Published Mar 20, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Nintendo's new toy is a jump scare box I spent a week living with Mario’s Talking Flower and it tormented me nonstop Image: Polygon It was a quiet Saturday morning. Despite my plans to sleep in late, I woke up at 9 a.m. and decided to get up and take a morning shower. I rolled out of bed as gently as I could so as not to wake up my girlfriend. She looked so peaceful, so I took care to tiptoe out of our bedroom and let her rest. When I snuck back into the bedroom 30 minutes later, she was awake and perturbed. “It woke me up by saying ‘They say the ocean tastes like tears,’” she said, motioning towards the orange menace on our nightstand. This is what the future holds for you if you let the dreaded Talking Flower into your home. Nintendo’s new creation takes Super Mario Bros. Wonder ’s cheery character and turns it into a wise-cracking toy that quips at you throughout the day.…