Mario Wonder's Elephant Plush Is Finally Available Outside Of Japan
Even though Nintendo still hasn't confirmed it will be releasing the Switch's successor in 2025, one look at its 2024 slate serves as relatively concrete evidence that's the case. There are still games coming, but there's an argument to be made that the last tentpole release on the Switch was Super Mario Bros. Wonder. A game famed for turning Mario and his supporting cast into elephants, and fans in Japan were lucky enough to then see Elephant Mario turned into a plush soon after.
Nintendo was so confident in the success of Wonder, and Mario fans falling in love with its mascot in an elephant form, that it revealed the plush before Wonder had even been released. However, it was only available in Japan. While it's never a sure thing, especially when it comes to Nintendo, if a product like this sells well enough in Japan, then it will likely be released elsewhere, and that has now happened with Elephant Mario.
The plush now has a listing on Amazon in the US that you can check out below, although it appears to be sold out at the moment. That's to be expected with a product as popular as this one, especially since the listing has been live for less than 24 hours at the time of typing this. It may be a case of Amazon adding stock of the plush in batches to avoid the page crashing and to stop scalpers getting them all. Whatever's going on with Elephant Mario, it's worth checking back periodically if the plush isn't in stock right now as it likely will be again very soon.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder introduced new power-ups to the Mushroom Kingdom, one of which turns Mario into an elephant when consumed. Elephant Mario was quickly turned into a plush perfectly replicating how the character looks in elephant form in the Nintendo Switch game.
The plush is $24.99 and is ten inches tall, and if it sells well enough outside of Japan, perhaps we will see the rest of the Wonder cast get elephant plushes too. Luigi, Daisy, Peach, and Toad can all turn into elephants too, but
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