Super Mario Bros. Wonder: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park

If you never got around to Super Mario Bros. Wonder before, Bellabel Park is an essential purchase. As an upgrade, it’s almost deliberately inessential: a large tray laden with soufflés, amuse-bouches, and bon-bons to set alongside Wonder’s hearty meal. They won’t fill you up, or make the main course taste any better. But they sure look irresistible.

For me, at least, it’s a no-brainer. While the multiplayer games are a fun bonus, all I’m looking for are fresh levels and challenges for those moments when I decide I need a little more Wonder in my life.

That really should be a given for a game with the phrase "Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" in its name. Unlike other games to have worn that badge so far, though, I’m thoroughly convinced that there’s enough here to justify the price of its upgrade. What I’m still unconvinced of is whether this expansion is so good that the whole Wonder package is now an $80 game. Not because I don’t love Wonder and everything it brings to the table, both in the base game and its Bellabel Park upgrade, but because I’m yet to be convinced that any game is worth $80.