Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Direct Announced For August 31st

I'm certainly interested in seeing more about this take on Mario. Hopefully they truly go crazy with the wackiness because loopy Mario is best Mario.

Will we get a Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy style level?

Lets-A-Go! Cant wait

Mario wonder Switch Light? OLED?

I was about to say, it's been a pretty slow news Tuesday and then this pops up in my feed. While exciting, I Wonder if this means no proper fall/September Direct...

I can't wait for Twitter's meltdown when they show the other characters as elephants (the powerup is obviously not Mario-exclusive)

I assume there will be news about Mario's new voice (Luigi’s too)

@PikaPhantom There is already a plentiful amount of Elephant Daisy and Elephant Peach uh... fan art.

Switch 2 news and Elephant Mario for Smash incoming!!! 😱😱😱🤯

I'm torn on this, while I'm excited to see more about this game the fact we're getting a standalone Direct for this so close to September does question whether we'll get another general Direct this year.

Waaaaaahooooooo

Well at least the Zippo leak was almost true.

@Axecon I saw the article and thought exactly that. I was still hoping for the remakes of the MP and Zeldas to be announced.
But let's wait and see.
On a more positive note, it's nice that they announce these things just a couple days ahead, no need to wait really.

Playable Rosalina 🫰

Awesome!

...that yellow Yoshi artwork looks out of place though, or is that just me? 🤔

It will be a day one, so not really interested on watching this.

Charles Martinet DLC voice pack confirmed.

Well bummer. Poor timing for my schedule.

Would have preferred a full Direct but I'll definitely watch this. Hopefully they'll show more Daisy too.

The game is already a day 1 buy, but still looking forward to more info about the game.

Hopefully we get one last hoo-rah (or should that be woo-hoo) from Mr Martinet

This doesn't rule out the usual September Direct we get just before Tokyo gameshow I would have thought.

15 Minutes? That's longer than New Super Mario Bros. 2

@Tober loads of Mario lights and lamps already out on Etsy, Amazon etc.

I've been looking forward to Odyssey back in 2017 but I legitimately never have been this excited for a Mario game.

I just adore how they animated Mario and everything else in Wonder.

Sigh.. I’m probably all alone in saying this but I fell off of side scrollers when 3D came around (when I was 8ish).. once that happened, I no longer played traditional Sonic or Mario games.. to this day, I look at side scrolling platformers and see them as boring and outdated.. idk why brain does this to me.. this game looks beautiful so far, I just know my brain won’t let me play it.. you guys are lucky 😔

Really excited to see what is shown off. Hopefully its as wacky as its been looking!

I would prefer a September Direct with a big Mario segment in it but i know i am in the minority

@PikaPhantom Frankly, when DOESN'T Twitter (or now "X" I suppose) have some sort of meltdown?

so if they are showing this game on august 31 then it will not dominate the direct in september then.

Probably want to get it out of the way (and some SWEET pre-orders to boot), before revealing the Switch successor september 19th (I think it's about time - Switch is still selling really well in Japan, but not so much in the west, if the Amazon charts has any real say).

@Yosher It’s just you

@JohnnyMind Careful. You might be falling into the trap of thinking we will know everything about the game come September. Everyone was blown away for months by Mario Odyssey...then they introduced Cappy's gameplay lol. I reckon we still get a Direct. But what with Charles Martinet taking on a new role, I would imagine Mr Miyamoto and Mr Martinet are going to make this an event.

Meh, sorry but this is just spoiler to me, I saw enough in the direct to know, yes please, I'll find out the new mechanics when I play it.

Omg a whole direct just for Super Mario Bros Wonder?? This is definitely the best outcome!

Heck yeah. Bring on the SMB Wonder news.

I don’t think this totally discredits a September Direct later down the line. I think there was a Xenoblade 3 direct that was followed up with a general one not that long after.

I am curious what they can talk 15 minutes about a 2D Mario game.

Yess Nintendo Direct for 15 minutes. On the next Nintendo Direct Nintendo will maybe show nothing from Super Mario Bros Wonder. İf it is in September.

@Grumblevolcano we had a Splatoon 3 direct right before the general one in September, same with Xeno 3 direct a week before the general one in June. If anything this is a sign that the Septemeber Direct is happening and they don't want the Mario Wonder segment to clog up a lot of its time.

wonder seems like a game that can be spoiled, eh there's plenty of levels.

cant wait for this game.

Maybe they're doing a dedicated Direct the day before Nintendo Live because the game will be playable there? I don't think this diminishes the chances of a standard Direct at all

Already know I'm getting it so no real point in watching it.

I feel like this game will be the switch’s ‘Last hurrah ’

looks tawdry.

Probably won't bother with this; it is a 2D Mario game, I feel like that says everything you need to know right there, and given I will probably pick it up, I feel like a direct would probably spoil some neat surprises if indeed there are any.

