The SECRETS of Super Mario Bros. Wonder - ANALYSIS (Enemies, NPCs, Level Themes & More!)

[@prognosticii]

13:16 Note that enemies are more dynamic in their interaction with the player; the goomba looks surprised before it is stomped; many enemies look directly at the player as well.

[@misdrievousdemise3815]

I noticed that too. I like how enemies react to the player's presence.

[@joelpetersmedia]

I love how most of the enemies are just trying to chill or are terrified while Mario and friends just terrorize everything with sheer glee in their eyes.

[@Tax_Payer]

On the crown, I am almost certain that it represents the player who is leading the screen, like before a level starts someone is randomly chose to be the "levels leader" or something along those lines, the person with the crown is the one who controls the screen, instead of the older more team focused screen. I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with score or "who is winning"

[@danielbetts6771]

What has me most excited about Super Mario Bros. Wonder are the locations we are visiting. I remember loving Dinosaur Land back in Super Mario World and having a good amount of charm to the characters and enemies. I'm really hoping the folks over at Nintendo will recreate that charm with this game.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I find it funny that they didn't show small Peach or Daisy in this trailer. Everyone was saying how weird short Peach looked in the Super Mario RPG trailer, but she will probably look similar in this game.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Chibi Peach looks funny and cute

[@AlemoBavir]

Kinda odd that Peach and Daisy are short here, especially when luigi is taller than all of them.

[@joserosa5259]

Mario 3d world has small peach.

[@misdrievousdemise3815]

Clearly they are not familiar with how she looks in the game, because the Super Mario RPG remake is referencing Peach's original chibi sprite.

[@djdrizzy9139]

Super Mario run has small Daisy already.

[@BrenX1]

I disagree with the item slot being a wonder ability, it has to be an item slot for many reasons below If you're in wonder mode, there's no reason to whip out a power up cuz of the special form you are in, so they probably removed the "A" prompt to indicate that For that one level without the slot, it kinda looks like a special level, as the hat gets its own background sign. It could also be a level with no power ups, or its just early footage And finally, I have to bring up 3D world cuz when there are more players, the more power ups are available. There are 2 shots where this lines up perfectly, however other shots don't include this, so it's kinda mixed on that

[@BrenX1]

@@TheBxzr because B is also a jump button, and Nintendo must have a reason for it cause it's being used for something

[@p3kijaraor]

The crown has to mean who is in the lead in terms of points. Even if we don't clearly see them, there must be some counter. In fact, Super Mario 3D World had this exact same mechanic, but they actually wore the crown instead of it floating.

[@mikayel6175]

There r no points tho

[@arekrekas213]

@mikayel6175 no VISIBLE points, they may still be counted internally for purposes of determining the top player

[@mikayel6175]

@@arekrekas213 then thats a rly dumb move. If ur competing for a score, ur gonna wanna know how much each action gives u. And every 2d game up until wonder has a score counter, y would they throw that away in the first 2d mario where score matters,

[@arekrekas213]

@@mikayel6175 🤷 dunno, i'd personally love a bigass score counter placed somewhere

[@LuigiXHero]

I think it's just the nsmb2 thing where it's just who the camera is following.

[@TheYoshinoya]

The castle at the end doesn't have a bulb on it, if you look closely it's actually a bowser horn. You see the outline of it before it fully transforms!

[@randomname1924]

Them reviving a niche one - hit character form an old anime into the game would be so strange yet so fitting for the vibes the game is giving, plus we haven’t gotten a human male character in the Mario series since Waluigi iirc, so it would be a nice addition.

[@sinteleon]

Technically if we include the warioware series there's plenty more, but still.

[@rylieriver6454]

I think the crown possibly represents the character in the “lead” in terms of who collected the most coins and points. The crown flashing while every character on the flag could be something like the game calculating any final aspect of the points / whatever causes a player to be in the “lead.” Another idea could just be that it shows which character you are controlling just to make them easier to identify, which I don’t think is the most likely.

[@sinteleon]

Relating to this, it appears the first to reach the flagpole gets bonus "points", by being the one to get the wonderseed, since there's one last toggle of crown when everyone slides down.

[@aemzso]

The second idea makes no sense. Multiple people are playing, controlling different characters.

[@ChaloopaJoe]

The chipmunk enemy has a purple coin trailing behind it. It seems like these enemies will have trails of coins or collectables following them, and you have to catch up to them to claim the loot.

