Super Mario Bros. Wonder Scores 93 On Metacritic

Ahead of the game’s launch tomorrow, review aggregator Metacritic has published the Metascore for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

With 80 critic reviews at the time of this writing, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has been given a Metascore of 93. Metacritic classifies this score as “Universal Acclaim”, and this has placed the game among the top 10 highest rated games of the year on the website. For comparison, The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of the Kingdom has it beat by just 1 point at a 94.

Check out what some of the reviews had to say below:

VGC ~  100

Inventive and full of heart, with a tight design and striking presentation, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is undoubtedly the plumber’s most memorable 2D outing since the 1990s.

Eurogamer ~ 100

An endless cascade of ideas in a game that takes Mario to some wonderfully strange places.

Destructoid ~ 90

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first game in literal decades to live up to the plumber’s legendary 2D platforming legacy.

NintendoLife ~  90

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is, quite simply, the best 2D Mario game since Super Mario World. This is the slickest, sharpest and smartest that two dimensional Mario has felt since 1991 and in its Wonder Flowers, badges and online aspects, it serves up an endlessly inventive and impressive platforming adventure that we’ve been utterly hooked on.

IGN ~ 90

Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks and plays like the true next step for 2D Mario platformers. Wonder effects change each stage in both surprising and delightful ways, the Flower Kingdom makes for a vibrant and refreshing change of pace, and Elephant Mario steals the show.

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