@_Lime Why is that? It's not like Nintendo already announced a new non-leak console yet.

@JohnnyMind I don't understand the logic in thinking that a company heading towards 150 million consoles sold will just drop it. If anything, I would imagine they will be the most prolific they have ever been lol. Now, granted,I am always wrong lol.

I doubt I’ll pay $60 for a 2D platformer. Back in 1995 I would’ve paid full price though. I’m curious to see if a 2D platformer is Nintendo Direct worthy. Who knows maybe it is special enough to change my mind.

@Bunkerneath I am with you. I was just considering not watching it.

As excited as I am for this game, I'm not sure a 2D platformer really needs its own dedicated Direct. I hope this doesn't mean there won't be a September Direct. This game must have a lot more to it than we think. I could definitely see it being longer than the traditional 8-world Mario game. I could see us beating Bowser I'm World 8, but then having like 4 Special Worlds with post-game content to bring the total to 12. Basically like what Super Mario 3D World did. Pikmin 4 already has an abundance of post-game content, and I'd love to see Nintendo continue to embrace that.

As far as what this Direct will show us... I'm pretty confident there are more playable characters in store beyond Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach, Yoshi, and Daisy. Toadette is the most obvious, since she was already playable in NSMBU DX. Rosalina was unlockable at the end of 3D World, so I think she's another safe bet. But I hope it's finally time we get Wario and Waluigi, who were highly requested even back when NSMB Wii was announced and I think may have even been in the beta of the game if I remember correctly. Pauline would also get a lot of people excited.

I think there's going to be an in-game shop where you can unlock different playable characters and maybe even costumes using those purple coins seen in the trailer, similar to the Crazy Cap store in Odyssey. We'll also probably see some new power-ups in addition to the Elephant Mario. I'd love to see classic abilities like the Cape Feather, Frog Suit, and Hammer Suits return, but this game doesn't seem interested in re-treading old ground, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

I think they may also show off a new Versus mode in addition to the standard co-op. It'd be cool if they brought back the battle mode from Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario Advance that's based on the 1983 arcade game. Oh, and there was a listing that suggested online support, so that would be a big new feature to announce in a Direct. They could even have a mission mode similar to the challenges in NSMBU, which were a lot of fun.

What else could we possibly see...? Hmm, amiibo support and maybe a brand-new amiibo to coincide with the game. If Pauline is playable, there you go--perfect. Maybe some new special-edition JoyCon, like a red and green for Mario and Luigi. Obviously, we'll also see more level themes, a better view of the world map, and at least one boss fight in action.

It's hard to fathom what they could possibly have left to reveal in a 15-minute Direct, but that has really raised my expectations into thinking this is going to be a very content-heavy game that will take you dozens of hours to 100% complete like Pikmin 4 was. On August 31, we'll be left saying, "This may not be Odyssey 2, but this is still a triple-A Mario game."

@Serpenterror
I just feel like Nintendo is running out of big games to release (Pokémon,Mario,Zelda etc.) and they have not really announced any new ones for the future .
Please correct me if I am wrong-I really want to be!

A Direct dedicated to just 'Wonder'? Also, roughly 15 minutes!? You know what this means? Switch 2 confirmed!

@Max_the_German Well darn, I'll go sit in my corner now.

Already pre-ordered but I'm not expecting anything really revolutionary as it is still just New Super Mario Bros with extra power ups and stage changing shenanigans.

I don't collect games anymore though so once I complete it I will sell it on. Hopefully it will have more than 10 hours of gameplay this time round.

I hope that there will be more new playable characters added in this game like Birdo, Toadette, Wario, & Waluigi.

I can wait for the game.

The cover image only shows multicolored Yoshi, no multicolored Toads… Oh well there goes that hope.

Anyway, can’t wait for more #ElephantMario

@_Lime Nintendo haven't stopped making games. Don't worry.

Already preordered, $30 from my FF16 trade-in at Gamestop, but I'll watch this b/c 15 minutes is fine for the first "new" 2D Mario we've had in what, a decade, maybe more? Seems like forever. Yeah we bought both Maker games but never played them much, waste of money on the 2nd one. Haven't had a great "fun for the whole family at Thanksgiving game" since possibly the Wii U. My kids still play Nintendo Land w/ their cousins. OK mostly Smash Ultimate, that's about it. Oh yeah the Kirby games were good but never a crowd pleaser.

Don't care what's in this it's 15 minutes.

@JohnnyMind Don't we usually find out what's coming over winter (which goes into early next year?) As well as one or two titles with just a 2024 date. I dunno. Yeah, there is a ton of stuff coming out, but they have to keep going

@GrailUK
Phew!
(I realise I sounded quite stupid in my previous comment lol)

@shgamer there's no way Nintendo will announce the Switch 2 until after the holidays. Much better to have a big final push on Switch sales with Mario Wonder and perhaps a small price drop and then announce the Switch successor in the new year. If they announce the system before thanksgiving and xmas it will 100% negatively impact their busiest sales period.

