions more than rules.
Super Mario Wonder does a complete 180 on that, by having every level be a full on unique concept. Every level will have a unique mechanic, or a spin on a previous one, or unique enemies, a spin on how they worked etc, there's no two levels that feel really similar. Better than that yet, every single ones of those levels will have a wonder seed that makes this level even more unique, from turning the level into a musical autoscroller to having you run through it under a rain of invincibility stars, the range of ideas the game throws at you is extremely expensive, to the point it feels weird when some one those ideas are used more than once.
Coupled to that, the game has a badge system that allows you to have some fun customization. I'm gonna be honest, i spent most of the game using the same ones (mostly the floating jump or the mid air spin ones), while the idea is cool i think that aspect of the game is kinda w/e, i guess it's pretty neat for doing challenge runs where you try to play through every levels with only a specific badge or whatever but some of them are so good in regular gameplay they make the rest of them pretty useless.
My favorite feature of the game is something i didn't expect, and it's the online feature. Once you opt in it, you can play levels alongside other random players (or friends if you wish to), and if someone dies they have a few seconds as a ghost to either touch a player or a standee that players have placed down, and it's extremely fun to wait for other people to serve as a safety net for them, i think this entire aspect of the game rules.
Overall Mario Wonder is an excellent 2D platformer, brimming with ideas, that anyone can pick up no matter their skill level, and it's really cool to have a good platformer that's not just for people willing to grind levels until they get good enough at the game
Super Mario Wonder does a complete 180 on that, by having every level be a full on unique concept. Every level will have a unique mechanic, or a spin on a previous one, or unique enemies, a spin on how they worked etc, there's no two levels that feel really similar. Better than that yet, every single ones of those levels will have a wonder seed that makes this level even more unique, from turning the level into a musical autoscroller to having you run through it under a rain of invincibility stars, the range of ideas the game throws at you is extremely expensive, to the point it feels weird when some one those ideas are used more than once.
Coupled to that, the game has a badge system that allows you to have some fun customization. I'm gonna be honest, i spent most of the game using the same ones (mostly the floating jump or the mid air spin ones), while the idea is cool i think that aspect of the game is kinda w/e, i guess it's pretty neat for doing challenge runs where you try to play through every levels with only a specific badge or whatever but some of them are so good in regular gameplay they make the rest of them pretty useless.
My favorite feature of the game is something i didn't expect, and it's the online feature. Once you opt in it, you can play levels alongside other random players (or friends if you wish to), and if someone dies they have a few seconds as a ghost to either touch a player or a standee that players have placed down, and it's extremely fun to wait for other people to serve as a safety net for them, i think this entire aspect of the game rules.
Overall Mario Wonder is an excellent 2D platformer, brimming with ideas, that anyone can pick up no matter their skill level, and it's really cool to have a good platformer that's not just for people willing to grind levels until they get good enough at the game