Highlights
- Bowser is smitten by Princess Peach's new Elephant form, offering her a bouquet of flowers and showing his affection even more.
- The new Elephant Fruit power-up in Super Mario Bros. Wonder allows characters like Princess Peach to transform into anthropomorphic elephants.
- Excitement for Super Mario Bros. Wonder is high, with pre-order sales already ranking #1 on Amazon and a playable demo available at select retailers.
Bowser's affection for Princess Peach is as old as the character himself, and a new Super Mario Bros. Wonder video shows the Koopa King’s reaction to her new Elephant form. A brand-new 2D Super Mario platformer is set to launch on the Nintendo Switch later this month, with Bowser returning to wreak havoc on the Flower Kingdom. Meanwhile, Princess Peach will oppose him as one of Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s playable characters with a host of new power-up abilities to call upon.
One of the most notable of these new Super Mario Bros. Wonder power-ups is the Elephant Fruit, which was first shown off during the game’s initial reveal trailer back in June. As its name suggests, the Elephant Fruit transforms its user (such as Princess Peach) into a larger, anthropomorphic elephant version of themselves that can stomp through blocks and swat enemies with their truck. This colorful new ability has spawned many memes in the build-up to Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s release on October 20, and now Nintendo is revealing what the game’s main antagonist thinks about Princess Peach’s new look.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is Playable Right Now at Some Walmart Locations
A playable demo for Super Mario Bros. Wonder is now available at Walmart and other retailers for those eager to give the upcoming platformer a try.
Earlier this week, Nintendo started releasing a series of animated shorts on its official Japanese YouTube account to promote Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the second of which stars Princess Peach and Bowser. The promo starts with Bower trying to impress the uninterested princess with a flower as he usually does, only for an Elephant Fruit to bounce past her and trigger her transformation into Elephant Peach. Bowser is initially shocked by Peach’s new appearance, but he quickly pulls out a full bouquet of flowers and offers it to her, apparently even more smitten than ever before.
So far there has been one other Super Mario Bros. Wonder short, which depicts Mario running through a series of boxes and Warp Pipes in his own Elephant Form - only to find himself stuck when he tries to climb into a green Warp Pipe. Excitement for Super Mario Bros. Wonder is quite high, with pre-order sales for the upcoming title already ranking at #1 on Amazon. A playable demo for Super Mario Bros. Wonder is also available at select retailers, giving eager fans a small taste of Mario and Peach’s new Elephant powers in action.
It seems even archvillain Bowser is impressed with Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s new Elephant transformations, or at least Princess Peach’s version of the already beloved alternate form. The dreaded Koopa King has endlessly chased after Peach’s affections since the very first Super Mario game, and apparently turning into a cartoon elephant will only make him desire her more when Super Mario Bros. Wonder hits stores next week if this latest promo is any indication.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder launches on October 20, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
