20 Best Nintendo Switch Games

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first traditional side-scrolling Super Mario game since New Super Mario Bros. U way back in 2012, and splits the difference between paying tribute to what came before and pushing this type of game forward.

Anyone who's played a side-scrolling Mario game before - that is, surely everyone reading this list - will feel immediately at home, yet there are novel wrinkles a-plenty. 

This includes a power-up which turns you into an elephant, and the Wonder Flower, which can cause unexpected effects throughout a given level.

Whether playing solo, with a few pals locally, or online, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a platformer replete with the allure and creativity you'd expect from any mainline Mario title.

Navigating the Flower Kingdom and uncovering its many bewildering sights feels so fun and giddily unpredictable, again confirming Nintendo's penchant for tirelessly reinventing that which seems so firmly cemented. 

To call it a return to form for the 2D branch of Mario games is quite the understatement.