Mario Is Missing! Why Does Mario’s 40th Birthday Feel So [Fart Sound]

Mario is turning 40 years old this year, and it certainly looks like his parents forgot his birthday.
After an anemic showing earlier this year, I was holding out hope that Nintendo would do something special to mark the occasion, and the most likely location certainly seemed to be the summer game reveal season. Now the summertime Nintendo Direct has come and gone, and the closest to a new Mario announcement was a Donkey Kong Bananza event to earn Mario-themed items. As a result, our hopes for a