

"I won't go so far as to say Super Mario 3D World is my favorite entry in the storied franchise. Or maybe it's the precision of the movement, honed through decades of fine-tuning. But this game just feels, I don't know, glossier? Perhaps it's the high-definition 3D character designs, which look like collectible vinyl figurines.

Plante continued: "The game is polished within an inch of its life, even by the standards of the Mario universe, in which every enemy, block, and bottomless pit is placed with intentionality. U, the colorful levels of Super Mario World, the zippy mobility of Super Mario 64. "An alternative title for Super Mario 3D World would be 'Super Mario's Greatest Hits': the multiplayer of New Super Mario Bros. "Though technically a sequel to Super Mario 3D Land on the Nintendo 3DS, Super Mario 3D World borrows freely from the entire series," Plante said. "The game is polished within an inch of its life, even by the standards of the Mario universe" Polygon

Critics are always excited about Mario games, and as Polygon's Chris Plante pointed out in his glowing review, Super Mario 3D World is up there with the very best. What lengths will Nintendo have to go to on Mario's 40th? The mind reels.īased on the reaction from the critics, however, the last big release of the 35th anniversary celebrations is also the pinnacle of the whole flashy affair: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, a revamped version of the 2013 Wii U game for Nintendo Switch, alongside the first new dose of Mario platforming goodness since Odyssey in 2017. Last year, for example, gaming's favourite plumber turned 35 - a milestone that would merit little more than an evening in the pub for a person, but is more than enough justification for a slew of new products and marketing activations spanning a full 12 months in the world of mass entertainment. It takes a 30th or 50th for an individual to really justify pushing the boat out, but global brands operate by different logic. For most people, the only birthdays worth making a fuss over are divisible by ten.
