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For the first time in over a decade, Mario is coming home. No, not to the Mushroom Kingdom — but to an entirely new game in the side-scrolling format that made Nintendo a household name.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder releases October 20th. It's an homage to the 2D games in the series, but it's also bold, trippy, and frenetic. We had the chance to preview Wonder, and sit down with director Shiro Mouri and producer Takashi Tezuka, who designed the original Super Mario Bros. in 1985 with Shigeru Miyamoto.
"With traditional Mario gameplay, you have to figure out how to get from one point to the next point," explained Tezuka. "This time, more than we've done in the past, we have many different choices to choose from."