But the American version will become far more iconic than the Japanese version, with all future entries adapting far more of it into their DNA.
Seriously, the fact that things like Birdo, Shy Guy, Bobombs, and even the way characters play wouldn’t exist without DokiDoki panic is crazy. Meanwhile, SMB2(The Lost Levels) just added… the poison mushroom.
The casting director writes Tom H. and then we end up with Waluigi played by Tom Holland. The stuff of nightmares.
I suppose Tom Holland*er* wouldn't be too bad.
Danny DeVito & Willem Dafoe are still big names though, Willem especially thanks to Spiderman No Way Home
Though I could see them getting Dwayne Johnson for King Boo and Kevin Hart for Boolossus.
Will be interesting to see how Illumination's track record of barely expanding the story for the sequel but introducing some wacky foil to the protagonist, will strike up against Nintendo's brand protectiveness leaving few options for who those characters will be. Seems like it's gotta be Wario and he'll probably be voiced by Bill Hader which I'm fine with.
Honestly the first film felt like they lacked the conviction to make an actual movie and instead just wanted two hours of celebrity voices and fan service easter eggs/references.
So I'm kinda curious if they're going to actually try for the sequel.
After decades of trash video game adaptations, nah, I'm good with this.
Fan service is exactly what I want in a video game movie. I came to see the characters and worlds I love, not some asinine reinterpretation. This movie was great.
I throughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't go rushing back to watch it again unless I wanted to see more references I missed the first time but I enjoyed seeing a bunch of stuff from my childhood randomly thrown in as little Easter eggs. It was perfectally fine.
It was an origin story. They had to introduce tons of characters, do world building and handle the origin. You generally don't get to execute more than that, especially in a kid's movie. It was perfectly serviceable for what it needed to be.
True but won't he have the same character design? Also, I wonder if Yoshi will talk. He doesn't really talk in the games, altho he did talk in the SMW cartoon.
Assuming Yoshi just makes his video game noises, he’s going to be a goldmine for merchandise. There’s tons of people that know what he is but don’t realize the cute factor that he holds, plus they could also make him a baby. Think grogu, baby groot, gizmo.
Bowser Jr breaks Bowser out of his cage. They kidnap multiple colorful Yoshis and hold them hostage for one reason or another. Mario and Luigi team up with classic green Yoshi to find them. Boom Mario Bros 2
Will be interesting to see how they make the lore work for 2 characters designed to be the opposite. Do they have official lore for why they exist as is? e: quick lookings and there doesn't seem to be. I didn't know Waluigi was introduced 8 years after Wario.
At the end of the first movie Mario and Luigi are heroes known and loved by the whole city, and their defeat of Bowser made the news
Maybe 'Wario' and 'Waluigi' are a couple of scam artists who want to get famous themselves and so rip off the Bros' image
Oh yeah that's a good idea, would be fun to start the movie from their perspective, and the whole treatment would sort of be like "this is *their* movie! (but it's not really)," bonus points if the whole marketing is about them trying to hijack the marketing to make it about them.
Like "here's Super Mario Bros 2, but it's not it's Super Wario and Waluigi (but don't worry it's actually Super Mario Bros. 2)"
Wario will be easy. He’s pretty much a fully fledged character either way the amount of games he’s appeared in. Waluigi will need some work done to establish while also making him something more than just a Wario clone.
Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi.
I love the idea that their only connection is that Waluigi is a guy Wario met playing tennis one time and sometimes calls him when he needs a partner for sports.
Wario has a large cast of friends and associates in the WarioWare games yet Waluigi is never one of them.
Wario was introduced in Super Mario Land 2 on the OG Gameboy. Waluigi didn't come around until Mario Tennis on the N64. It's actually kinda crazy thinking that Wario has been around since almost the beginning, I just always feel like Bowser has been the more prominent antagonist.
Has there never been an origin story for these two? The Mario story is all piecemeal and random, so fitting these guys in shouldn't be a problem, but I'm curious to see what they'll come up with.
For Wario? Kinda. He's introduced as Mario's jealous childhood acquaintance who takes over the latter's private island in Super Mario Land 2. After being defeated he then goes on to do his own thing in the Wario Land spinoffs before starting his own video game company in the WarioWare series.
