Nintendo Fans Spot Unannounced Character in Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Trailer

Super Mario Bros. Wonder's upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Edition was announced past week — but present fans judge Nintendo whitethorn person accidentally revealed much than intended.

Pause the Switch 2 Edition's trailer astatine the 2:01 people and a mini-game icon tin intelligibly beryllium seen featuring the quality of Rosalina, Nintendo's abstraction princess primitively introduced successful the Super Mario Galaxy games.

Rosalina is not contiguous successful the archetypal Super Mario Bros. Wonder, disposable connected Switch, but her beingness successful the game's upcoming Switch 2 Edition would marque consciousness considering the immense propulsion for Galaxy contented that Nintendo is presently prepping for adjacent year.

Officially titled Super Mario Bros Wonder: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup successful Bellabel Park, the upgraded mentation of Nintendo's platformer volition incorporate a suite of further multiplayer games. Indeed, it's this Bellabel Park plaza that tin beryllium seen successful the trailer, showcasing a situation with Rosalina and Yoshi connected its icon (as spotted connected societal media by Nintendo instrumentality DynamoSuperX).

During the trailer, Nintendo besides teased further additions coming to the Switch 2 mentation of Wonder, but said it would item these astatine a aboriginal date. Could this see a caller enactment of levels with a Galaxy theme, to necktie into Rosalina's evident inclusion? Time volition tell.

Rosalina tin beryllium seen connected this in-game icon wrong Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Switch 2 Edition.

Next twelvemonth volition spot Nintendo returning to its beloved Mario Galaxy games successful a large way, with expanded ports of some Mario Galaxy and Galaxy 2 for Switch 2 ($70 for the pair, oregon $40 each) and adjacent a carnal mentation of Rosalina's in-game storybook to buy.

All of this volition past pb into the motorboat of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the follow-up to Nintendo and Universal's archetypal deed Mario film. A teaser for that, besides aired during the Nintendo Direct, powerfully hinted that Rosalina would soon beryllium introduced connected the large screen, too.

"Super Mario Bros. Wonder establishes a caller modular for what 2D Mario platformers should look like," IGN wrote successful our review, scoring the crippled a 9/10. "It is colorful, it is alive, and it is joyful. It besides managed to astonishment and delight maine successful continually much originative ways acknowledgment to its unpredictable Wonder Effects, which alteration levels into thing wholly antithetic for a little while."

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social