Complains about the game not being challenging. Complains when the game adds challenges. You can’t win

"This game sucks, but it also doesn't." -every Super Mario Bros. Wonder review ever

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Still love the game, but I'm still baffled by the decision to make YOSHI, a main character, easy mode.

Nitpicks a lot of small things but forgetting one big one personally for me and a lot of other people. The bosses suck in this game. It's the most uncreative part of the game by a mile. Older 2D mario games had so much more variety with koopa kids and most final bowser fights being this grand spectacle that is much better than auto scroller music jumping to the beat boss battle.

If some reason, Mario's design in Mario Wonder reminds me of Super Mario Land 2 for the Gameboy. No idea why, I just keep thinking of those sprites more than anything else!

my biggest pet peeve with this game is that they removed the controls: x for dash and y for jump, wich would be fine because the other games are meant to be played with y for dash and b for jump. except that theres NO WAY TO TURN IT BACK. in fact, they barely give you any control options at all, its either y/dash and b/jump or b/dash and a/jump. and thats IT. we should have the system where you scroll down the list of actions paired with buttons. press confirm on the button/action (for example b/dash) then press the button you WANT it to be, like x. and its now (x/dash) :)

As someone who has played though half of the game, only on coop I find the most annoying thing to be the crown which is completely fine when I’m playing with my brother because of how we play being so similar but the minute you add other people who play the game differently it changes, lots of deaths due to the crown player being behind everyone else or them being way to ahead. I also don’t like how it changes depending on who did something for example get a wonder seed or get the highest on the flag, and this making them basically player 1 in a sense meaning the host losing control over dialogue and the world to play in, because of this I prefer how the older new Mario bros games did it where is was the person furthest was the one it would follow.

You forgot to mention that the bosses in the game suck.

The opening.... It's been a very long time since you've posted anything at all 😂 Don't get it wrong, we're happy to hear that familiar voice again.

What sucks is that I can tell Nintendo actually put a lot of care into this game and actually truly wanted us to enjoy it insted of making another cash grab and it fell short. I really hope they dont stray from that path and im confident that the next game can be truly great.

There are things we take for granted like player collision or the koopalings. "No one likes bumping into each other." "The koopalings are used too much." Nintendo: We hear you all. We will get rid of all these problems. We now have a locked camera with no player collision and all the bosses are now Bowser. Jr. Why couldn't they take notes from the FIRST GAME? Every castle boss was original and appropriately themed to that specific world.

No offense, but I could feel myself tensing up and getting madder as this video went on. The title is click-bait and almost none of the points feel really valid to me. I respect your opinions, but this one really rubbed me the wrong way.

I always felt like the player collision in the new soup games was annoying more than anything

When was the last time you played any of the New Super Mario Bros. games? You compare wonder and the New Soup series a lot here, and im curious because most of the things you bring up (lame powerup, lack of challenge, having to repeat levels for 100%, poor selection of characters) are way worse issues in the previous 2D entries. It seems like a lot of your issues come from you not experimenting, because the movement in this game is crazy thanks to the variety of badges and the bubble flower in particular. Player collision should have been a setting though, I'll give you that.

"WONDER FLOWER" not "StaR sEeD"

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like the co-op. One of my biggest gripes is the way the person with the crown calls the shots, with no options to turn that off. When I signed up to be player 3 in my younger sister's co-op session, I fully expected to be following her lead, as with any co-op 2D platformer. I'm usually player 1 in Kirby sessions for example, and I'm usually player 2 in Donkey Kong. As someone who enjoys co-op games, it's pretty much ingrained in my psyche that player 1 calls the shots. Instead, the game kept tossing the crown over into someone else's direction and so we would be on the map wondering why Florian's dialogue hasn't progressed and it turns out "oh yeah I have the crown whoops". I liked the crown in 3D World because it was just a stupid object that measured your skill, and it was funny to beat each other up over it. This is intrusive and makes the co-op not as fun when we constantly have to keep track of who's in control, and so I intentionally avoid doing stuff that would earn me more points just so it wouldn't switch.

