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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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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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: “Mobile apps will not be the primary path of future Mario games”

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After previous resistance when it came to putting content on mobile, several years ago, Nintendo started to branch out and toy around with different apps you can experience on a smart device. Mario even got in on the action with Super Mario Run, which is available on iOS and Android. However, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has indicated that mobile won’t be Mario’s home in the future.

Miyamoto told Variety in an interview: “Mobile apps will not be the primary path of future Mario games.”

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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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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: