I don't tend to think of myself as a particularly loud or shouty person when I'm playing games. When playing Soulslikes, my rage comes quietly – a huff or sigh after one too many deaths – or a big inhale when I've been jumpscared in a horror game. Apparently, though, I just need the right game and setting to bring it out of me, because I'm fairly sure I was the loudest person in the room during a recent preview session for Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, and I won't apologize for having a good time.
Let's quickly address the elephant in the room – not Wonder's beloved Elephant power-up, but that game title. Yes, that is the official, novel-long name of the newly expanded Mario platformer, and it's also such a mouthful that I can't imagine it ever catching on. Thankfully, the content of the expansion itself is, from what I've played, substantially better thought out.
