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Get ready to blast off into the cosmos with everyone's favorite plumber! Join us as we explore essential facts to remember before seeing the highly anticipated galactic adventure. Our countdown includes the original games, power-ups, baby characters, Rosalina's backstory, and that long-awaited Yoshi reveal teased in the post-credits scene of the first film!
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00:00Um, who is this?
00:02Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at things to remember before seeing the Super Mario Galaxy movie.
00:08Still working through my demons, I suppose.
00:12Anyway.
00:15Number 10. The games it's based on.
00:17It goes without saying that the film is primarily based on 2007's Super Mario Galaxy and its 2010 sequel.
00:27The Super Mario Galaxy movie won't be exclusively drawing from those games, however.
00:31Retro fans will find nods to classics, like Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, and even Yoshi's Island.
00:38For a younger generation raised on Super Mario Odyssey, this film includes the Toastaranans from the Sand Kingdom, as well
00:44as the realistically rendered T-Rex.
00:53This won't be the first acknowledgment of Super Mario Galaxy in the film series, either.
00:57The first movie featured a blue luma, specifically a lumilee.
01:01These star creatures originated from the 2007 game, although this one is far too excited to meet the Game Over
01:06screen.
01:07Where am I?
01:13Home.
01:14Number 9. Power-Ups.
01:16Life is like a... block. You never know what you're gonna get.
01:19The previous film introduced Mario to power-ups, granting temporary abilities.
01:28Mushrooms help Mario grow, or shrink.
01:31Fire flowers allow him to shoot balls of fury.
01:33The tanuki suit enables him to fly, and we think the cat suit is self-explanatory.
01:37Oh, I'm a cat!
01:39The Super Mario Galaxy movie will see Mario and friends experiment with more power-ups.
01:44Among them is the fan-favorite frog suit.
01:50Enhancing swimming and jumping, the frog suit first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3,
01:54and then inexplicably wouldn't make a true comeback until Super Mario Maker 2, almost 30 years later.
02:00Time will only tell if the film features power-ups that debuted in the Mario Galaxy games, such as B
02:05-Mario.
02:14Number 8. Baby Mario and Luigi.
02:17In the last movie, Luigi reminisced about how Mario looked out for him even when they were little, moustacheless babies.
02:33Baby Mario and Luigi will again appear in the Super Mario Galaxy movie.
02:38Based on the footage we've seen thus far, though, it apparently won't be another flashback, since Toad and Yoshi are
02:43present.
02:43This could mean two things. Perhaps Mario and Luigi are de-aged at some point in the film, requiring Yoshi
02:49to protect them.
02:50With a Nintendo Super Scope?
02:51This would be similar to the dynamic in Yoshi's Island.
03:01It's also possible that time travel will factor into the plot, meaning the older and younger versions of the Mario
03:06Bros. could team up, a la Mario and Luigi partners in time.
03:18Number 7. Birdo.
03:20The Super Mario Galaxy movie will mark Birdo's cinematic debut.
03:24Like Mouser, this pink, egg-shooting creature originally wasn't even supposed to be part of the Mario Bros. lore, serving
03:31as a boss in Doki Doki Panic.
03:37Since the original version of Super Mario Bros. 2 was deemed too difficult for westerners, they got Doki Doki Panic
03:43instead, with a few tweaks.
03:45Birdo went on to appear in other Mario games, sometimes as an antagonist, and other times as a companion to
03:51characters like Yoshi.
04:00Among the gaming community, there's still an ongoing debate as to whether or not Birdo is a transgender character.
04:05Nintendo has never officially given confirmation.
04:08Maybe the film will provide insight, although it's unclear who, if anyone, is voicing Birdo.
04:16Number 6. Bowser Jr.
04:23When they first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3, the Koopalings were established as Bowser's seven children.
04:28The Koopalings continue to appear in other Mario games and media.
04:32In recent outings, though, the Koopalings have been retconned as Bowser's kids, instead serving as underlings.
04:37The current canon has established Bowser Jr. as the Koopa King's only offspring.
04:42Bowser Jr. first appeared in 2002's Super Mario Sunshine, under the guise of Shadow Mario.
04:46Leave my mama alone, you bad man!
04:49The Koopa Prince framed Mario using a magic brush, bringing whatever he paints into reality.
04:54Whether or not Shadow Mario makes an appearance, Bowser Jr. will be dropping in to rescue his incarcerated, shrunken-down
05:00father.
05:01Not only will he be armed with his paintbrush, but he'll cruise around in his junior clown car.
