The upcoming sequel to 2023’s Super Mario Bros. Movie appears to have by chance had its title revealed early, due to NBCUniversal making a goof with a press launch. The movie will seemingly be going by Super Mario World, to not be confused with the classic 90s SNES game.
We first discovered that this sequel was coming in March last year, as Nintendo, Common and co unsurprisingly determined to double down on the massive hit. This yr’s Minecraft Movie has solely additional marked that decision out as a no brainer, as recreation variations proceed to make huge bank on the field workplace.
Now, as noticed by Wario64, NBCUniversal has put out a press launch citing Tremendous Mario World amongst an inventory of upcoming movies from Common Photos and Illumination that may finally be launched on its Peacock streaming service.
The reference to Mario was shortly scrubbed, pointing to it having been an error of some variety to chuck it in alongside the likes of Shrek, Minions, and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale – all movies that cater to the very same viewers (okay, perhaps not). That’d be Shrek 5 and Minions 3, by the way in which, probably suggesting Tremendous Mario World won’t be this sequel’s remaining title, if it seems the corporate solely meant the Mario film IP as a complete.
That stated, as people have identified, Tremendous Mario World may make good sense because the title if the SNES recreation and the occasions of the primary Mario film’s post-credits scene provide clues right here.
Warning: Spoilers for The Tremendous Mario Film lie forward.
That post-credits scene supplied a fast have a look at a polka-dotted egg beginning to hatch – probably teasing a Yoshi debut. Tremendous Mario World on the SNES marked Yoshi’s recreation debut within the long-running collection that he is gone on to grow to be a staple of as we have hopped, leaped, and jumped from the 90s to 2025.
Plus, it’d additionally match properly with the newest version of Mario Kart set to drop with the Swap 2 this summer time being dubbed Mario Kart World. Unintentional company synergy perhaps, however hey.
Wait! Will this subsequent Mario film have cinema-goers demanding that prices be dropped? Given the type of theatre shenanigans the Minecraft Film’s spawned, who is aware of.
When you wait to see if Tremendous Mario World is confirmed because the sequel’s title, make certain to take a look at our assessment of the primary movie.