Must be the 1st time a 2D Mario game got it's own Direct. Huh...

Either way, i'm excited for this one. So definitely gonna watch it.

That said...I have to ask this...have we REALLY become this obsessed with Nintendo Directs...? Kinda feels like it. Pointless question, maybe. But at some point, somebody's gotta ask it.

LET'S GOOO!
Elephant Toad here we come!

I wonder if this single-game focused Direct means we won't be getting a General Direct next month. Also curious as to why they feel the need for a whole direct for this game. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for the game already and felt the initial trailer was enough to get me into it. I had expected a new trailer for it with a general Direct, but not an entire Direct just for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

@Itachi2099 Not really, the June 2022 Direct after the XC3 Direct was a Partner Showcase meanwhile the gap between the Splatoon 3 Direct and the September 2022 general Direct was a bit over a month.

I wouldn't say this Direct is a definite deconfirmation of a general Direct but it does feel less likely.

@KingdomTears Problem is (from what I can deduct from Amazon's video games "articles" top 100 bestseller lists from US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), that Switch hardware sales have slowed more or less down to a "grinding halt" (not so much in the US as the rest - but PS5 AND Xbox SX ARE selling more than Switch even there).

I think Nintendo is pretty scared that they will end up in a "Wii U situation" again (Wii sales falling of a cliff the last 2 years before the Wii U released, resulting in poor momentum for the latter) and therefore I really doubt they will wait until late 2024 before releasing the Switch successor.

My money is on a march 2024 release and therefore a september 2023 reveal to give them time to build an appropriate level of hype around it (the dilemma for Nintendo atm imo is that Switch is still doing really, really well in Japan - but time will tell I guess )

When this game get announced from previous Nintendo Direct, I already felt not really excited as 2D platformer games are very low priority games for me. And moreover, I saw the old fashioned way 2D platformer by given limited numbers of life and time, I became less interested with Super Mario Wonder despite the new contents inside.
I'm really sorry to say this but I will not watch the Direct. I can just wait the article about new things from Super Mario Wonder without watching them for 15 minutes.
Don't get me wrong.
I still have a plan to get Super Mario Wonder, but since 2D platformer games are very less exciting games for me, I will not wasting my time to getting know too much. The old fashioned of 2D platformer games with limitation of lives and time limit will give me more pressure as I'm already over with those painful gimmicks.
I will get this game eventually but it might be very very late and I will wait for the second handed with cheaper price.

"Elephant Mario will be joining the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe roster shortly after this presentation."

Nothing wrong with a pipe dream, eh?

I'll show myself out...

@Yosher and with Daisy right there being yellow as well. I’ve felt from day one when this was announced that the grey and white checkered background was just a filler like the bottom layer in a photoshop project. I feel like both on the box and this artwork they still haven’t shown us what Mario/etc are stepping into… I guess we will see on Thursday!!!!!

I don’t think this deconfirms a September Direct as Nintendo holds them every year. We still need more footage of other things such as Side Order, Warioware Move It, SMRPG, etc. Nintendo always has something in store and it’s likely they’re doing this Direct on the last day of August so it doesn’t take up a majority of a general Direct. Speaking of this Direct, I’m thinking the video with Charles Nintendo mentioned will be here

@Anti-Matter Not sure what you feel sorry about, especially if your interest level started low. I'm 100% getting the game and skipping the direct / all new details as possible, so no problem.

would Charles Martinet be in there....

Neat. I'll be watching. The NSMB series was okay, with a few moments of greatness, but Wonder looks set to blow it out of the water.

@shgamer Honestly I wouldn't use Amazon as a proxy for system sales when we have access to hardware sales from both Nintendo and Playstation:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/number.html
https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/

I also wouldn't compare a system that has been on the market for over six years and clearly nearing the end of life, to systems that have only been out for only two and a half years. If you compared the Switch's 6th full year on the market (ending April 30th, 2023) with the Playstation 4's 6th full year on the market (ending April 30th, 2019) then you might have a more apt comparison - even then there's plenty of other factors to consider which might skew the numbers either way. FYI that comparison would be Switch @ 18m sales and PS4 @ 13.5m sales.

If Nintendo were really worried about sales numbers they could easily add a price cut (they were selling the thing at profit in 2017, so god knows how much profit they must be making on each unit now with barely a price cut in sight over the past 6.5 years), which they haven't done thus far because they haven't had to. The Switch is still selling quite well and with ToTK and Mario Wonder both out this year they are probably confident that they'll have healthy sales this final holiday period. They are nowhere near the situation they were in when the Wii U launched a full year after releasing the last big Wii game (Skyward Sword) as well as a loss of much of their active install base due to their "Blue Ocean Strategy" audience moving onto newer tech such as the iPad.

