{"id":122644,"date":"2020-12-29T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/random_everyone_loves_super_nintendo_worlds_chonky_toad"},"modified":"2020-12-29T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T21:00:00","slug":"random-everyone-loves-super-nintendo-worlds-chonky-toad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/29\/random-everyone-loves-super-nintendo-worlds-chonky-toad\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Everyone Loves Super Nintendo World&#8217;s &#8216;Chonky&#8217; Toad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af9ffbdab16cb\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af9ffbdab16cb\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Toad\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af9ffbdab16cb\/toad.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/af9ffbdab16cb\/toad.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Toad\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>We could have sworn that Toad had a neck, but apparently, he doesn&#8217;t, and never did. It&#8217;s just huge mushroom head, and round mushroom body. Yet, somehow, Super Nintendo World&#8217;s mascot version of everyone&#8217;s favourite Mario Kart character is even <em>rounder<\/em> than the original, and we love him, and want to squish him on his big round head.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not alone, it seems. Twitter user Alicia Stella posted a photo of the extremely chunky Toad costume, garnering thousands of likes and a <em>lot<\/em> of replies from people who really, <em>really<\/em> want to hug the Toad. Stella grabbed the images from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themeparx.com\/universal-studios-japan-expansion\/\">theme park forum thread<\/a> where people are posting their own photos of the technical rehearsal at Super Nintendo World, even after Nintendo asked them not to post photos until the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/super_nintendo_world_will_open_february_2021_new_images_and_mario_kart_ride_detailed\">February park opening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Toad character has become my favorite thing from Super Nintendo World. See more pics: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6lep0mEud\">https:\/\/t.co\/i6lep0mEud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rfg56cK4d9\">pic.twitter.com\/Rfg56cK4d9<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Alicia Stella (@AliciaStella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliciaStella\/status\/1342213377934946307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It seems like the two Toad photos originally come from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saya__32__\/status\/1342089669329055747\">deleted Twitter post<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJKPSwfDM7d\/\">deleted Instagram post<\/a>, which wouldn&#8217;t be the first time that fans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/super_nintendo_world_website_and_mario_kart_ride_leak_online_as_fans_discover_hidden_videos\">quickly deleted their leaked pictures of the park<\/a>, no doubt fearing Nintendo&#8217;s legendary wrath.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all put on a bit of pandemic weight, but <em>thicc<\/em> Toad shows us that sometimes, extra cuddle material just makes you cuter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We could have sworn that Toad had a neck, but apparently, he doesn&#8217;t, and never did. It&#8217;s just huge mushroom head, and round mushroom body. 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