Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings 2D action to the Switch in October
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CBGW)
Image: Nintendo Mario's big year continues. Following the debut of a theme park and an animated movie, 2023 will also be getting the next Super Mario Bros. game. It's called Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and is a return to the 2D side-scrolling action of the original games and the New Super Mario Bros. series. It has some weird new abilities, including the ability to turn into an elephant. It launches on October 20th.
The last mainline Super Mario game was Odyssey, which hit the Switch back in 2017. Since then we've had spinoffs like Super Mario Maker 2, the retro collection Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and the 3D World expansion Bowser's Fury.
Of course, even without a new game, this would've been an incredibly successful year for Nintendo's plumber. The S...