The Super Mario Bros Movie sequel in the works

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

Glen Powell is voicing Fox McCloud! Perfect casting!

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/f...ie-1236700990/

Dunno him but he does look like a human version of Fox, at least. Not that it matters since we're talking voice acting here, but food for thought.

[ranger_scout]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Dunno him but he does look like a human version of Fox, at least. Not that it matters since we're talking voice acting here, but food for thought.

He was fantastic in the 2024 film Twisters where he played Tyler Owens. I also really enjoyed his performance as Lieutenant Jake "Hangman" Seresin in Top Gun Maverick. Check them out if you haven't seen those films yet.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

He was fantastic in the 2024 film Twisters where he played Tyler Owens. I also really enjoyed his performance as Lieutenant Jake "Hangman" Seresin in Top Gun Maverick. Check them out if you haven't seen those films yet.

I don't really watch a lot of movies and am very out of touch with modern day cinema in general, so no, I haven't watched those.

[ranger_scout]

This review reveals that

Spoiler:

Rosalina is Peach's sister.

https://variety.com/2026/film/review...ck-1236703239/

[TheLabRat]

Idk, but these is absolute a "fan service movie" made for Nintendo fans. People who don't play games are not the target audience for this type of movie.

[ZariusTwo]

Reviews are coming in. Critics hate it (but of course, people still thinking it's 2020/2021 are acting like that means the movie is good)

[sdp]

Here is my full review of the Super Mario Galaxy movie. A lot of negativity but I had a great time and a great sequel, it's just more of what you saw in the first one.
I can understand the backlash of the Star Fox scenes since it is a MARIO movie, but all Fox scenes are great. As a star fox fan I was really happy how he was handled even if he didn't belong there.

[oldmanwinters]

I saw it this week.

I liked it. It was a better movie than I expected.

But I didn't love it.

I guess for Nintendo/Universal, the quality of the stories don't really matter so long as you just cram in the characters and elements and load it up with 'member-berries. You'll always make a billion dollars or more because, peoples loves the Marios, right?

It feels like we got three or four movies worth of content all blended into a 98-minute rollercoaster. But, like the Koopa Troopas on Bowser Jr's Death Star, I can't help but feel like all of the flesh and guts were burned off when the coaster dipped into the hot lava. It took about 2 seconds but by the end of the movie, I didn't really feel anything any more.

As far as Nintendo lore goes, I suppose it was bold to:

Spoiler:

* Make Rosalina the older sister of Peach
* Make a declaration that both Peach and Rosalina weren't children of parents in the traditional sense, but formed out of... star dust or something? (This contradicts the original SM Galaxy game pretty hard)
* Seriously tease a Bowser redemption arc in the 2nd movie, but then turn hard away from that because... he has to be a good father and thus be consistent with the weird lessons he taught his son at some point in the past?
* Nuke Bowser's iconic look in favor of Dry Bowser and then leave him that way. And maybe he's still on his redemption arc?
* Put the Mario-verse in the same reality as the Star Fox lore? I dunno...
* Make Princess Peach the main character. I think she probably had more action scenes than Mario. My favorite part of the movie was probably when she and Toad went to visit Wart. But I also think she was OP'd.

Here's the plot threads that got rushed over that I thought might have made for a major interesting movie than whatever we got:

Spoiler:

* Yoshi in New York. That seemed to be the major setup tease at the end of the first movie.
* The Yoshis, in general. Everybody but the Marios seem to already know what a "Yoshi" is. Or maybe it was just the people of the Sand Kingdom that recognized them?
* Bowser Jr being introduced under the impression that Peach was his momma (ala S.M. Sunshine). In fact, aside from the opening of the film, it seemed like Bowser completely got over his infatuation with Peach, which I assumed was 100% genuine in the first movie. With the domestic flashback to Bowser/Jr, it made it seem like his ultimate goal all along was to capture Rosalina. And if he knew something about her star powers, why was he so focused on Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom in the last film? Did he know anything about their sisterhood and could that have been important to this movie's plot and pacing?
* The Subcon-styled criminal underworld led by Wart with his minions... I wish Nintendo could have worked it in as some surreal dream world as opposed to just some random place you could take a warp-pipe over to or even do a video stream.
* Whatever the heck the Tatooine Space Port area was under Daisy's rulership. Are we not going to get Sarasaland proper?
* Rosalina in general got the shaft in a movie called Super Mario Galaxy. I think Fox McCloud is in the movie a whole lot more than her.
* For as big a deal as the Kongs were in the last movie, they didn't even earn anything more than one or two references in this one?
* I really missed the Brooklyn connections and the Mario family interactions. Do the brothers not go back and forth.

I can't speak at all about:

Spoiler:

The weird sequence where Mario & Luigi get baby-fied and Yoshi and Toad go on a Super Scope Safari with the T-Rex from Odyssey. That was the part were all my soda and water caught up with me and I had to step out and use the restroom. I'm guessing I picked the right moment to do it since I came back and felt I didn't miss anything.