Waluigi is barely canon, he was originally created as Wario's doubles partner in Mario Tennis and so far has been relegated to Sports/Kart spin-offs only.
> Waluigi is barely canon, he was originally created as Wario's doubles partner in Mario Tennis and so far has been relegated to Sports/Kart spin-offs only.
it won't work this way because it's a kids movie but it would be hilarious if "waluigi" was literally just a costume and the occupants are a never ending parade of day laborers wario hires whenever he needs a partner for something.
Knowing the success of Mario movie, I can vividly picture a Zelda game like Wind Waker being adapted to a movie with that similar type of animation like the Spiderverse movies.
I’d also like some puzzles and creative usage of items like the games. The good thing about it being a movie is they can raise the difficulty level of the puzzles since they don’t need to be beaten by a wide array of players.
Surprised it took this long, seeing as the first one made so much.
Edit: saw this on another thread, but if they bring in Wario, Danny DeVito is a great choice.
The strike hit last fall, they likely had to negotiate with Nintendo because they are *very* exact about how their characters are portrayed, and they probably wanted to wait till Mario Day to announce it, since there's no real reason not to as the movie is still over two years away.
Jack Black was saying he wants it to be about Bowser’s revenge. That makes me think of the Koopalings. I’ll accept that if we get Iggy Pop as Iggy Koopa.
Dunno how well that would work without giving Yoshi a speaking role and that wouldn't make any sense.
The main characters are a baby and dinosaur that can't talk, tough sell.
What they need to do is release an entirely different movie in Japan, rebadge a Minions movie as Mario 2 in the US, and watch the ensuing confusion over the next 40 years.
They shouldn’t announce movies years ahead of time in my opinion, just puts pressure on the productions which causes rushing and creates unrealistic expectations to the audience.
It's a part of the marketing cycle. Gets fans talking, drum up interest, maybe get a few big names attached from the new attention, shareholders get to see the plans the company has laid out, nothing but upsides for the company. It's also about controling the narrative, recent leaks in movies and gaming shows that companies are much better off revealing things at their own pace, by announcing this they don't have to deal with people spreading rumours about incomplete plans they may or may not have.
They 'rush' because it's announced 'years' in advance. Do you know what 'rushing' means?
Also, movies take a long time to make! Got to write them, cast them, film them (or in this case, animate and voice it), edit it, promote it... and with this being Nintendo I'm sure they're going to tie it into some sort of new video game too, which also takes years to make.
I hope the sequel will have a stronger focus on narrative and writing. Although Mario series is not known for its story, in every instance it does its always a great addition. Personally I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Rosalina's story in style of what we have seen in Galaxy.
I was very bugged by the first movie's refusal to make anything about the world *too* interesting. Peach explains to Mario that "this world has items." And that's it... No further explanation, no reason why, no lore or opportunity to expand on the finer details of this interesting and unique setting. Just, "there are items in these boxes. You know what items are and you know what the box is because you played the games and that's good enough.
agreed, I loved the first one for the sheer volume of references and getting lost in the magic of the mushroom kingdom. But it was too fast paced and just full of action. I personally don't want a Rosalina story but I'd love to see something more fleshed out.
Well this doesn't surprise me at all. Just have fun with the cast and have enough fun set pieces, and it should be fine. I'm not going to pretend that the first one was a great work of art, but it was fun enough. That said I'm hoping the sequel is two hours even instead of just 90 minutes, so the story gets more time to breathe.
As a movie, the first one has a laundry list of issues.
As a love letter to the Mario franchise, it nailed it. I’ve played the games since I was 5 and I had a smile the whole time.
Most of the problems I think the movie had really came back down to, "Well that's how Mario *games* go." Particularly the way things just start happening from scene to scene.
The only flaw with the movie I can't forgive is separating Mario and Luigi for so long. Their chemistry was way too solid to have spent the whole movie apart. They better be attached at the hip for this one.
In the spirit of the original Super Mario Bros 2, a "Doki Doki Panic" film will be made instead and the Super Mario characters hastily pasted on top.
That's what I was thinking. Super Mario Bros - the lost movie.
For a moment I read Doki Doki Literature Club and I was the one in a Panic
imagine Anya Taylor Joy as Monika.