Wait, so do you like the game? Do you think it’s bad? I’m just confused

The downfall of bulletbarry channel, the clickbait chaser. RIP

At first people were saying that this game was amazing, to the point of it being a GOTY nominee. Now all of a sudden it sucks? What is this, the Sonic the Hedgehog fanbase? 😂 (although they change their opinions way faster)

I think that the reason player collision and stuff like that was removed it's because lots of people complained about it in the New Super games. Same goes for a lot of other features, people really didn't care much for those games so I think that Nintendo just wanted to make sure this game didn't feel like an NSMB game lol!!

Are you sure that you're not finding this game easy because you got better at 2D Mario during your NSMBU playthrough? The fact that everyone else is having trouble makes me wonder if these games are actually getting easier or if you're just used to 2D Mario. Personally I stopped finding 2D Mario hard after NSMB DS, so all those reviews going "NSMBWii is SO HARD!" made me question what was going on.

10:40 FYI The "top-of-the-flag" thing was also in 3D World and was required for world Crown

*LOL* , I think you've mistaken this game for Sonic Superstars.

I find it funny when people complain about wonder being too easy and act like world and 3 are dark souls difficulty. Died no less than 10 times in world and 3 of those times were just me being stupid. Only failed 2 levels in the special world twice and beat every other level in the special world first try. Also beat mario 3 and only died 5 times. Older mario were hard at some points but to act like you have to be on you toes is something i did not see. Being easy is not a valid critique as if the game can still hold your interest then its fine which wonder does. If easy makes a game bad then the kirby series sucks and everyone wrong for liking it right. Other than that great video

This game is slightly worse in coop, and way better in solo imo.

I played this game with my friend a few weeks ago in co-op and he just wasn't vibing with it, I'm not sure if he's just nostalgia blind for NSMBWii or just thinks the game isn’t fun but I definitely found it really interesting

What did you think of the new voice acting?

Collision and the ability to bounce off each other's heads really made the old games feel cooperative and created some interesting situations. My siblings and I would spend a large portion of our play time throwing each other off cliffs back in the day. It's sad to hear that they removed that feature.

In terms of reinventing 2D Mario this is a huge step. They tried to finally give as much attention, as they give to their 3D games, to their 2D ones. Some of the stuff you said sound like nitpicks but it does bring a point that some of the stuff they added were unnecessary and slow down the gameplay so they can remove that and focus on other parts of the game experience instead

The badge really feels like the game journalist that complained about ultrakill being boring while only using the blue gun :/

I made a video essay that is almost a complete opposite opinion of this one. I’m interested to hear your take on

I guess since Wario's too busy making minigames and Nintendo still thinks everyone hates Waluigi, the saw no reason to put them in the game. Also, adding Rosalina as a playable character would've been awesome. Especially to me because she's my favorite Mario character.

its been a very long time since ive done a game review, and ive never reviewed a nintendo game before

1:17 Bro really said star seed. It's called a Wonder Seed my dude

5:36 What do you mean Mario Bros U was hard I beat that game in one try and it was the most easiest Mario game. I guess that’s a skill issue.

I liked watching this video, it was quite entertaining. The only complaint I have is that it wasn't long enough, because you're the kind of person I could listen to talk about random stuff for hours.

The worst part about this game is that I often forget it even exists. There just wasn’t much that stuck out to me. It seemed like another NSMB game with some new gimmicks and power ups.

"star seed"? thats called the wonder flower theres a different seed called like the wonder seed and its not a star

Having not played the game, but watched several runs of it, the Wonder Flowers seem to be the 'applause' sign in a live studio audience, like Nintendo thinks its players are brain dead.

I was just happening to look at your channel yesterday and then you uploaded! are you watching me?

glad to see more videos from ya

You forgot to mention: 1: All the bosses are Bowser jr and the final boss is stupid easy. We needed the koopalings. 2. In the New super Mario bros games if you wanted to speedrun the game and skip worlds you can do that. In wonder you must beat every world besides special to beat the game.

