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 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.

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Rumor: Charles Martinet’s role in The Super Mario Bros. Movie uncovered

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A bit of new information has surfaced that seemingly reveals Charles Marinet’s role in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

At this point, there aren’t too many surprises left when it comes to casting. We know about Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong. But we’ve yet to hear about Marinet, who has voiced Mario in the actual games for decades at this point. It’s only been teased that he’ll have “cameos” in the film.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie will have a post-credits scene

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When The Super Mario Bros. Movie releases next week, viewers can look forward to a post-credits scene. Chris Pratt, the actor who voices Mario in the movie, confirmed as such in an interview with CBR.

Post-credits scenes are all the rage these days, and sometimes tease what could come next. It turns out that The Super Mario Bros. Movie will follow that tradition. Pratt indicated that the scene “gives you a taste of what the sequel could be about.”

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Chris Pratt defends voices in The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Chris Pratt has defended the voices featured in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, asking those that are criticizing performances to “watch the movie” first.

Pratt, who voices Mario in the film, said the following in an interview with ExtraTV:

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Keegan-Michael Key on how he found Toad’s voice for The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Toad is one of the key characters in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Keegan-Michael Key – who plays the character – has now discussed how he found the voice for the role.

In a Fandango interview, Key talked about how he was looking to “almost pretend like I was sucking on a helium balloon while I was doing the recording.” Here’s what he shared:

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie final trailer

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is fast approaching, and the final trailer has now come in. This video just debuted in a Nintendo Direct a few moments ago.

We again get to see the main premise of Mario going on adventure to save his brother, Luigi. Lots of action is included, and we even get to see Donkey Kong powering up with a Fire Flower.

Here’s the final trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie:

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Direct live stream – March 2023

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With the third Direct for The Super Mario Bros. Movie kicking off in just a bit, we have the live stream ready to go. It’ll begin at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

Thus far Nintendo has only said that the presentation will only highlight the film’s final trailer. It goes without saying, but there won’t be any game information here.