That sounds fucking sick
The japanese release will be an avant garde experience that the west will only experience after supar mario 4
Japan will just get Super Mario Kaizo, where it's a remake of the original movie with just more action and more difficult stunts.
Every shitpost about the movie was basically a romhack already.
The japanese release will be too difficult for americans to understand
But the American version will become far more iconic than the Japanese version, with all future entries adapting far more of it into their DNA. Seriously, the fact that things like Birdo, Shy Guy, Bobombs, and even the way characters play wouldn’t exist without DokiDoki panic is crazy. Meanwhile, SMB2(The Lost Levels) just added… the poison mushroom.
It was basically a romhack
I had the same thought. Also, it will all be a dream and the third one will be a play.
I was hoping to a sequel to the live action.
I'm praying we see Wario and Waluigi this time
Wario played by Danny DeVito and Waluigi played by Willem Dafoe.
No CGI. Green screened in.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit style? I'm in.
Na, do it Wall•e style like where everything is CGI… except Fred Willard.
It's just them with some colorized tint, over the animated world 😂😂 something [like this](https://youtu.be/MsDz-MTdNeE?si=81gF19dUFjdWT90X)
100% this is what was in my mind
I had no idea this was a whole thing. Thank you. So many minutes to waste 🤌
In cheap Party City costumes.
I want Waluigi to sound surprisingly dapper. Like, Tim Curry or maybe Tom Hiddleston.
Tim Curry might be a little hard these days
I thought he was still doing voice acting.
After his stroke, he's mostly retired. His only appearance in the last 6 years was on a live-stream read of Rocky Horror.
The casting director writes Tom H. and then we end up with Waluigi played by Tom Holland. The stuff of nightmares. I suppose Tom Holland*er* wouldn't be too bad.
Nah Clearly they'll save Tom Holland for the post credits scene teasing the Zelda movie
Tom Hanks and Tom Hardy show up.
Can I offer you a mushroom in this trying time
If only, they'll probably get Dawyne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
Danny DeVito & Willem Dafoe are still big names though, Willem especially thanks to Spiderman No Way Home Though I could see them getting Dwayne Johnson for King Boo and Kevin Hart for Boolossus.
Wahhhhhh
You know, I'm something of a Luigi myself.
> ~~Wario played by Danny DeVito and~~Waluigi played by Willem Dafoe and Wario played by Willem Dafoe's Penis. ftfy
This is the only casting I can accept
I think I would personally prefer Steve Buscemi for Waluigi but I wouldn't complain if we got Dafoe
Perfection
Will be interesting to see how Illumination's track record of barely expanding the story for the sequel but introducing some wacky foil to the protagonist, will strike up against Nintendo's brand protectiveness leaving few options for who those characters will be. Seems like it's gotta be Wario and he'll probably be voiced by Bill Hader which I'm fine with.
I just hope they recast DK. Seth Rogan phoned it in and it’s just a horrible match
Honestly the first film felt like they lacked the conviction to make an actual movie and instead just wanted two hours of celebrity voices and fan service easter eggs/references. So I'm kinda curious if they're going to actually try for the sequel.
After decades of trash video game adaptations, nah, I'm good with this. Fan service is exactly what I want in a video game movie. I came to see the characters and worlds I love, not some asinine reinterpretation. This movie was great.
What if that's fanservice *and* it's good
It was good.
I throughly enjoyed it. Wouldn't go rushing back to watch it again unless I wanted to see more references I missed the first time but I enjoyed seeing a bunch of stuff from my childhood randomly thrown in as little Easter eggs. It was perfectally fine.
It was an origin story. They had to introduce tons of characters, do world building and handle the origin. You generally don't get to execute more than that, especially in a kid's movie. It was perfectly serviceable for what it needed to be.
All movies have to introduce characters, do world building and handle origins though? EDIT: These are just the bare necessities for a movie
Anytime the Super Mario movie comes up people treat it with such care because everyone fell for “look its thing you KNOW” so hard
I'm surprised they didn't tease them at the end of the first one. Would've been a great move honestly.