Man it's sad to see the utter shambles this channel is in. I loved the 2017-18 era of console peasant quotes, the "x is a true service", and even "barry stories" (especially barry stories where your life advice was incredible for me) where you really opened my eyes and made me a much more open minded person, it was a really formative series for me. I also liked the van restoration videos but it started feeling like everything was going downhill at that point. Sure, you don't have to keep doing the same thing if you don't feel like it - personally I would have loved a barry stories style of video but with footage from you van trips, but you really lost footing and it shows. Still, I hope this is just a bump in the road and you'll soon find footing with something you are really passionate about again. Don't take this the wrong way, this isn't some gratuitous criticism and looking at your most popular videos, I see the steam deck SSD one is doing really well and it's up there with what you used to do here. To me you've always been a PC first, consumer first channel taking down corpo and fanboy bullshit and trying to educate new or uninformed pc and console users, as well as a healthy balance with personal stories and experiences. Again it doesn't have to be the same thing as before - you can make different things and maybe this is the direction you want to take the channel moving forward but it shows you are struggling to get a foothold and the videos have been generic lately, so maybe a more thought out smoother transition might have been better. The sudden whiplash from pc gaming to random chinese cheapo accessories to chinese cheapo ebikes is what alienated me. Even though I have no idea how youtube works, my advice is to sit down and really distill those old videos into the essence of what made them special and try to channel it through whatever new content you wish to pursue.

As someone who has a dad who "had to endure the tv and the movie seas" (aka pirating movies and modifying tvs) i fully support pirating (I know the video isn't about pirating)

The singleplayer of this game is awesome, the multiplayer sucks big ass.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder "sucks", eh? Hmmmmmm. Well, having played the game to 100% completion, I can understand some of your issues. The badges is one complaint I sort of agree with. Sometimes I like to put on the rhythm jump or quick dash, but otherwise I don't see it as a huge game changer. You pointed out how you don't like the text from Prince Florian. Mmm, I kinda understand that, but I say that it helps give Wonder a bit more oomph to its story. In the next 2D Mario, I'd love to see the Koopalings speak in a similar fashion. Despite the nuanced tone of this video, I imagine that the thumbnail alone will elicit some anger from Mario Wonder fans. I can only picture the reactions on Twitter... I see Wonder as a 9/10 game, but find each of the four NSMB games as _slightly_ superior. Interesting video, to be sure.

Basically, you don't like wasting time, whether through interruptions or uneventful challenge. Now who does that remind of...?

The levels are peak but the bosses are pitiful

Barry! It's a joy to see you again! imo this video is probably you at your greatest, I really enjoyed it, and it feels kinda surreal to hear your voice again lol. Here's to hoping you stick around for a while, you nomadic prick -Loudy

Daisy is in the game.

6:57 I think your referring to the phrase “less is more”

BIG emphasis on the lack of challenge. I REALLY wanted to play the Final Final level but the game was so easy I died twice in my entire playthrough, both on one level I had already fully cleared. I had literally no desire to replay any of these levels because at this point they were closer to cutscenes than to a challenge to unlock a final level. Also I gotta disagree on your take on the badges, while I also never utilized more than a handful of the badges, the variety of movement based badges added a lot of personal flare, as basically everyone I've seen playing the game had a different personal favorite badge.

it may be my tism acting up but the jumping sound on that game made me want to die, i couldn't watch anything about it

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well.... tastes and opinions differ - and that's okay

Someone who can deliver constructive criticism, refreshing.

More roadtrip stories soon I hope! And how was Vietnam?

Me when you drop a new gaming video: 🤠

I cannot put into words how quickly I tapped onto the video when I saw you uploaded it :D

No game is perfect but that doesn't mean Super Mario Bros Wonder is bad. And you can see that in the sales Mario Wonder sold more than 13 million. To put that in perspective Spiderman 2 came out on the same day and sold less and that's not even counting the game budget. seriously sony 300 million

BARRY!!!!! You have been missed, I hope all has been well! :D

Man videogame reviewers are really scraping the bottom of the barrel these days

Oh shit, it is TIMEE

1: “star seed” 2: ur impatient 3: just use spin twirl 4: they wanna appeal to casual gamers more 5: ur upset over a sound? 6: wonder flowers fill up powerups 7: BUBBLE POWERUP IS OP. 8: they didnt want the players killing each other and also glitches. 9: its just an easy mode. they wouldnt get sad they cant even take damage😂 10: nabbit ears like you serious 11: ur not complaining about 3d world having that. and thats all i heard/saw so to me mario wonder doesnt suck at all

i don't think the game was a failure, but other people have different ideas so i can't judge you for thinking this

OMG Barry upload a new video! Am i dreaming?