[@sahaprocks7751]

Or they can have multiple items

[@mr.universe4089]

Yeah that’s what cave miner brought out in his Analysis

[@carlitolol1435]

I think the crown could be the "Captain" as I'm gonna call it, and it could be someone designed before starting a level to be the leader, and the screen would move only when this player moves too. That would avoid the camera to zoom out from too far, causing the characters to look too tiny like in the New Sup series. Also, after reaching the flag pole, the Captain could possibly change to another player, making him the next Captain, until everyone reaches the flagpole. So I don't even think it's related with an hidden point system, it's probably simply to make the multiplayer more bearable, and make the camera fonctionnal. It was an issue in New Sup, I hope it's the thing they fixed.

[@LuigiXHero]

It's that in nsmb2

[@mikai137]

1. I think the crown still signifies the 1st place player, when the crown starts disappearing and reappearing when the gang touches the flag, maybe it's it's trying to adjust to a score change, but the score is just hidden 2. I also think the "A" thingy is an item reserve slot, but the option gets disabled during Wonder Effects

[@TheYoshinoya]

I also think the little worm king is part of the elephant item. Since it resembles an apple which worms typically live in. According to old media and cartoons. Maybe it shows up once you first trigger the item animation?

[@wolfman-up7dh]

The crown is absolutely a highscore indicator. They've done that type of thing before.

[@ninjifansmpj420]

The enemies look so serene, specially the Goombas.

[@elliottwindsor8580]

Well then...

[@itbyANtf54h78xs]

I spotted 2 flowers from the flower kingdom

[@GeorgeJonnie]

I think it’s likely that the player with the crown controls the camera in multiplayer. It would change at the flag pole to the remaining players who haven’t finished, which is why it changes so much, then goes back to Mario

[@Robertganca]

I feel as if the crown represents who is in control of the camera. Like how in animal crossing, the player in control of the camera has a special item. It also explains why it only seems to appear when there is more than one player playing.

[@carlitolol1435]

Yup that was exactly my take

[@SALTYTOAD00]

What's that? A modern 2D Mario with level design that isn't super boring and easy? Sign me up.

[@donnaasbury]

Who says it wasn’t easy

[@SALTYTOAD00]

​@@donnaasbury There's literally a difficulty rating in the overworld for each level.

[@ziiiiiiii754]

@@SALTYTOAD00that means absolutely nothing. Obviously world 1 would have a lower difficulty than world 8… showing it visually makes no difference. This Mario game will still probably be easy in general

[@SALTYTOAD00]

​@@ziiiiiiii754 Who knows? Maybe there will be a secret world with super hard levels like New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

[@ziiiiiiii754]

@@SALTYTOAD00 i never said mario games never had hard levels tho. There’s a diff between generally easy vs overall hard game. Og comment said, “a game that’s not boring and easy”, but we don’t know how easy it is yet (game looks fun tho forsure)

[@tristarnova3454]

2:40 it’s the same as 3d world, you know how the crown works

[@ovrh]

I think the crown is similar to 3D world where the player with the most score retains it

[@gabesuniverse5566]

I think the reserve item thing is for items, but the scene we see it disapear is the gliding section so it could be taken away to symbolize that you can't use items when gliding, the other instance is wonder events they take away the A button maybe because when you are transformed you can't use a power up.

[@GamersGoingBigGGB]

The prince is probably why mario can transform since hes chilling with mario already

[@AFKei]

It still feels weird how Peach is shorter than her usual height. Hit detection reasons?

[@johnaustinkaohelaulii8224]

13:05 Those Hippos are from SML2 The Six Golden Coins.

[@brytonsumampow2979]

3 videos on a 2 minute video is crazy! so many secrets and so hyped for the game to come out

[@DerNeik]

8:05 I think that's a Bowser horn!

[@primrosevale1995]