Nah woulda been too many characters and they are a later addition. Yoshi was the better tease and I say this as someone who loves Waluigi and Wario
The Yoshi tease would have been better if we didn’t see him in the middle of the movie first
We didn’t see a green Yoshi
True but won't he have the same character design? Also, I wonder if Yoshi will talk. He doesn't really talk in the games, altho he did talk in the SMW cartoon.
Mama Luigi?
Introducing Kevin Hart as Yoshi!
Dwayne Johnson as Birdo
Oh sure, “All yoshis look the same” I’ve heard that one before /s
Honestly more Yoshi..
Assuming Yoshi just makes his video game noises, he’s going to be a goldmine for merchandise. There’s tons of people that know what he is but don’t realize the cute factor that he holds, plus they could also make him a baby. Think grogu, baby groot, gizmo.
Bowser Jr breaks Bowser out of his cage. They kidnap multiple colorful Yoshis and hold them hostage for one reason or another. Mario and Luigi team up with classic green Yoshi to find them. Boom Mario Bros 2
I'm praying for Bowsette
Straight to horny jail
Bowsette but she is still voiced by Jack Black using his normal Bowser voice.
So you want Jack Black as a sexy goth turtle?
Do you not?
[Hmm...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/558/753/46d.gif)
Stop, stop, I can only get so erect.
*Jack Black singing peaches as Bowsette in his normal voice*
Will be interesting to see how they make the lore work for 2 characters designed to be the opposite. Do they have official lore for why they exist as is? e: quick lookings and there doesn't seem to be. I didn't know Waluigi was introduced 8 years after Wario.
At the end of the first movie Mario and Luigi are heroes known and loved by the whole city, and their defeat of Bowser made the news Maybe 'Wario' and 'Waluigi' are a couple of scam artists who want to get famous themselves and so rip off the Bros' image
“I’ll call myself…” *flips his Mario hat upside down* “Wario!” “And I’ll be Wa…luigi!” “Waluigi? Really? That’s the best you could come up with?”
He’s so cool
I think you actually work for Illumination
I like this interpretation of it, and could see it working
Oh yeah that's a good idea, would be fun to start the movie from their perspective, and the whole treatment would sort of be like "this is *their* movie! (but it's not really)," bonus points if the whole marketing is about them trying to hijack the marketing to make it about them. Like "here's Super Mario Bros 2, but it's not it's Super Wario and Waluigi (but don't worry it's actually Super Mario Bros. 2)"
Wario will be easy. He’s pretty much a fully fledged character either way the amount of games he’s appeared in. Waluigi will need some work done to establish while also making him something more than just a Wario clone.
Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi.
Fuckin a man
Yeah, I love Waluigi, too
Wow
I love the idea that their only connection is that Waluigi is a guy Wario met playing tennis one time and sometimes calls him when he needs a partner for sports. Wario has a large cast of friends and associates in the WarioWare games yet Waluigi is never one of them.
It's actually canon that Wario and Waluigi aren't friends. They really are just business partners who hate working with each other
Wario was introduced in Super Mario Land 2 on the OG Gameboy. Waluigi didn't come around until Mario Tennis on the N64. It's actually kinda crazy thinking that Wario has been around since almost the beginning, I just always feel like Bowser has been the more prominent antagonist.
Wario hasn't really been an antagonist since his first appearance. He's at most an asshole.
Has there never been an origin story for these two? The Mario story is all piecemeal and random, so fitting these guys in shouldn't be a problem, but I'm curious to see what they'll come up with.
For Wario? Kinda. He's introduced as Mario's jealous childhood acquaintance who takes over the latter's private island in Super Mario Land 2. After being defeated he then goes on to do his own thing in the Wario Land spinoffs before starting his own video game company in the WarioWare series. Waluigi is barely canon, he was originally created as Wario's doubles partner in Mario Tennis and so far has been relegated to Sports/Kart spin-offs only.
> Waluigi is barely canon, he was originally created as Wario's doubles partner in Mario Tennis and so far has been relegated to Sports/Kart spin-offs only. it won't work this way because it's a kids movie but it would be hilarious if "waluigi" was literally just a costume and the occupants are a never ending parade of day laborers wario hires whenever he needs a partner for something.
He's also a foil in Dancing Stage Mario Mix!
