Mario Bros. Animated Movie Coming from Illumination

[Soniman]

26 minutes ago, Marcello said:

Don't like that it seems to be an Isekai.

Always has been it just wasn’t particularly called attention to. Mario and Luigi being from Brooklyn and ending up in the Mushroom Kingdom has always been a thing 

[Dejimon11]

6 minutes ago, Soniman said:

Always has been it just wasn’t particularly called attention to. Mario and Luigi being from Brooklyn and ending up in the Mushroom Kingdom has always been a thing 

Nah that got retconned with Yoshi’s Island stating that they are Mushroom Kingdom natives. Odyssey double down on this with New Donk City. The issue is that we’ve never got any adaptions since the 90’s so nothing could capitalize on this.

[StaticMania]

It did stop being a thing...but also not "since" Yoshi's Island.

The first level of DK '94 is just a non-descript metro city because that's where he's from.

Some nebulous time after Mario 64 where it's never referenced again.

 

[Sega DogTagz]

Not sure if I'm game for a Mario origin story, but whatev's.

 

Bowser looks like fun. He's been the best part of the franchise for a long time tho. I wonder how much time he'll get in the long run.

[Piko]

I don't really have anything to say about the trailer that hasn't already been said, but overall I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a run-of-the-mill Illumination trailer.

[Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon]

14 hours ago, Jake_LeOFFICIAL said:

It's more his voice than Mario himself. He acts fine, looks...okay I guess? But his voice....no.

There's honestly going to be a problem if Mario is the lowest point of his own movie, given how we expect him to be the focal point.

[Kuzu]

56 minutes ago, Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon said:

There's honestly going to be a problem if Mario is the lowest point of his own movie, given how we expect him to be the focal point.

That's not really any difference from how it is in the main games, Bowser and Luigi tend to be the ones everyone focuses on.

[Johnny Boy]

Wouldn’t it be cool if the credits end up looking something like this?

 

 

[Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon]

30 minutes ago, Johnny Boy said:

Wouldn’t it be cool if the credits end up looking something like this?

I honestly wouldn't be surprised (though that's far from the worst possible outcome).

[Sonicka]

1 hour ago, Kuzu said:

That's not really any difference from how it is in the main games, Bowser and Luigi tend to be the ones everyone focuses on.

Are they? I certainly don't think Mario wasn't a focal point in 64, Sunshine, Galaxy or Odyssey. Mario is the Avatar of the player - so for the most part we are going to see the world through his eyes and movements since the player focuses on him - that's why it's pretty important Illumination get him right from the get go.   

That being said, sure, the personalities of Luigi and Bowser are expanded upon for a lot of comedy value so they feel more personable in comparison -  but that's exactly because we are speaking to them via the Mario avatar (or it's because of the style their spinoff games lend themselves too). 

[Kuzu]

40 minutes ago, Sonicka said:

Are they? I certainly don't think Mario wasn't a focal point in 64, Sunshine, Galaxy or Odyssey. Mario is the Avatar of the player - so for the most part we are going to see the world through his eyes and movements since the player focuses on him - that's why it's pretty important Illumination get him right from the get go.   

That being said, sure, the personalities of Luigi and Bowser are expanded upon for a lot of comedy value so they feel more personable in comparison -  but that's exactly because we are speaking to them via the Mario avatar (or it's because of the style their spinoff games lend themselves too). 

This is a good point and its true. Mario is how we experience and view the world, so getting him right is paramount. But Mario is also intentionally designed to be an everyman so that the player can project a little bit of themselves into them. So he's also very malleable. While I don't think Chris Pratt is necessarily a good fit, he does fit into that everyman persona.

 

This isn't a case like Sonic, who isn't just an avatar for the player and thus has a very tangible effect on the world beyond being the primary player character. Sonic's personality informs a lot about his series in certain ways Mario doesn't.

[azoo]

In a weird state right now where I simultaneously think this is the first time I've ever seen a trailer for a proper video game film, and still completely untrusting that Illumination will pull it off.

The environments look fantastic, Bowser is excellent, I'm interested in seeing how Luigi is handled, and I'm not even hating Toad. Crispy Rat as Mario is the obvious sour note, but I have a feeling they're gonna force him to redo his lines because holy shit is the internet not happy with his performance haha. And I'm def intrigued in the isekai angle for Mario, since that (barring YI) was how I always understood the series since a wee babby. It looks legitimately great so far.

Buuuuut with that said, any future trailer could completely ruin the vibe. It's Illumination, known creator of super marketable mediocre stuff, and I still don't trust decisions like Seth Rogen in a Donkey Kong costume. Still praying every other character comes out of this unscathed and I don't have to witness something truly embarrassing. I could use a good video game movie for once in my life.

[Kuzu]

11 minutes ago, azoo said:

In a weird state right now where I simultaneously think this is the first time I've ever seen a trailer for a proper video game film, and still completely untrusting that Illumination will pull it off.

