Everything We Know About The Super Mario Movie From The Teaser Poster - Nintendo Life

Information about The Super Mario Movie — you know, the one with Chris Pratt — has been slimmer than Bowser's chances with Peach, but that's all about to change.

It may not look like much, but *cracks knuckles* we're used to wringing out every bit of information from what looks like a dry information sponge, so trust us: We got this?

The first thing you'll notice — other than the back of Mario — is the sheer number of Toads in both the foreground and the background.

We're inclined to believe the second one, partly because we don't know if we could stomach two hours of Toad stuff, partly because we highly doubt that Illumination would want to make a movie that's just a man talking to weird little mushroom men for two hours, but mostly because of Captain Toad (read on for our thoughts on him).

Did they cast loads of actors for the Toad population, or just one, like how the games do it.

or worse, like a bunch of actors all doing a Toad impression.

Okay, so the Toad who looks like he's showing Mario around looks a lot like Captain Toad.

He could just be a normal fun-guy.

That means that it's Mario's first time here in Toad Town, right?

Which means that there is at least some part of the movie where Mario is not in Toad Town.

Also, we can probably safely assume that this Toad is the one voiced by Keegan-Michael Key.

But let's turn our attention to what (Captain) Toad has on his backpack: Camping gear.

Looking at the background, and following Mario's gaze up to the top of that intimidating mountain, makes us think that Mario and (Captain) Toad are about to attempt to scale said mountain.

Maybe for the whole movie, maybe just for this chapter of the movie, but either way, Mario's gonna get up there.

With the help of (Captain) Toad.

We can also see the stained glass Peach window right in the centre, which hopefully implies that ol' Peachy is going to look recognisably Peachsome in this movie, and won't have a Princess Fiona-from-Shrek-style makeover to make her look more human.

Although most of the art in this poster looks (unsurprisingly) a lot like animation studio Illumination's other work — the soft, vibrant cartoonish roundness of Despicable Me, in particular — the movie looks like it'll mix it up a bit!

In the lower left, we can see an antiques stall, with voxel versions of old-school Mario items, like a P-Switch and the infamous axe that dropped Bowser into the lava?

Up top, the cartoonish stuff gives way to some more photorealistic shrubbery and grass, looking a lot like one of those "Mario made in Unreal Engine" videos we see all the time.

It looks like they're all trying to ascend the hellish platforming level that will get Mario and his Toad friend up to Peach's castle, and unsurprisingly, they're not doing great?

We can see a Toad falling off the donut blocks, a Toad who's stranded after going through a pipe, and plenty of Toads that just look like they're stuck somewhere they shouldn't be.

But since this is a movie, we assume that they're just going to be comic relief.

That means that coins — which we see a Toad carrying, and they're massive — are the official currency of Mushroom Kingdom, just like in the games?

That jumble of pipes looks a lot like Super Nintendo World, the Mario-flavoured theme park nestled inside Universal Studios.

Nintendo has been pushing Super Nintendo World really hard recently, despite the fact that one of them is in Japan and no one is allowed to fly to Japan yet for COVID reasons, and the other one in the USA isn't built yet.

It seems odd that a movie based on a series like Super Mario would feature a reference to a theme park that's also based on Super Mario, but maybe this movie is also an advert for the theme park.

Mario's shoes have always been very cartoony — just big brown shapes on his feet!

It's just different.

It looks wet and lumpy, like a bad omelette.

It doesn't look like the castle is up there by accident — like a horrible earthquake or some kind of Bowser-related incident — but it's clearly a perilous trip, with plenty of Toads falling off all the way up?

Well, we know Mario (Chris Pratt) and Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) are in the movie, and we now know more or less what they look like (although it's not a huge surprise).

Well, that's about all the nuggets we could mine out of this particular vein of Super Mario Movie info, but we're curious if you think there's anything we've missed?

Is the key in the basket from Super Mario Bros 2 or Super Mario World.

If it is Super Mario World then we need to look for the alternate exit through the key hole.

If it is Super Mario Bros.

"Browser's Inside Story" is my favorite Mario game in terms of humor and pathos.

“Nintendo has been pushing Super Nintendo World really hard recently, despite the fact that one of them is in Japan and no one is allowed to fly to Japan yet for COVID reasons”.

I don’t think it’s surprising that Super Nintendo World is being advertised as heavily as it is; the park was packed when I went one Tuesday last month (Tuesday supposedly being their least busy day of the week).

The left of peach's castle looks like cascade kingdom from odyssey.

Toad and Captain Toad are definitely the same Toad.

That would make more sense for (Captain) Toad needing to guide Mario to Peach’s Castle of all places.

Can’t wait to see what Bowser’s Castle looks like.

There's also a large Super Mario Bros?

2-key in the bin at the store front, and a Super Mario Bros.

Sure, why not: Jack Black (Bowser), Anya Taylor-Joy (Peach), Fred Armisen (Cranky Kong), Keegan-Michael Key (Toad).

The thing I noticed is this is what a Mario game should look like.

The people will witness this, but most of all, a Toad looking for a hero will realize Mario is "the one" and will beckon him (and Luigi) to the Mushroom Kingdom to fight Bowser

His but looks like Danny Devito as the penguin when he’s wearing the onesie

The plot doesn't need over the top just simple thats fine with Mario games its just mario saving Princess and defeating Bowser thats it doesn't need to be complicated

I'm still skeptical of this movie only having celebrities voicing characters not original ones for the games and its illumination oh boy I really not excited for this I guess wait and see for trailer

It looks more like a game screen shot then a poster

Poor Mario..

@Slowdive i thought that about the key too but I suspect it is actually a Super Mario World one...

Will Charles Martinet be a Toad?

@Dev9417 the Toads are gonna be the Minions equivalent from this movie

I'm surprised there are no black toad

i loved the artstyle Ilumination choose for the Mario movie, i liked that is very faintful to the games, i was very worried Ilumination would messed up Mario, this is what i imagine the Mario game on Switch sucessor would look

'we highly doubt that Illumination would want to make a movie that's just a man talking to weird little mushroom men for two hours'

Still, I can imagine Bowser's Castle just crawling with Super Mario enemies if Toad Town here is any indication

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