Ever since Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched in 2023, I’ve been dying to see how Nintendo would follow up one of its most inventive platformers. Surely there were enough unused Wonder Effects in the tank to give us a generational sequel akin to Super Mario Galaxy 2? Or at least a great DLC. Nothing I imagined comes close to Nintendo’s actual plan for Wonder’s big Switch 2 add-on: a new Mario Party, minus the board game.