The environments look fantastic, Bowser is excellent, I'm interested in seeing how Luigi is handled, and I'm not even hating Toad. Crispy Rat as Mario is the obvious sour note, but I have a feeling they're gonna force him to redo his lines because holy shit is the internet not happy with his performance haha. And I'm def intrigued in the isekai angle for Mario, since that (barring YI) was how I always understood the series since a wee babby. It looks legitimately great so far.

Buuuuut with that said, any future trailer could completely ruin the vibe. It's Illumination, known creator of super marketable mediocre stuff, and I still don't trust decisions like Seth Rogen in a Donkey Kong costume. Still praying every other character comes out of this unscathed and I don't have to witness something truly embarrassing. I could use a good video game movie for once in my life.

Nintendo are much more involved here than say, Sega were for the Sonic movies. So I can at least be comfortable knowing that this will at least be a very serviceable video game film, and I mean that in the best possible way.

[Supah Berrio]

How bout some leaked toys?

Spoiler

Our first full body look at Peach shows her dress is hardly changed up from the series, rather than something akin to her more detailed Smash dresses. We also have blunt conformation that the brothers are indeed plumbers with the plunger, and the Luigi's Mansion allusions continue with his trusty new flashlight. 

 

 

Edit- These next leaks have since been taken down.

Welcome to Mario Kart car chases. (Mario, Peach, Toad, Koopa)

You can see Peach will be taking a more active role beyond a kidnap prone ruler, all while wearing her pink biker suit. It seems like an oddly short amount of time to build a racecar for someone who just arrived Mushroom World. If I may guess, Peach having her own motorcycle implies racing is a popular sport she loves participating in within or nearby her kingdom. So Mario is likely given a vehicle fresh off the assembly line and just needed a red paint job.

 

(This was the supposed Happy Meal toys, related to below)

Lastly, here's Donkey Kong and... Luma?

Naturally fans are jumping the gun and pointing this confirming Rosy, but its unreasonable to add her to an already big cast in just one film. (After credits cameo, anyone?) The most likely idea is there's just one Luma, whose connected to the Power Star and helps guide the heroes into getting it back.

Because of how cheap plastic is for McDonald toys, we can't determine what new details Donkey Kong's model will have since they all look near interchangeable to the game models. It's unlikely to been anything major regardless.

 

[Rabbitearsblog]

Just saw the trailer and I really enjoyed it!  I think that Jack Black's Bowser is the true highlight of the trailer!  I thought that Chris Pratt's Mario was okay, although I missed the accent.

[DaBigJ]

We're getting a short

[Salamander]

The Mario universe feels insanely well-suited to shorts anyway - probably more so than to a feature-length movie - so that seems like a sensible decision.

[Fireluigi1225]

Personally I refuse to call that thing Mario. It's Fauxio, a soulless being that is only Mario on surface level. It can preform, but can't comprehend it's actions. It can feel, but doesn't know what those emotions mean. It exists to read a script and act it out, nothing more and nothing less.

[DaBigJ]

Uh oh.

[DarkRula]

Oh, more information coming. Awesome.

I wonder if the Direct will follow the same format as the last one? In which case, maybe we get a bit of an interview with Rogan and Taylor, and see those two in action during the trailer.

[ShinyGems]

Here is the trailer, guys!

 

[DaBigJ]

Mario's voice here is borderline embarrassing  to listen to here. Luigi and Peach aren't much better but I can at least see how they could fit, but Chris Pratt is not even trying and it's so very blatantly phoned in. The Wahoo at the end felt like a slap in the face because it's proof that he can do Mario, he's just...not for some reason.

Everything else is whatever. It'll probably be a 7/10 at most.

[Chili Dawg]

This looks amazeballs.

[Ryannumber1gamer]

5 hours ago, DaBigJ said:

Mario's voice here is borderline embarrassing  to listen to here. Luigi and Peach aren't much better but I can at least see how they could fit, but Chris Pratt is not even trying and it's so very blatantly phoned in. The Wahoo at the end felt like a slap in the face because it's proof that he can do Mario, he's just...not for some reason.

Everything else is whatever. It'll probably be a 7/10 at most.

It actually makes it worse IMO. It feels extremely jarring whenever he does a "Wahoo" or "Letsa go" because his regular voice for Mario is so wrong from it that it doesn't feel like something the character is actually saying, but rather more like they're just obligated to have him say it. 

[Supah Berrio]

I compare it back to the Detective Pikachu trailer, which similarly capped off with Ryan Reynold's own attempt at a normal Pikachu voice- Except that had the benefit of being a deliberate subversion of the character against the other Pikachus who get to keep their old actress. 

 

As for Pratt, LEGO Movie showed he could do a moderately energetic and cheerful voice for an energetic and cheerful character, that can drop to a more serious tone of voice when the mood calls for it. All that charm and passion that was heard in Emmet Brickowski? Missing.