I will buy Super Mario Bros. Wonder day one, but I think I will watch the direct anyway. They make me look forward to the game even more and I like the positive and warm atmosphere.

@Tober I just bought an OLED like a month ago so it would make too much sense for them to announce one right afterwards lol. Now I'm expecting it

@_Lime It's all good, mate. I sound stupid all the time!

I'm watching this a main direct a week or 2 later hopefully follows.

Predictions for the next Direct.

• Super Mario Wonder.

(I'm feeling pretty confident with this one!)

I guess this means it won't be a featured game at the next Direct right? Well I'm still interested in what the game could surprise so I'm on

Come on, Mario Wonder will still be in the September Direct. It's their big holiday game. And besides, they need something so folk start to get desperate at how long is left in the Direct.

(You know it's true!)

@LadyCharlie
Um...I don't think I'm going to be googling that, heheh.

Very Nice. Already pre ordered digital. Is most likely the last big game to enjoy before switch 2.

ESRB rating says it has in-game purchases. Hopefully they explain what that means on the 31st.

It will be gameplay of the game by Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet.

I just preordered this. I'm going to live-steam the entire game. I'm looking forward to all the new ideas, and hopefully they get really crazy with it.

I’ll check out this Direct when I can! I’ll also be busy.

I feel this is the type of game people already know at its announcement if they are getting it or not... to see such a paint by the numbers year for Nintendo makes me feel nothing new and exciting is coming atleast for a year ..its been a good year but played it safe all the way.. here's hoping next year we'll have a new "3d" mario, Metroid prime 4 and a new switch

@Browny the whole game feels like a less distorted fuzzy dizzy level haha

Yes, a Failtendo Direct!

@IronMan30 Why?

Great to see a Direct dedicated to Wonder. The game is a day 1 for me anyway, but it'll nice to see new footage.

And yeah, they've done game specific Directs close to general Directs, so this doesn't mean there won't be a general in next month.

May be just me, but this game just does not excite me.
Still looks too similar to the previous 2d super mario bros games.
Game may surprise when finally releases, but as it is now, doesnt look that great, is it being overhyped? (to me)

I've cooled on this a little since announcement. Hopefully Nintendo can show off enough to prove it's not just a slightly better New Super Mario Bros game.

@Axecon Nintendo did a Direct focused on Splatoon 3, weeks later they did the septembre Direct, same to happen here

This is the only Direct I probably won’t watch. Not because I don’t like Mario, quite the opposite! Mario games for me have always been about discovery and a sense of wonder. So I don’t want the new game spoiled for me in any way.

I’m super tempted, but must refrain!

So during the one morning class I’m not free. GREAT!

I want this game to be to 2D Mario what Metroid Dread was to 2D Metroid, but that may be too high of expectations.

I was more excited when it first announced and I preordered. Maybe this will help me decide if I should keep the preorder.

Lots of SMW style branching paths and secret exits, please!

@WolfyTn I would say yes, I am lucky. Especially since THAT means I will never have play another 3D Sonic.

I am very much looking forward to seeing more of this game. Can't wait to see everyone's reactions here. Especially the "you guys only dig this cause it's Nintendo" takes. On this Nintendo enthusiast site.

It’s Mario… we don’t need more spoilers. I’ll gladly wait to play

I mean....will I watch? Obvi. Was I already sold the second I saw it? Durrrr

Wondrous news! 😄

I’ll tune in and trust Nintendo will be as careful about spoilers as usual.

Their definitely gonna show the TTYD remake this time!!!!

Stage51.exe I WILL be able

This Direct will decide for me whether I preorder or wait a bit.

Right now I'm thinking preorder but depends on what they show I guess.

Finally a reason to dust off the ole switch, looking forward to this

@BacklogBrad The game offers online play so it will have a link to purchase NSO. All Nintendo games that can be played with NSO are tagged with in-game purchase label. Likely just the same for this.

One of my 3 most-anticipated games (with Sonic Superstars and Spider-Man 2) for the rest of the year.

I'm really looking forward to the Direct, though I kind of don't want to watch it. This was a day 1 buy for me, ever since I played Super Mario World (Super Mario Bros. 4). We always need more Super Mario Bros. games. New Super Mario Bros. series was fun, but the Super Mario Bros. games are what really made Mario a household name. Been waiting forever for Mario 5, no Direct is necessary.

[edit: I just noticed there hasn't been a new New Super Mario Bros. game since before Super Mario Maker 1. Wonder if they'll incorporate that level creation and sharing here.]

Spe-cial E-di-tion! Spe-cial E-di-tion!

BOOOOOOO! I WATCHED IT AND THE GAME IS BOOOOOOOOOOORIIIIING