The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Spring 2026)

This was a nice surprise to see this morning! Cool they're finally acknowledging Star Fox does indeed exist outside of Smash Bros and has a potential role to play in the movie.

I don't mind that Fox or Pikmin are in the movie, actually I think it shows they may have more Nintendo stuff in the pipeline and want to build up connections from the Mario movies (Donkey Kong movie pleeeeease)

Not really understanding why there's such a negative reaction to this. It's not like he's taking over the movie completely from Mario. Fox is most likely going to have one or two scenes in the film, there's no need to be all this doom and gloom over a Nintendo character showing up in a Nintendo based movie.
 
I mean, I was banking on the stealth pilot position going to Pikmin, but sure, Star Fox, why not?

And of course Super Mario is shouldering introducing other Nintendo characters. Its the marquee Nintendo franchise: its kind of its job to prop up other Nintendo properties through crossovers and tie ins. What company doesn't use its lead franchise for this? Not like Super Mario loses anything here; its already a fantasy kitchen sink. I see no reason to oppose this short of "When is the film taking time to explore the deep Mario content?"
 
It makes sense for Nintendo's space themed IPs to make it in the movie. Pikmin was a nice surprise but Starfox, meh. I've never played Starfox so maybe the Starfox fans feel differently. This will not stop me from seeing the movie however. I still think it will be a great movie.

If their third movie's gonna be smash bros I hope Kirby's in it!
 
Sammy/Sammi said:
I'm definitely not going to watch this due to the fact that this is just going to be a crossover promotion, advertising movie, similar to "The Wizard". Fawful is right, the Super Mario IP doesn't have to be a crossover dumping ground, it should be its own separate thing not the other way around. It's just all cash-grab nostalgia-baiting (for millennials, Gen X & Gen Z) the attention span of a goldfish children and adults with forced advertising, fast paced movement with nonsensical storylines & lots of bright colors that will bleed your eyes bullshit.

It's good if there was a Super Smash Brothers movie, but this is just true fucking bullshit.

Fuck Nintendo!

I hope this wins the raspberry awards for worst movie and actors
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nah even if i don't like the choice to introduce major crossovers, the movie still looks great & i was exaggerating on some fronts of my post. It raises concerns for me about what their priorities are but I'm still happy with what we got. I don't agree with the notion that it's slop.

(though I feel this way about most Illumination movies, they get more hate than they deserve but the Mario movies ARE a tier above the rest imo, though idk how much of that is my fandom bias speaking)
 
Who gives a spacefaring fuck about Star Fox other than a couple middle-aged men who played it in the Bronze Age. If they were going to put space schmucks nobody cares for, give me Tatanga, Shroobs, and Crazy Galaxy. I wanna see Mario stuff in my Mario movie, not bullshit from irrelevant, experimental IPs.

At least he looks cool in that poster.
 
Question:

Do the Pikmin & Fox play a role for the movie or this is for cameo sake?

-Sasa
 
Sammy/Sammi said:
Question:

Do the Pikmin & Fox play a role for the movie or this is for cameo sake?

-Sasa
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We can't answer that yet. We would need more footage available to answer that. And I think the March 9th trailer was the final trailer, so we're out of luck. If you ask after the film releases someone who watches it on opening day will probably give you a answer. (Fox's role in the film will probably be a topic in several reviews of the film though, and I think those should go up before opening day so its possible reading those could help.)

We can make inferences. I would say that Fox being the central character of a poster implies at least one scene revolving around him. It costs money to make posters, so in theory the bulk of their space should be promoting things that drive sales. Pikmin have appeared in a lot of media outside of their series, but historically they don't do much. Also they're small, non-hostile, and they don't communicate using words. I can't imagine a Pikmin led scene in the film, but its possible they might be prominent wildlife the characters encounter.
 
Honestly, my main beef with this isn't because Fox is in it. When handled well, crossovers can be fun. The LEGO Movie had Batman as a major character despite the focus primarily being on the original LEGO characters (with Emmet literally just being a generic LEGO minifigure guy) and it worked. Fox can work in a movie like this, he was about to even have a cameo in the Starbeans Cafe in Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, and he appeared with other Nintendo characters in some comics, including Super Mario-kun. Having Nintendo properties doing cute references to each other has always been there in Mario-adjacent titles, whenever it's the Pikmin flying out of the fields in Mario Golf or 9-Volt's microgames in the WarioWare titles.

No, my major problem with this is the things I've said earlier in this thread, multiple times in fact. The movie looks like it's going to be the equivalent of jangling keys over kids' or Mario fans' faces, cramming as much junk as possible within an hour and a half footage of whatever with little regard to the audience's intelligence, the trailers did not show anything that convinces me the movie won't be anything other than mindless garbage that you show to your kids purely to shut them up, and I've got enough of it. It's puerile fanservice, and I have every reason to believe that this movie was made 100% for cynical reasons than a geniune attempt to connect to the audiences with good writing. Yes I get that most movies are made for cynical purposes, but at least they actually had actual stories to tell than just showing you stuff happening and bright colorful lights.

Tell me, when people try to deny that Mario is strictly for kids, you have properties like this movie to try to persuade me that adults play Mario games? Because this movie isn't for "everyone" despite what I've been told regarding the Mario IP. Clearly it isn't written for older audiences, despite them cramming in characters from decades ago who has not appeared in Mario titles and appeals only to those who have grown up with Mario games.
 
I'm sorry, I just really have to say this and it's gonna come out a bit harsh, so I apologize in advance, but I do mean well in what I'm saying.

I know that you can't please every audience member or critic or Nintendo fan, but for heaven's sake, we don't need to be this negative about it. The Mario Galaxy movie is not some thrilling epic destined for awards, no, it's a movie made to entertain people and give them a moment of fun in an otherwise chaotic world. Of course they're gonna throw in characters we all enjoy and love. They're gonna throw in the locations we've seen in games. They're gonna throw in cameos, callbacks, references, etc, because they know someone will find them fun.

Illumination knows what they're doing. They've done it many times over. They know what gets butts in seats and cash in their pockets: simple movies that anyone can enjoy regardless of who you are. It's a tried and true formula.

Just because they threw in Fox from Star Fox doesn't mean the end of the world. It's a cameo. I'm actually excited to see what he does in the movie.

This movie is not being made to spite anyone or for cynical reasons or as a cash grab, no, they're just making a movie to entertain anyone and everyone, just like they always do, no matter which characters appear in the movie or what the plot is.
 
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