The Animation in Super Mario Wonder

[Red Kong XIX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kIULxgnXOg

Liked this video about the animation in SMW. The comparisons to older titles really highlights how improved it is. The attention to detail is just fantastic.

 

[Spinluck]

Zowie-Wowie...

Watching now.

 

[Adulfzen]

Really good highlights at how many contextual animations there are depending and showcasing how Nintendo pretty much went above and beyond compared to before.

 

[hateradio]

i can't believe it took this long to get some really good detailed animations

like things pushing against you, make you turn the other way

2023 mario!

 

[eXistor]

Makes me excited for the future of Mario too. I mean, it's not like they can go back to basic animations now right?

 

[Renna Hazel]

I absolutely love the animations in this game. Hopefully they keep improving going forward.

 

[Mekanos]

There was a previous video that showed how a lot of NSMB's animation were likely based on the stiff sprites from SMB1, like Mario going into the pipe, and now I can't unsee it.

My dream would be an All-Stars style collection of the NSMB games with the Wonder art style.

 

[Neoxon]

Definitely need to watch this when I have time, I know I have a lot to do when I get to work.

 

[Moz La Punk]

Makes me excited for the future of Mario too. I mean, it's not like they can go back to basic animations now right?

Click to shrink...

Hah! This is Nintendo we're talking about!

Kidding aside, the improved animation is my number one favorite feature of Wonder. It looks so much better than the NSMB-series, and its not even close. The comparison to the boxart of Super Mario Bros. 2 is spot on. When Mario gets an item, the transformation almost looks like claymation to my eyes. So beautiful.

 

[St. Eam the 3rd]

The amount of Care and work they did on those animation is astonishing.