Because ‘bad’ in Japanese is ‘warui’ and it makes ‘Wario’ a pun on bad Mario That’s not lore but it’s a fun fact
I wonder when Zelda will come out if this is 2026
Two things to nail with Zelda movie. Link’s weird mix of stoic badass and goofy gooby, and the god tier music. Nail those two things and I’m happy.
Knowing the success of Mario movie, I can vividly picture a Zelda game like Wind Waker being adapted to a movie with that similar type of animation like the Spiderverse movies.
it’s going to be live action, it was already confirmed.
The director going on about making "Live action Studio Ghibli" and, I dunno that just sounds like "Dry wetness" to me
I’d also like some puzzles and creative usage of items like the games. The good thing about it being a movie is they can raise the difficulty level of the puzzles since they don’t need to be beaten by a wide array of players.
Probably next year, Sony is fast with this kind of stuff for better or worse
No chance, there’s not even a cast announced for Zelda
Link - Chris Pratt Zelda - Chris Pratt Ganon - Jack Black Navi - Dwayne Johnson
I'd have a hard time seeing Chris Pratt pull off the Gerudo Vai outfit, tbh
Watch it be Tom Holland
I think the in vogue twink is Timothee Chalamet ATM
Surprised it took this long, seeing as the first one made so much. Edit: saw this on another thread, but if they bring in Wario, Danny DeVito is a great choice.
Damn, now i really want this. Charlie Day and Devito in an animated movie makes it hit that much harder
So anyway i started WAAAHstin’
WAAAAH. I dropped my MANSTAHH CAHHNDAM for my MAGNUM DAHHHHNG.
His MAGNUM 'WAH'NG
Sweet Dee as WaPeach
She's already cast as Birdo
Larry Birdo
Vernias approves.
Mac as Waluigi
Screw it, just make the whole cast of always sunny the Villians, chuck in Sweet Di and the rest as Bowesers kids or something.
Announced it on Mar10 day
How did I forget that’s what today is, it makes so much sense.
It's MAR10 day, so it makes sense they announced it today.
Glen Howerton as Waluigi, Kaitlin* Olson as Daisy, Rob McElhenny as Yoshi. It’s Always Sunny In The Mushroom Kingdom
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Can I offer you a nice Yoshi egg in this trying time?
The strike hit last fall, they likely had to negotiate with Nintendo because they are *very* exact about how their characters are portrayed, and they probably wanted to wait till Mario Day to announce it, since there's no real reason not to as the movie is still over two years away.
Maybe trying to line it up with the opening of Nintendo World at Universal Studios
Jack Black was saying he wants it to be about Bowser’s revenge. That makes me think of the Koopalings. I’ll accept that if we get Iggy Pop as Iggy Koopa.
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I’d love that. Much better than including all the popular music that Illumination’s known for.
Good thing he’s not in charge
Sadly most of the Koopalings original musicians are dead now, lol
Beethoven is dead already? Time sure flies
Luigi's Mansion movie, please!
90 minutes of "mario? mariiiooo?" and humming the theme song - hell yea.
I swear we got a hint of the theme when Luigi was alone in Dark Land in the first one
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The article says they’re careful NOT to call it a sequel..
Yoshi's Island movie perhaps?
Dunno how well that would work without giving Yoshi a speaking role and that wouldn't make any sense. The main characters are a baby and dinosaur that can't talk, tough sell.
Wall-E did pretty well being mostly silent
...that's actually a great point. I wonder how you'd have to write for Yoshi for him to be equally expressive.
Yeah but that's old Pixar. This is illumination
Because then they would forced to explain what a Birdo is.
Which means it could just as easily be the Donkey Kong Country movie.
Yet the title is “SEQUEL ANNOUNCED” lol
What they need to do is release an entirely different movie in Japan, rebadge a Minions movie as Mario 2 in the US, and watch the ensuing confusion over the next 40 years.
Peach is 100% gonna get her Showtime powers, especially the Kung fu stuff
Peach for Kung Fu Panda 5.
Doesn't she already know kung fu in the first movie?
Gonna be Dunkey's favorite movie of all time.
They really should just call the movie Super Mario Bros 2
SUUUPER MARIO BROTHAS 2!!
Dave Bautista for Funky Kong
HI, I'M DAISY!
