The Internet Is Really Amused By Elephant Mario Crushing a Poor Yoshi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder [IGN]

Nintendo has shared a ton of new details for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but ignoring the actually significant gameplay reveals, the internet is instead obsessing over a poor Yoshi being crushed by Elephant Mario.

Revealed during the Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Direct, players taking on the role of Yoshi can be ridden by another player, including another Yoshi or any of the other seven playable characters. This even includes the likes of Mario or Luigi when they have the Elephant power-up.

As the Nintendo Direct showed, the chonky Elephant form character can ride a Yoshi, with the poor thing visibly strained from the heavier weight. The internet immediately had its fun with the image, with users on X (formerly Twitter) talking about how much pain Yoshi is (probably) in and whether certain body parts, such as his spine and legs, are struggling.

It’s an even harder life for Yoshi #SuperMarioBrosWonder pic.twitter.com/9TgTCsVtXR

— MocciMu (@MocciMu) August 31, 2023

Look at that fucking face. Yoshi is so done with Mario’s shit LMAO pic.twitter.com/7JRQ5kWehH

— Nerbit (@Nerbit_13098) August 31, 2023

YOSHI IS INCHING CLOSER TO DEATH! HIS LEGS ARE GONE! 😭#SuperMarioBrosWonder pic.twitter.com/Akuic6MzV3

— Moxmo🗝💙✨ (@MomoPkmn95) August 31, 2023

Lawd have Mercy on Yoshi 💀 pic.twitter.com/cC9r9wacG9

— HazzadorGamin,Dragon of Dojima (@HazzadorGamin) August 31, 2023

Yoshi when Elephant Mario jumped on his back pic.twitter.com/ko1KDyDBmU

— Koopa | post con blues (@Koopathekaiju) August 31, 2023

If Mario’s Final Smash in the next Smash Bros game isn’t turning into an elephant and shattering his opponent’s spine like Yoshi’s here than Sakurai has completely failed as a game director pic.twitter.com/jeQfjSkO68

— Colin (@IntroSpecktive) August 31, 2023

— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) August 31, 2023

Some people took note of Yoshi’s strength, noting that Yoshi clearly does not skip leg day.

Yoshi never skips leg day pic.twitter.com/v93HLEFrYl

— Bear (@BearUNLV) August 31, 2023

Yoshi’s about to have the most jacked legs after this outing💀 pic.twitter.com/8Nrpbl6EHw

— hayden fyrus 🌺⭐️ (@FyrusYT) August 31, 2023

Super Mario Bros. Wonder was revealed during June’s Nintendo Direct as the next 2D Mario game and people instantly fell in love with the next big power-up: Elephant Mario. The game will also be the first without Charles Martinet, the long-term voice actor for Mario, as he announced his stepping back earlier in August.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.