[Andrew NDB]

Spoiler:

* Put the Mario-verse in the same reality as the Star Fox lore? I dunno...

Why not? There's nothing that says all those Star Fox alien planets couldn't be somewhere out there in the same galaxy as Mario. Just a pipe-warp away, in theory, like Earth is. And if pipes can take you not only across worlds but time, then you can get Samus from Earth's future.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Why not? There's nothing that says all those Star Fox alien planets couldn't be somewhere out there in the same galaxy as Mario. Just a pipe-warp away, in theory, like Earth is. And if pipes can take you not only across worlds but time, then you can get Samus from Earth's future.

Yeah, I wasn't trying to say I didn't like it, just that it was a bold idea for Nintendo to greenlight.
Nintendo in the games has had a tendency to keep all their IPs feel like distinct realities aside "easter eggs" and from the crossover games. And even Mario Kart has yet to go full-on Nintendo Kart aside from some DLC courses and characters. I always thought the logic of Smash Bros. was that it was toys/statues that magically come to life by the Magic Hand so they can battle each other "toybox" style.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I always thought the logic of Smash Bros. was that it was toys/statues that magically come to life by the Magic Hand so they can battle each other "toybox" style.

I wouldn't expect the statues coming to life thing would be in a Smash Bros. movie.

It could always be that the world where the Master Hand is from is the same place as whoever/whatever is creating all these pipe warps to different worlds/times.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

It feels like we got three or four movies worth of content all blended into a 98-minute rollercoaster. But, like the Koopa Troopas on Bowser Jr's Death Star, I can't help but feel like all of the flesh and guts were burned off when the coaster dipped into the hot lava. It took about 2 seconds but by the end of the movie, I didn't really feel anything any more.

I'm fine with that, first movie was similar. And while I'd agree, I also don't know how many Mario movies we're going to get so I'm fine with these movies being a fun ride that go through a bunch of stuff. I'm not expecting a deep story.

Originally Posted by ColdManWinter

[SPOILER]Here's the plot threads that got rushed over that I thought might have made for a major interesting movie than whatever we got:

Spoiler:

* Yoshi in New York. That seemed to be the major setup tease at the end of the first movie.
* The Yoshis, in general. Everybody but the Marios seem to already know what a "Yoshi" is. Or maybe it was just the people of the Sand Kingdom that recognized them?
* The Subcon-styled criminal underworld led by Wart with his minions... I wish Nintendo could have worked it in as some surreal dream world as opposed to just some random place you could take a warp-pipe over to or even do a video stream.
* Rosalina in general got the shaft in a movie called Super Mario Galaxy. I think Fox McCloud is in the movie a whole lot more than her.
* For as big a deal as the Kongs were in the last movie, they didn't even earn anything more than one or two references in this one?
* I really missed the Brooklyn connections and the Mario family interactions. Do the brothers not go back and forth.

I can't speak at all about:

Spoiler:

The weird sequence where Mario & Luigi get baby-fied and Yoshi and Toad go on a Super Scope Safari with the T-Rex from Odyssey. That was the part were all my soda and water caught up with me and I had to step out and use the restroom. I'm guessing I picked the right moment to do it since I came back and felt I didn't miss anything.

Spoiler:

I agree that the Yoshi New York segment could've easily been 20 minutes of the movie. I also missed Brooklyn and while I was happy it was at least shown briefly, I'd love to see more take place there. And yeah we should've gotten far more Yoshi, he was so great that we didn't see him get used properly. As to why people don't question Yoshi, well we did see the various of the Yoshi species in the previous movie in the background at one point.

Wart might not have been in the Subcon but he was in the -1 World, I thought that was a nice reference, not to mention they're in a casino like the slot machine in SMB2.

Fans timed it and while it seems Fox has more screentime, he has less than half of what Rosalina does. It feels more since it's spread out instead of only in the beginning or the end. Yeah, barely any DK outside short cameos, this makes me think the long rumored DK movie is happening.

A lot of fans say the baby Mario Luigi scene was pointless and should've been cut but I feel I'm the only one who loved that segment. It was fun, gave us more Yoshi and made me laugh. Take that for what it's worth.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Why not? There's nothing that says all those Star Fox alien planets couldn't be somewhere out there in the same galaxy as Mario. Just a pipe-warp away, in theory, like Earth is. And if pipes can take you not only across worlds but time, then you can get Samus from Earth's future.

Spoiler:

Fox says he accidentally warped to a different universe and he's been stuck there (Mario Universe's Galaxy). He's trying to find a way back to his own universe where he lives. So yeah, they're all in their own universe, just we have confirmation that at least the world of star fox is accessible through some type of dimensional wormhole.

