The 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. gave us Super Mario 35, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and a Switch version of Super Mario 3D World with an entirely new game attached. So, if Nintendo did all of that for the 35th, surely Mario's 40th anniversary is going to be massive... but the Nintendo Direct came and went with only pricey Galaxy ports, a Switch 2 Edition update for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and a new tennis game. Some assumed that Nintendo still had one massive Mario announcement in the bag, and it turns out they were right. It is a massive Mario.
Nintendo and Macy's have announced that Mario will be a part of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in its 99th year. For those outside of the US like myself, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the one day a year the US summons their greatest creation, Snoopy (and other characters, turkeys, etc.), to float above New York, and worship him, and pay tribute to him in balloon form. I mean, he's not there every year, but he's appeared at many Macy's parades since his debut.