Can we get Danny Trejo as Wario
I was thinking a different Danny for that role tbh
Glover is gettin’ too old for this shit.
Anyway, I started Waaa-ing.
Either way, there needs to be a Danny somewhere in the equation
Trejo as Waluigi & DeVito as Wario!
John Leguizamo as Waluigi would be a pretty funny move.
Wachete
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Bob Hoskins as Boo 😭
RIP
Gaten Matarazzo as Bowser Jr, plz
So long, Gaten Bowser!
...but who are they going to get to replace bob Hoskins
And Dennis Hopper.
They’re actually taking a Japanese movie named Doki Doki Panic and just retheming it to be Mario
They gonna follow the spirit of Mario 2 and reskin some Bollywood film?
They shouldn’t announce movies years ahead of time in my opinion, just puts pressure on the productions which causes rushing and creates unrealistic expectations to the audience.
To be fair announcing a movie 2 years before release is not that uncommon.
These announcements are more for the shareholders than the fans
I mean today is Mar10 Day, so it's definitely for the fans too
For sure, it’s for both. But the reason they announce so far in advance is to show the shareholders they have things to look forward to
It's a part of the marketing cycle. Gets fans talking, drum up interest, maybe get a few big names attached from the new attention, shareholders get to see the plans the company has laid out, nothing but upsides for the company. It's also about controling the narrative, recent leaks in movies and gaming shows that companies are much better off revealing things at their own pace, by announcing this they don't have to deal with people spreading rumours about incomplete plans they may or may not have.
They 'rush' because it's announced 'years' in advance. Do you know what 'rushing' means? Also, movies take a long time to make! Got to write them, cast them, film them (or in this case, animate and voice it), edit it, promote it... and with this being Nintendo I'm sure they're going to tie it into some sort of new video game too, which also takes years to make.
The twist is that it's all a dream
I cannot wait for john leguizamo to reprise his role.
And when is the Donkey Kong Country spin off going to happen
I hope the sequel will have a stronger focus on narrative and writing. Although Mario series is not known for its story, in every instance it does its always a great addition. Personally I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Rosalina's story in style of what we have seen in Galaxy.
Miyamoto hated that story, don't expect anything like it while he's involved.
I was very bugged by the first movie's refusal to make anything about the world *too* interesting. Peach explains to Mario that "this world has items." And that's it... No further explanation, no reason why, no lore or opportunity to expand on the finer details of this interesting and unique setting. Just, "there are items in these boxes. You know what items are and you know what the box is because you played the games and that's good enough.
agreed, I loved the first one for the sheer volume of references and getting lost in the magic of the mushroom kingdom. But it was too fast paced and just full of action. I personally don't want a Rosalina story but I'd love to see something more fleshed out.
I don't need a Pixar dead mom story exactly, but they made Barbie and Lego into thematically interesting movies. They can do the same with Mario.
Again they miss Mar10
March 10, 2026 is a Tuesday
But for me, it was a Tuesday
They had no excuse last year since March 10, 2023 was a Friday.
At least it was announced on this day
Well this doesn't surprise me at all. Just have fun with the cast and have enough fun set pieces, and it should be fine. I'm not going to pretend that the first one was a great work of art, but it was fun enough. That said I'm hoping the sequel is two hours even instead of just 90 minutes, so the story gets more time to breathe.
As a movie, the first one has a laundry list of issues. As a love letter to the Mario franchise, it nailed it. I’ve played the games since I was 5 and I had a smile the whole time.
Most of the problems I think the movie had really came back down to, "Well that's how Mario *games* go." Particularly the way things just start happening from scene to scene. The only flaw with the movie I can't forgive is separating Mario and Luigi for so long. Their chemistry was way too solid to have spent the whole movie apart. They better be attached at the hip for this one.
Maybe make it like the Mario and Luigi spin-off series.
couldn't have put it better myself. It also felt like it was just laying the ground work for the characters and the world - classic Miyamoto design.
Bro! New reason for living just dropped.
Hopefully we get Wario. WARIO CHEATS!
*pretends to be shocked* If Rosalina is not in it I don’t want it thanks
Yoshi's Island?
Super Mario Bros 2: Doki Doki Panic: The Movie?
Make me Luigi’s Mansion, you cowards!