None are particularly difficult, but they all invite us to get active. Elsewhere, we punch a block and try to knock down a turtle-like Koopa.

Another is a group activity that invites us to work together to flip bricks into a singular color.

The land has four key games and one large so-called “boss” battle, a group game that requires light body movement and asks us to imagine ourselves in “Super Mario Bros.” Some of the games are simple - spin a large wheel to try to make a Goomba, one of the mushroom-looking enemies from the “Mario” games, stumble. By taking the viewpoint that we are entering a game rather than playing a game, Super Nintendo World invites us to constantly let our guard down and make blissful fools of ourselves in a room full of would-be friends. When we enter into a game - especially a game in a real-life physical space - we step into a place with invisible boundaries and rules that serve not to gatekeep, but to allow us to act outside of our normal, everyday selves. Play, at its heart, is a communication tool, a way to bring together families, friends, partners and even strangers. Play, as Super Nintendo World understands it, is not frivolous.

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