Subj : Super Mario Bros. Wonder devs had over 2,000 ideas for the game,
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Oct 18 2023 10:30:07

Super Mario Bros. Wonder devs had over 2,000 ideas for the game, including 
the addition of an enormous live-action Mario that didnt make the cut

Date:
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:19:03 +0000

Description:
During development, the Super Mario Bros. Wonder devs had an idea-sharing 
session and came up with over 2,000 concepts.

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Its been revealed that during its development, the team behind Super Mario 
Bros. Wonder generated over 2,000 ideas for the game, including one from its 
sound director that would have added a huge live-action Mario to the game who 
said boing to himself. Unfortunately, that didnt make the cut. 

In a new Ask the Developer interview posted on the official Nintendo website 
yesterday (October 17), members of the Super Mario Bros. Wonder development 
team spoke about how they came up with a new game full of hidden surprises 
and wonders. Game designer Koichi Hayashida explained that he wanted to apply 
some of the ideas behind the creation of 3D Mario games to Wonder , despite 
it being a 2D game, since the 3D titles are a toy box of ideas. 

With these things in mind, we decided to have an idea-sharing session, 
Hayashida said. Everyone from programmers to designers and sound designers 
joined in and wrote down gameplay ideas on sticky notes, which could be 
unrelated to their field of expertise, and we made prototypes on the spot. 
There were just so many ideas. Before this interview, I counted the number of 
sticky notes we had, and there were over 2,000! 

During this process, the team generated ideas such as the bending Warp Pipes 
that can be seen in the games first trailer, and after lots of prototyping, 
ultimately discovered what director Shiro Mouri referred to as the core of 
the game. He noted: This is a rather drastic approach, but first, you've got 
to take everything to the extreme. If you think you've gone too far, you can 
make adjustments later. 

Speaking of going to the extreme, the aforementioned live-action Mario idea 
was generated by Wonder s sound director, Koji Kondo, who explained: I shared 
the idea of an eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario humming along 
with the background music as he goes along. [...] When he jumps, he says to 
himself, Boing! ...The idea was never used, though. I felt I had to take the 
lead in going to the extreme. 

I dont know about you, but if Wonder ever receives DLC later down the line, I 
know what I want to see. 

 Super Mario Bros. Wonder is one of this years most exciting upcoming Switch 
games , but if youre looking for something to play right away, be sure to 
check out our list of the best Nintendo Switch games .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nintendo-switch/super-mario-bros-wonder-devs-
had-over-2000-ideas-for-the-game-including-the-addition-of-an-enormous-live-ac
tion-mario-that-didnt-make-the-cut


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