Super Mario Bros. Wonder announced, out in October

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Nintendo is making a new side-scrolling Super Mario game in which the Italian plumber turns into an elephant. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is out on 31 October. 
  No, you arenā€™t in the middle of a cheese-induced fever dream: there is indeed a new side-scrolling Super Mario game on the way, and yes, it does end with Mario himself turning into a rotund elephant. Super Mario Bros. Wonder takes the 2.5D perspective of the New Super Mario titles and mixes the platforming action up with a new selection of power-ups that, even by the seriesā€™ own standards, are truly surreal. Collecting a Wonder Flower will change the level in unexpected, faintly hallucinogenic ways ā€“ pipes warp and undulate, sheep dash around like express trains, and yes, Mario gets to shape-shift into weird forms, including a charmingly chunky elephant. It looks as though thereā€™s four-player couch co-op thrown into the mix, too, with playable characters including Princesses Peach and Daisy as well as Toad and Yoshi. The trailer offers plenty of charm, and a surprising emphasis on speed ā€“ when it first started, we thought for a second that it might even be an auto-scroller. Thereā€™s plenty of imagination on display, too ā€“ some of the quirkier level designs put us in mind of Good-Feelā€™s Yoshi and Kirby games, which makes us half wonder whether they might be developing it. Super Mario Bros. Wonder isnā€™t the only Mario game on the way, either; the Big N has also teased a new game starring Princess Peach ā€“  the first of its kind since Super Princess Peach on the Nintendo DS ā€“ a remaster of Super Mario RPG, and a Switch reworking of the former 3DS exclusive, Luigiā€™s Mansion 2. Thatā€™s a whole lot of Super Mario, folks. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is due for release on 20 October 2023 for Nintendo Switch.
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