Although people have spotted Samus' Ship in the movie, while just an easter egg, it'd basically be the same excuse if they need an explanation. While not in the movie that scifi universe warping would also work for Kirby, Captain Falco. So IF you really want they can easily have "excuses" for most of the Smash bros crew being in one place for a movie if they really wanted to go that direction.

[ranger_scout]

I've seen the film twice. It's not an excellent film, but it's still a lot of fun. Yoshi and Star Fox are great additions to the film. The chemistry between Bowser and Jr. was excellent. The voice acting is still very well-done. If you're a Nintendo fan, then this is a movie to see.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by sdp

Spoiler:

Fans timed it and while it seems Fox has more screentime, he has less than half of what Rosalina does. It feels more since it's spread out instead of only in the beginning or the end. Yeah, barely any DK outside short cameos, this makes me think the long rumored DK movie is happening.

Maybe it hit me that way because while Rosalina is on-screen a lot near the end of the film (and flashbacks), she doesn't really have much in the way of spoken dialogue after the opening sequence, so far as I could tell.

Spoiler:

Is this really still a Spoiler, at this point due to promotional materials?

Spoiler:

Fox

, on the other hand, never seems to shut up!

[Powder]

We liked it a lot. Not so keen on the dialogue writing (at least where it concerns the forced humor, anyway) or the creative liberties taken with canon (Peach & Rosalina origin) but overall it was a thoroughly enjoyable film. It definitely does a lot in a short time, which may seem disjointed or overwhelming for some viewers, but as someone with a Tiktok-compromised attention span who has played every Super Mario game, that worked for me just fine. Couldn't believe how many references they crammed in there, & how deep/obscure some of them would actually be. I grew up with Super Mario World & All-Stars, in adulthood I've adored Galaxy, 3D World, Odyssey, so having all the greats rolled together into one narrative structure was such a treat. Loved seeing Wart, Birdo, Mouser, Ukiki, Monty Mole, Octoomba, Coin Coffer, & many other less-regarded baddies get plenty of screen time. I wish I hadn't gotten spoiled about Fox (from the official character debut poster distributed by Nintendo, no less) but his inclusion was still incredibly thrilling & out-of-left-field. I was SO delighted with how he was portrayed, the way iconic Star Fox music cues were incorporated, the animated sequence detailing his background, wow. Mr. Game & Watch, ROB, so many fun cameos & Smash Bros nods, right down to many of the characters' fighting moves being lifted outta the games. I couldn't believe they acknowledged The Super Mario Super Show & the live-action film from 1994, both dear to me. I'm glad they toned down the Jack-Blackness of Bowser, he was a bit easier to digest for me this time, whereas Bowser Jr. felt perfectly portrayed, & Yoshi was decent, too. The Luma's are adorable. On the whole, what I most enjoyed were the visuals. You could tell every creative person involved was a HUGE fan & poured so much love into every inch of the screen. Bowser's puppet show motif being the art style from Yoshi's Crafted World was an absolute stroke of genius! The transitions between video game graphics & computer interfaces, the re-use of old controllers as modern in-universe tech, so much nostalgic eye candy. I know it's millennial memory bait, but I bit.

[Andrew NDB]

More girlbossy than Super Mario Bros. 1 or less girlbossy than Super Mario Bros. 1?

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

More girlbossy than Super Mario Bros. 1 or less girlbossy than Super Mario Bros. 1?

I didn't really consider the first one to be that to begin with. Less, though, I guess? I expected a lot more screen time & triumph for the two princesses but they weren't emphasized too heavily at all. Their origin bothered me, not their personalities.

[CyberCubed]

Saw it today finally, it really was more enjoyable than the first one. They used Mario music tracks from the games this time instead of licensed music which was a plus, the animation is probably the best I've seen for a CG movie, literally better than a lot of Pixar's stuff.

If you're a Mario fan, you'll love the movie. Constant references to all the games, fun humor that fans of the games will understand, and really good action scenes. Once again Bowser (and his son) were the best parts of the movie. They really nailed them as a father/son duo. And Starfox was a highlight as most people said, funny how you'd never imagine Fox Mccloud being the best character in a Mario movie. Yoshi was fun too, he's basically a Pokemon.

As said the downside is Rosalina doesn't get much screentime, reminds me of how Luigi was captured for most of the first movie. But I think they will make up for this with Rosalina in a bigger role in the third movie, since I doubt this is the last we'll see of her.

I had a fun time, you can tell how much the writers love the Mario world with so many games being represented. I can see why movie critics didn't like it, if you never played a Mario game before you'd probably not understand what the hell was going on, but anyone who plays videogames will like this.

I fully expect the third movie to introduce the Koopalings, Daisy (properly), and Wario probably.

[ranger_scout]

Peach's new backstory will be now be canon in all games.

https://www.ign.com/articles/mario-g...amoto-suggests

[ranger_scout]

A Donkey Kong spin-off film is rumored to be released in 2028.

https://wdwnt.com/2026/04/rumor-donk...ndo-film-2028/