Have you ever wondered why there are floating blocks in the Mushroom Kingdom? This is just one of the questions the team behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie needed to think about while working on the project. Perhaps surprisingly, they even came up with an explanation.

Aaron Horvath, one of the directors on The Super Mario Bros. Movie, spoke about this in an interview with Variety. It turns out that the team came up with the term ‘floatanium’, which helps keep those blocks floating in the air. Adding more to the lore, it was decided that the mineral is natural to the Mushroom Kingdom.

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Rogue Company ending support for its Switch version in June

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Hi-Rez Studios and First Watch Games announced today that they’re ending support for the Switch version of Rogue Company. This is expected to happen on June 20, 2023.

In a blog post, it was mentioned that “the performance of our Switch port was not up to our standards, and we were unable to provide the level of support our players deserve.” Removing resources from Nintendo’s console “allows us to provide players on other platforms better support & focus for their specific issues, as well as deliver updates with more flexibility and frequency whenever needed.”

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Chris Pratt’s original Mario voice for the movie was rejected for being “a little New Jersey”

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Chris Pratt has provided more insight into coming up with his voice for Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which took some time to get right.

Pratt told Variety that initially, he was told that his performance was “a little New Jersey” and he was “doing a Tony Soprano thing.” He said:

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Rumor: Xbox blocking emulators in retail mode due to legal issues with Nintendo

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Original (4/7): Yesterday, Microsoft made it so that emulators will no longer run on Xbox Series X | S consoles in retail mode. The reason for that apparently comes down to Nintendo.

With the latest Xbox console, emulating titles from past consoles has been made easier than ever. That includes emulation of past Nintendo platforms – something that the Big N wouldn’t be happy about. The ban prevents normal Xbox consoles (sold to consumers) from running such tools.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie sees record opening at $204.6 million in US over five days, $377.2 million worldwide

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There’s more news about box office sales for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, with reports coming in that the film is generating $204.6 million in the United States in its first five days. It beat out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s $200 million Wednesday-Sunday opening.

For Easter weekend openings, The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($146.36 million) is behind Batman vs. Superman ($181 million) and Furious 7 ($161 million). The film is on track to set a new global opening record for an animated movie at $377.2 million assuming overseas is still at $173 million by tomorrow morning.

Universal domestic distribution chief Jim Orr said of The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s success:

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Miyamoto says Nintendo was hesitant to make a backstory for Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Mario games are always about the gameplay, with the story often having a minimal impact. However, with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the plot and its characters needed to take center stage. This created an interesting dilemma of sorts for Nintendo.

If you’ve seen The Super Mario Bros. Movie or any of its trailers, you obviously know that there’s more to Mario compared to the games – including a bit of a backstory. But Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said Nintendo felt some hesitation there since “we want Mario to be without restrictions” and going into more of his character “might become a disadvantage for future games.”

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Nintendo made sketches of Mario’s parents that were never used, brought back for the movie

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie director Aaron Horvath has revealed that Nintendo previously made sketches of Mario’s parents that went unused. However, they resurfaced from the company’s vault for the new film.

The Mario family is brought in a bit for the new movie, and it turns out that Nintendo was “fully on board with this cinematic representation of Mario and knowing that he’s not just going to be a guy who appears from a pipe and says ‘Wahoo!’ and then he’s off on his adventure,” according to Horvath. He told Polygon that the idea here was to show that “he’s a real guy with a real life and real problems.”

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Miyamoto says Dr. Mario shouldn’t be trusted

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In the words of Shigeru Miyamoto, Dr. Mario is a character that shouldn’t be trusted.

IGN recently spoke with the Mario creator as part of an interview for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Miyamoto talked about how the film brought out a new side of the character as an everyman hero. However, when it comes to Dr. Mario, he’s a character shrouded in shadiness.

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Miyamoto on why Nintendo has been reluctant to make movie adaptations for its games

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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed why Nintendo has been hesitant to have its games adapted into movies.

To say this is a field that Nintendo hasn’t explored much would be an understatement. After taking Mario to the big screen with a live action film in 1993, the company hasn’t done much with other adaptations. That finally changed this week with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was created in partnership with Illumination.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie has top animated launch day ever in 11 markets, more

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According to Deadline, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has seen several milestones and records broken for its debut. The film had the top animated launch day ever in eleven markets including Germany, Spain, Argentina, Central America and Austria.

The Super Mario Bros Movie earned $34.7 million through yesterday at the international box office. That along with Wednesday’s domestic debut puts the global one-day total at $66.4 million.