To me the fact the Flower Kingdom has Toad-like NPCs, which no other kingdom in any other mainline Mario has had, is more than proof that this is part of Sarasaland and that Daisy runs this kingdom. Tying into how Daisy is often seen in the neighboring Mushroom kingdom, this caterpillar character seems to be an explanation of how she can stay so long, as she has someone who can run it in her absence. Given how everything has gone wrong it makes sense he wants the gang’s help, no doubt so he can ‘redeem’ himself to Daisy, even if she doesn’t feel that way. Heck, the possible Wiggler time trial even lends credence to this, as they literally have flowers on their heads. Secondly, the “Sledge Bro”-esque enemy is more likely a reference to Buster Beetles, enemies from _Super Mario Bros. 3_ which resemble Buzzy Beetles with muscular arms. And as for the “Ducks”, bruh. That’s clearly enemies meant to resemble a stalk of bamboo. They even have leaves. And what also had bamboo? Sarasaland’s Chai Kingdom. But the biggest tip-off for me is the fact dark purple is associated with the villains. There’s purple smoke coming from ‘Bowser’s’ ship, the entirety of the background in the ‘Bowser Jr.’ fight is purple, the inside of the mask is purple, heck you could even argue that ‘Bowser Jr.’ himself is a blueish shade of purple. And as we’ve seen in Bowser’s Fury, changing themselves in such a manner doesn’t seem to be something either Bowser or Jr. want. But you know who *dark purple*, and is known for forcing people to do things against their will? Tatanga. If Sarasaland is really returning, then who better to be the villain? Plus it makes sense, if mind-controlling the kingdom rulers didn’t work, why not mind-control the biggest villains around and place the blame on them while he runs things behind the scenes. Could explain why the Koopa Troop enemies are snoozing or on roller skates, ‘Bowser’ might not be giving them direct orders.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Sounds likely, especially since the enemies in Super Mario Land were look-alikes of Goombas, Koopas, Bullet Bills, etc.

[@yoshicrew9532]

13:37 What kind of animals are those running creatures in the stampede?

[@andreas.2494]

I'd also like to point out that Mario resembles his old 3D rendered artwork during the N64 era which makes me think Nintendo must've taken inspiration from.

[@Koa_Neuva]

Y'all keep missing the green Yoshi bouncing off the long Bullet Bill, and the "Autumn" level is clearly the giant mushroom level.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

15:50 *looks at the dark star core* ...maybe alpha dream is still loved by Nintendo after all

[@katamichi8003]

It's blink and you miss it but you know green yoshi did a small hop off of the bullet bill as well. You can tell because The bullet changed direction mid jump

[@DarkChaotic]

The crown seems reminiscent of the crown in 3D world

[@jstoffer111]

As long as that Prince doesn't go anywhere near Peach I'm excited.

[@chrisomaticchaotix]

You guys never disappoint

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

One of the things I dont think has been mentioned is the possibility of switching between the background and foreground. One one of the shots there appears to be a power up on the background and in another Peach Seems to be in the front while the 3 other players are in the back. Could this play some kind of part like in Klonoa?

[@WohaoG]

I think the crown is the player with the highest "Multiplayer Points" considering they got rid of score

[@rainbowfisho1086]

the gray circle that could potentially hold an item may be unable to be used during transformation wonder effects because mario is already transformed into something, so using an item during this time wouldn't actually do anything

[@icydime3863]

I forgot which part you talked about this, but maybe each colored wonderbud that we saw in the trailer has its own effect: Blue: Big Changes Orange:Small Changes Red:Bad Changes

[@maricthehedgehog]

Fun Fact : the crown indicate who's doing best in the team, like in 3D World

[@sinteleon]

That's a fact for older games, unknown if it is still the same here since there is no indication of a point system (though I guess players could be scored based on the amount of "wonderful")

[@Wrenosaur_]

I cant wait to buy this game ASAP

[@Lexi-ro7mk]

If you keep your eyes on the leftmost side of the screen in the gliding scene you will actually see a sort of sign with a big hat on it which is maybe how you activate the gliding which is probably why the empty circle disappears

[@jasonchen6982]

That crown icon that’s probably like in super Mario 3D world where whoever gets the best score wins the crown and the crown icon is showing who in the lead.

[@SimonBGC]

You know the flower bud Npcs? Maybe when you finish the level, their flower opens up, and you can use them like the bouncy flowers in Mario odyssey.

[@Rvchnoob51]

You convinced me. Im getting this game.

[@exi_m7074]

If I had to guess, the Crown is probably like 3D World’s co-op crown system, whoever gets the most points in the level gets the crown, just without the battling mechanic

[@Resonait]

I don’t think the missile crossing Yoshi’s foot is evidence of immunity. It could just be related to hit box size of yoshi and the missile head.

[@איליכהן-ש8ב]

I think that the Purpose of the crown is to mark who the camera follows, similar to the star in new super Mario bros 2 when playing multiplayer

[@DarthBoardBVE]

13:20 It appears that Mario is making the background stretch and squash in the silhouetted stage. It squashes when he crouches, and stretches back when he stands up. I have not seen anyone else pick up on this.

[@Wonone-Buppyone]

I honestly can’t wait for this game, it’s a dream come true…. It’s wonderful!

