The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

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killeryoshis said:

I still find it weird that they pretty much skipped 20+ years of games to go straight into Mario Galaxy. It is a critical darling for sure, but Mario Bros 3 and Mario World are primed for good stories. I dare say, maybe more than Galaxy. I guess Galaxy has that WOW factor that those stories do not have.

Anyway, it appears to be a celebration of 3D Mario games, much like the last one was a celebration of the 2D Mario games. It should at least be a decent watch. The first one had no right to be actually fun to watch. (I think the same as the Sonic movies.)

To be fair, the Super Mario Bros Movie has elements from over 20 years of gaming. Keep in mind Cat Mario came only after Galaxy, for instance. The Mario Kart sequence is mostly Wii and 8 inspired, with a hint of Double Dash. Even some of Mario's fighting moves come from later Smash entries.

The way SMB3 and SMW are structured would lend more to a series than a movie imo. SMB2, SML, SML2 and Yoshi's Island on the other hand would certainly make for an interesting movie. Yoshi's island would also make for a nice series with a different Yoshi per episode trying to save baby Mario each episode.