Everyone loves Elephant Mario and it’s (mostly) wholesome

polygon.com:

Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct was jam-packed with pleasant surprises, from a Super Mario RPG remake to the return of Detective Pikachu. Another standout announcement was a new Mario game, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which looks like a fun and trippy take on the usual 2D platformer formula. The trailer showed Mario and the gang going on adventures, and at the end of the trailer, Nintendo gave us a sneak peek at a new, goofy-looking fruit that turns Mario into an elephant.

Elephant Mario is still recognizably Mario. He’s bipedal, bright-eyed, and keeps his usual mustache, cap, and overalls. (His shoes, however, are gone; presumably, they don’t fit his new elephant feet.) When I woke up this morning, I didn’t expect that I would be entering a world where Elephant Mario exists. But that is simply the case now, and there’s no going back.

Discerning fans are already sharing their Elephant Mario thoughts and fan art on social media, and this particular pachyderm seems to be a hit.

Have i won? Am i the first to draw elephant mario? Who made this decision omg- pic.twitter.com/w03PlI6IXN

MARIO ELEPHANT ✨<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoDirect?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#NintendoDirect

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mario?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Mario pic.twitter.com/De2cTB5JIP

The Super Mario Bros. Wonder why Mario is an elephant. pic.twitter.com/WBOkyoWfM0

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ELEPHANT MARIO<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/SUPERMARIO?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#SUPERMARIO

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoDirect?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#NintendoDirect <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperMarioBrosWonder?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#SuperMarioBrosWonder pic.twitter.com/NK6uLbKgUp

Absolutely