[@jakeyablok8800]

I bet the crown acts like the crown in 3d world

[@pickedceasar1216]

I really hope the flowers Kingdom Toads are called Buds

[@LuigiXHero]

Bups real

[@DarkestMarlin74]

I didn't even think that boss was Bowser Jr. at first, but I can kinda see it now. I originally thought it was going to be a new high-ranking troop, like Boom-Boom Pom-Pom, or even the Boss Sumo Bro.

[@wantedasylum1091]

This trailer alone is symbolic of the art of subtlety.

[@MegaMikeStrike]

Maybe the crown indicates whos has the catterpillar king?

[@maevblog9955]

I would like if they do more animal power ups for super Mario bros wonder beside the elaphant power up. Like a horse, llama, camel and giraffe power up

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I wonder too

[@sinteleon]

I think it's (1) highly likely, (2) non-transferrable between levels, and (3) the 'a' stash is used to hold extras of said transformations.

[@Minochu96]

12:17 Idk if it's really a new behavior for Piranha Plants to get out of their pipes and walk, with or without the pipes like in Partners in Time we saw Piranha Plants that could walk and attack while in it's pipe (then there's the Piranha Plant in Smash Bros) and then there's the walking Piranha Plants which can be seen in games such as Mario Kart there's so many species of those plants so there's been a few times were they do walk with or without their pipe and attack tho I don't think it's been mentioned, but when looking at Bowser's castle in the background in one of the shots, bowser seem to have new hairstyle, and if his face on the castle does, then so must Bowser, which could be tied to the new wonder effect in some way like maybe Bowser and Jr are using the wonder flowers in some way, similar to when Bowser because Meowser ...maybe which could also be tied to Bowser's strange eyes on his airship. Whatever Bowser's up to, the wonder effects are doing something to him, which makes me very curious how the Bowser fight will be like for this game

[@dev.7918]

Maybe the crown is similar to the one in the 3D game on the wii U, as the player who performed the best got it.

[@LaterGatorGames]

Maybe the Crown is used to mark the Online Party/Room Leader, and there is just Online

[@topaz_anole]

I think the crown might indicate either who reached the flagpole first, or who got the most points.

[@sinteleon]

Honestly, I'm more of the opinion that the scene with mario and peach gliding along might have the 'a pocket' removed because it might not be a normal stage to begin with. Possibly a special stage/area/section outright... which we already know is possibly the case because of the 'cap' icon we see just a bit before that section. My guess is that it's related to transformations outright, with transformations being a core powerup that CANNOT be transferred between levels. Wondereffects with base transformations cannot be used to activate transformations because it already transforms you, and special areas have transformations completely disabled outright because it would break the special section.

[@Daouz1]

The music in the game sounds like SMOOTH McGROOVE

[@elesfinter9753]

Maybe the A button disappears in wonder effect because power-ups may interfere with the wonder abilities since I doubt you can use a fire flower while spikeball. Maybe reserve items don't carry to other levels, which would be weird, but it would balance the level design.

[@gunshot-yj9ty]

I noticed something when you pointed out first player being on the rarest left side i the upper left corner. There is only one number of lives. Could this mean all players are now sharing lives?

[@KoreanNerdJJOO]

This game looks so fun

[@sinteleon]

8:05 It's not a white bulb, it's a horn. You can just barely see the shape of the horn before it fully fades out. Presumably it is based on bowser's horns.

[@kobes1925]

at 1:20 the green Yoshi makes the bullet bill he touches bounce too

[@KwehShiro]

the crown was an easy given for me, i didn't think there was people wondering what it was. in all the previous 4 player platformer mario they did, there was a crown system, you could steal it from your friend to get it. there's a hidden leaderboard in the game that you only see at the end of each level. kill enemies, collect coins, etc , that's stuff that gives you point.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

This looks so good!

[@Trogadorkiller]

The crown might just indicate who controls the camera currently. E.G. if player one dies, or even touches the flag, then player two now has control of how the camera scrolls until they are completed as well

[@machadragonii145]

Hoenstly watching game analysis's on nsmb games those being nsmb2 nsmbu and nslu where my favourite analysis videos to watch and seeing theses takes me back to 2012

[@donkeykong6426]

Buster Beetle is probably back because they had big hands to throw blocks at you in the 3rd game

[@delfinodolphinsquad910]

I'm very certain that the crown serves a very similar purpose to the one from 3D World that's suppose to indicate some kind of scoring system, while the score may be absent physically, it could still be an internal thing where the crown appears over the head of the best performing player. Which isn't a bad thing to be fair, since you no longer can directly interact with other players, it leaves the competitive side of the multiplayer completely clean, no longer able to actively screw over and sabotage the leading player and simply is about doing YOUR best to get the lead score and obtain the crown, which seems to update automatically during the stage if the flagpole thing is of any indication

[@1gnore_me.]