3:46 “And then goddammit!” Edit : XD

this has got to be an out-of-date april fools or sum (jk it's your opinion and i appreciate it)

Excellent video!! You gave an honest critique without trashing the game, and I really appreciate that.

8:24 Switch wouldn't be able to render more of the level if the camera zoomed out :P

Oh yeah I remember this guy he use to do those Console peasant videos...

The bosses sucked. I can agree. Playable Yoshi and nabbit sucks.

I would agree for disagree but I haven’t played the game yet

of course its not challenging the game was made so kids could play it to why dose a game have to be hard to have fun if you want hard gameplay the nes or Sega cd without save states or continues

Oh, come on super Mario wonder is literally the most original 2-D Mario since 2006 the reason why I say that is because after the release of the original new, super Mario Bros, the 2-D Mario series, got really scale and boring this game brought back the creativity from the old games

Bro why so much hate, they worked 7 years on this game 😭

It’s baffling to me how people can complain about a game being “too easy” or “too long” for 12 minutes straight without acknowledging the good parts of the game. Sure, I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you did state the game is good. Other than that, I don’t really have anything good to say about this video. Although I will admit, people like you are masters at rage bait. At this point, I’m trying to make the nicest criticism that I can about this video. But if you want to complain about there being no difficulty in Super Mario Bros Wonder, then why don’t you go play some games like Dark Souls, Fires of Rubicon, or even Another Crab’s Treasure. I legitimately think that people must have a complaint about anything nowadays.

You baited me with console peasant quotes years ago and made me agree with you, let's see if you can do it again

Classic youtuber just playing the engagement game. Too bad not everybody wants to play No mention of the bosses surprised me because they are vidual melatonin. I agree with most of the criticism towards the end of the video except lack of unuque powerups and the flagpole requirement. Getting top of the flag really gets you nothing, so its not a big deal if you do it or not. Unlike 3d world, the final final level isn't lpcked behind it, its purely for bragging righys, easy bragging rights at that. Wonders powerups feel refreshing because for once in a 2d mario game its not flight based. They all sort of change how you move and interact with the level but they don't let you just fly over things. In previous mario games you weren't flying in levels all the time, but if the player was guven the oppurtunity, they can and did abuse the power of flight. I think having zero flight based powerups backed the game designers in a corner and forced them to think if more interesting level design ideas that hadn't been done before

name 5 games that had good coop in made from the Mario gen 2d platformer there is none

welcome back barry, i never left!

Barry back with a great video :)

My problem with the game is that it's too easy, lacks any sort of side mode and is too short. New Soup DS has Mario vs. Luigi, the Minigames and the Minigame Coop New Soup Wii has Coin Battle and Free-For-All as well as watchable bonus movies New Soup U has the Coin Battle, Boost Rush, and Challenges as well as the New Super Luigi U and lastly New Soup 2 has the Coin Rush DLC, which are completely new levels made for the game. Mario Wonder is very cool and creative, however there's a lot of things that make the vanilla game easy, from things like levels to the wonder effects making you invincible, even ones you wouldn't expect like the Swim in Lava one.

Fucking missed you barry!

Games just another nsmb game it just didnt look it for 20 minutes

I beat the last level first try

Oh yes! Glad to have you back!

Gotta say, never watched you before, but the clickbait alone has made me dislike your channel. Not you as a person, but just your channel. You still do good, im just tired of click bait.

Ik click bait is the KZfaq style. But maybe make the title more like “I loved Mario Wonder, But it’s not perfect” or something than something you didn’t even say in the video. I see a bunch of people saying you thought it sucked just because the thumbnail and they definitely didn’t even watch half of the video.

blessed be thou when barry uploads

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Hello once again barry

barrylicious wonderrod back at it again.

I liked it

great video it takes forerver to say nohting.

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Hop on fortnite, Barry.

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