05:06The Bowser name shall be feared once more!
05:10Number 5. Characters We Haven't Seen Yet
05:13Much of the core Mario cast appeared in the last film, with more set to be introduced here.
05:18The verdict is still out on when we'll see three characters in particular.
05:22Wario was established as a big bad in Super Mario Land 2, though he's now more of a rival and
05:27anti-hero.
05:27Don't let Mario get the six golden coins! Don't let Mario reach the palace!
05:33Since Wario is basically a greedier Mario, it only makes sense there'd be a bizarro Luigi.
05:38Enter Waluigi, who's been causing mischief since Mario Tennis.
05:44Princess Daisy also debuted in the Super Mario Land games, before Mario Tennis made her a more permanent fixture of
05:49the franchise, often paired with Luigi.
05:51It's only a matter of time until these three show up, even if it's not necessarily in the Mario Galaxy
05:56movie.
05:57Number 4. The Kongs
05:59Donkey Kong played a major role in the Super Mario Bros. movie.
06:03Is this what you came for?
06:05I love you, D.K.!
06:07Also present was his father, King Cranky Kong, with a questionable voice.
06:11I guess he got the wrong mushroom!
06:13Though not on screen long, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Chunky Kong, and several other Kongs could be spotted as well.
06:20Despite their presence in the first film, the Kongs have been M.I.A. from the promotional material for the
06:25Mario Galaxy movie thus far.
06:27This suggests that they won't prominently factor into the plot, although that doesn't mean they won't appear at all.
06:32Even if they don't, there are already rumors circulating about Seth Rogen reprising his role in a Donkey Kong spin
06:38-off movie,
06:38which would more than compensate for his absence here.
06:41Don't be surprised if that's teased in a post-credits scene.
06:43You did good, kid! Make your pecs dance! You deserve it!
06:48No time now! Definitely later!
06:50Number 3. Princess Peach's Origins
06:52Just as Mario and Luigi are originally from Brooklyn, the first film revealed that Princess Peach wasn't born in the
06:58Mushroom Kingdom either.
06:59You don't seem like you're from here.
07:02I don't know where I'm from.
07:04As a baby, she arrived through a pipe and was taken in by the Toads, who made her their princess.
07:09Because why not?
07:11Mario floats the idea that maybe she's from his world, seeing how they're both human.
07:15Peach responds with a line that, in retrospect, was an obvious setup for the next movie.
07:19There's a huge universe out there, with a lot of galaxies.
07:24The Super Mario Galaxy movie will give Peach a chance to explore that universe, potentially answering where she came from.
07:30Peach's parents have never officially appeared in the games.
07:33Of course, Mario and Luigi's parents were also barely seen before the movie gave them a more substantial role.
07:38They gave an Oscar for Worst Actors?
07:41Hey!
07:41What'd I do?
07:42Number 2. Rosalina
07:44Brie Larson is voicing Rosalina, perhaps the most significant character to derive from the Mario Galaxy games.
07:50A princess who looks after the Lumas in the Comet Observatory,
07:53Rosalina's backstory is fleshed out in a storybook.
08:08It's surprisingly kind of a tearjerker, revealing that Rosalina set out to help Aluma find their mother.
08:13As it turns out, Rosalina lost her own mother, ultimately finding solace among the stars.
08:37We can only hope that the film will preserve Rosalina's origin story.
08:40Perhaps the movie could even expand upon it, providing a connection between Rosalina and Peach.
08:45They have always shared a resemblance, after all.
08:47If Peach is indeed from another galaxy, maybe it's the same one as Rosalina's.
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09:16Number 1. Yoshi
09:18A herd of Yoshis could be seen running by in the Super Mario Bros. movie.
09:22Yet, the green dinosaur that'll form a lasting bond with Mario didn't appear.
09:27At least, not outside of his egg.
09:28At Bowser and Peach's wedding, one of the gifts was a green-spotted egg.
09:38The wedding goes off without a hitch, but it does go off with a bang.
09:41This results in the Yoshi egg winding up in Brooklyn's sewer system.
09:45Those who stuck around until the post-credits scene got to see the egg just start to hatch.
09:49At some point, the newly hatched Yoshi will make his way to the Sand Kingdom, where a friendship will begin.
09:59Yoshi is finally coming to the silver screen.
10:03No, the 1993 version doesn't count.
10:06Go ahead and say it.
10:10Dinosaur.
10:11Are you looking forward to the Super Mario Galaxy movie?
10:14Let us know in the comments.
10:15We'll see you next time.
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