… the circle is clearly just a reserve item slot, like super mario world. the A button is disabled during wonder transformations because you can’t use powerups with them, probably.

[@nate1daniels745]

I have a theory on the crown. Maybe it's the one who has the prince? Like from a couple of the clips in the analysis I noticed the prince wiggler guy was the with the one with the crown. Now how that is decided I dunno.

[@littletim98]

Actually grabbed his hat after Entering the pipe

[@ImmanuelCoolgamer]

Im getting super mario bros wonder

[@MegaMikeStrike]

the bowser house at the end of the stage doesn't have a bulb, it's a horn. Reserve item bubble hasn't got an A during transformations, cause you are not allow to use items during transformation.

[@KesorodaBlk]

This game is definitely based on the Super Mario Bros. OVAs! The Japanese films that weren’t (?) released internationally! There are so many things that match up as well!

[@gavinsonafrank5868]

Hear me out. It is an item reserve spot, but it was edited out by Nintendo to hide power ups, and the reason the gliding clip lacks a reserve spot because the item's already been used. I feel the argument makes sense, although there is some issue on how the first level already has one item in reserve. 🤷‍♂️

[@mikayel6175]

Maybe the crown meana who controls the camera, like the arrow in nsmb2

[@eduabrao]

I think the balloon fish deflates a bit every time you land on one

[@ozias_is_sans]

You can see the mushroom kingdom in the background of the elephant Mario clip if you look to the left of the screen

[@davidvargas553]

I’m guessing the talking flowers are the flower kingdom residents. Just like toads being turned into blocks in the original super Mario. When you finish the level the talking flowers are turned back into the toad like form and recover their homes.

[@nickybakes]

This is just a hunch and I have no evidence really, but it’s possible the crown may indicate who the camera is primarily following?

[@TheWotch]

I have never heard of people referring to the A button as jump and the X button as run as the default. They've always seemed like the alternates to the standard B and Y.

[@earthguardian2]

The crown is for the leading player

[@johnaustinkaohelaulii8224]

8:10 It mimics a horn and the bud is black instead of Blue and White… it looks like Bowser…

[@ArabellaGrethey]

If we do get a Dark Bowser in this game, that does make me _Wonder_ what else could happen- Will we get more RPG characters like Fawful, Cackletta, Dimentio and/or Geno ingame, or will Bowser be playable at some point? (Similar to in previous games where you unlock Luigi after meeting a certain point)

[@TurkeyFaceX]

Its also possible this is beta footage. Often times a first look at a game isn't the final build. Perhaps the a button really could be tied to an item or a wonder fruit as you suggested and the inconsistency is just clips from different stages of the game's development.

[@thatnishcray]

I think the crown is a sign of whoever is the current ‘points’ leader

[@oop3000]

12:33 the cloud might be the king lakito cloud from galaxy 2

[@Shikojen]

Unknown? did you guys just forget about Super Mario 3d World? Connect the dots guys.

[@StarlightWarriorGamerJames]

I actually think that the circle with the *A* button holds excess items that when you press *A* , you get the item. Similar to 3d World.

[@victorvalles4283]

The crown is most likely an indication of who has camera control.

[@DJCheese77]

Bro called a bamboo enemy "flat green ducks" 💀💀💀💀💀

[@JohnboyTheGamer]

I think the crown indicates who the camera is going to follow.

[@Oceane1803]

Why does everyone always think of Dark Bowser but never of Bowser's brother ? Also races ? Do you think we could have the return of Koopa the Quick and he would be roller-skating like the smaller pink Koopas ?

[@P0chuL1ver]

The physical appearance of the sort of tulip toads, like the one that comes out of a warped tulip house to give a wonder seed at the end of the level, looks like a sort of valet, a jack. It is noticeable with the pants and the sort of bib that they have, most likely getting orders from the caterpillar, which looks like a king (it looks like the theory of GameXPlain in here). Thought that wouldn't be logical, there has to be normal citizens who live in this kingdom. Surely the appearance of those just shows more evidence the flower kingdom is ruled by some king.