Super Mario Bros. Wonder players have gone to town modding the game, but two of the best mods are ones that make Sonic the Hedgehog and Kirby playable.

Mario games are certainly no stranger to mods (no matter how much it must annoy Nintendo), but Super Mario Bros. Wonder is on another level. Thanks to the game's data being leaked, mods for Wonder started hitting the internet a whole week before it had even officially launched, and things have only kept snowballing from there now that it's in everyone's hands.

As you'd expect from the internet, one of the earliest and most interesting mods for Super Mario Bros. Wonder is one that makes the Talking Flower say a bunch of swear words. I'm sure Nintendo is a big fan of that one.

GameBanana is already full of a ton of different mods for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but by far the most popular ones are skin swaps that let you play as pretty much anyone you can imagine. Yes, even Wallace from Wallace and Gromit. I could probably talk all day about some of the strange character mods that have popped up, but two of the best ones that I've seen so far at least make a little bit of sense.

The first mod is one from Twitter user GhostsSoup that turns everyone's favourite plumber into his eternal rival, Sonic the Hedgehog - the classic version of Sonic, to be precise. GhostsSoup shared a video of the mod in action over on Twitter, and it's surprising just how well Sonic fits into the world of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Bonus points for including Tails as Sonic's alternative to the Glide Cap.

Sadly, if you're looking to bring the blue blur over to a real Game of the Year contender, you might have to wait a while as GhostsSoup says that it's around nine percent complete right now and seemingly has a lot of work left to do on the project. That makes sense considering the mod aims to replace everything from the models to the UI and sound effects, but let's hope we get to play as Sonic in the near future.

Another incredible character mod that brings another platforming icon over to Super Mario Bros. Wonder is BigSharkZ's Kirby mod. This also-in-progress mod replaces Yoshi with Kirby, which makes sense considering the pink puffball's floating ability is a perfect match for the green dino's flutter jump.

There's no word just yet on how much progress has been made with the Kirby mod and when we can expect to get our hands on it, but BigSharkZ has shared two videos of how it currently looks and it's shaping up to be one of the most impressive Wonder mods out there right now. And hey, at least this one is replacing Mario and his friends with another Nintendo character.

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