Nintendo has announced that in two days' time (October 6th) we are going to be treated to an official Nintendo Direct which will be about all things related to Super Mario Bros. The Movie (we're assuming that's the title now, right?) On top of this exciting news, we got our first look at the film's initial poster, showing Mario and a whole lotta Toads standing in front of Illumination's take on the Mushroom Kingdom.
While there are a number of details and Easter Eggs that have already got us forming in-depth theories, there is one notable absence from the poster that has got the internet all riled up: Where is peach? And we're not talking about Princess Toadstool — what a foolish suggestion! — oh no.
That's right, we (and, seemingly, a whole host of you, too) could have sworn that Mario used to be a little more well-rounded in the rear department. You can't expect us to believe that all of that jumping and umpteen ground pounds could leave you as flat as a Whomp? Where, oh where, is Mario's butt?
In a journalistic process that had us questioning how it had come to this, we have compared Mario's current build to his 3D, er, back catalogue, and while the results may not be wholly conclusive, there is arguably some reduction going in here:
Fortunately, it's not just us frantically zooming in on previous images of Mario for proof that the plump plumber definitely used to hit the squat racks. Ever the voice of the people, Twitter has also been alight with the case of the missing backside — the call to #GiveMarioHisBootyBack has never been stronger:
https://twitter.com/dinglexxl/status/1577304251331747841
Taking a moment to step back from their butt-induced shock, both @TheTipArrowNT and @arvalis took the time to, erm, plump Mario out a little bit:
Look, as arvalis quite rightly says, Sonic got a full redesign right after the trailer dropped due to internet outrage, perhaps the same will happen again if enough people get behind (sorry) this cause. We hope that a reasonable explanation will be provided in this week's trailer, though somehow we doubt that it will.
What do you make of Mario's butt-less design? Drop your thoughts in the comments below!
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I wasn't aware Mario was competing with Snake in that department
They designed Mario fine; the "outrage" over Mario's design is much dumber than the better-justified reaction over Sonic's initial design.
#savethecheeks
And I thought the first Sonic design was the butt of all jokes.
Butt less is something natural.
Ok never mind this movie is gonna be bad I know it they clearly forgot to add Mario's defining trait
More unrealistic body expectations from Hollywood!
I hate the internet so much.
Be patient everyone. Once we finally hear Chris Pratt's voice, this isn't the a** everyone will be flipping out over.
That's Mushroom Kingdom's Ass.
I can’t seem to get to the bottom of all this nonsense. I’ve been left behind. The internet really is the butt of all jokes.
The internet can be so disappointing sometimes
This is dumber than the Luigi's trunks render in Mario Tennis hullabaloo
Wow they really nerfed Mario’s trunk. Hopefully we get some nipples at least. Don’t know how Crisp Rat would feel about the wonders of the male form though.
And now we've officially gone off the deep end...
Why ya'll body-shaming Mario?
How do you know it's not some genetic disease from eating all those mushrooms?
Speaking of Snake, I wonder if Mario's bum got injected with FOXDIE? NAOMI!!!
First thing that came to mind when I saw this:
That RJ Palmer tweet though hoo lordy 😳
Looks as if he has a plush look
At least this makes it less likely Mario twerks at some point in this movie.
I will never forget what they took from us 💔
Man, people are just not happy unless they have something to complain about, huh? Frankly, I don't care if his tush is huge or not; I just care about whether the movie any good.
If the movie's good, that means we can get more Mario movies (and maybe movies of other Nintendo games, like Zelda, Metroid, Star Fox, and Super Smash Bros., to name a few).
Mario having a big butt or not is the least of my worries.
@Nickinator Yeah, this is nowhere near as horrifying as Sonic was - it's just a flat butt. That said, we haven't seen his face yet!
Perhaps this means that there will be a lack of fart jokes, though?
Holy butt. The Super Mario Bros movie is fatshaming its source material. I will riot on the internet.
It's funny people here think anyone is actually upset about it. Guess we need a better way to show sarcasm or humor on the internet because people just do not seem to grasp it.
This is nothing butt Censorship!
That’s the open world Mario game I’ve been craving.
but but but, everybody got a big but!
This is butt a joke, people. Nobody’s actually complaining about this.
In all honesty that horizontal seweing is not doing Mario any favors, without it the effect doesn't seem to happen, like we can see in the Oddysey screenshot.
It's also funny how Nintendo was probably all like "Less ass so people won't notice it or start talking about it" and then-
okay but did this really need to be reported on lol
Wait till they reveal the missing mustache
Why do they want Mario to be so caked up lol
Mario switched from boxers to briefs for the movie.
if we get Thicc Mario I will pay double for the ticket to see it
@Bobb Don't feel bad. I rarely get current net humor myself. I'm surprised there was enough materiel to warrant an article. Even more surprised someone approved it.
Slow news day for everyone I guess.
I had my own bit of fun with this.
Mario needs to hit some squats to work those glutes!
This got to be a joke right?? Mario looks fine don’t even think his behind even looks that big in the games. God people will fine anything to moan about.
#MakeMarioThiccAgain
@AstroTheGamosian @Nickinator @bonjong23 @Outerdragon
Y'all.... Do know this is a joke??
Try looking at the context and not just reading the headlines. It's all in good fun, no one is really out angry about it.
The only anger I see is y'all.
#savethecheeks
@Fizza Your profile pic is funny for a weird reason.
If Mario looks like that, I shudder to think what Bowser would look like
I really didn't even notice any of this, really weird stuff to talk about. Oh well, as long as they don't then make it "too big", I don't care if they "fix" this or not, so either way works for me.
@Nickinator DAT'S DA JOKE * McBain voice *
@StarPoint I hope so. Please let Illumination direct the animation, not the humor.
@TtimeXP Okay, if no one really cares, then great. 👍 The article's discussion of people rallying around the cause to change it as had happened with Sonic had me wondering, though, lol.
@Bratwurst35 Sometimes a tweet is enough for NL.
@TtimeXP The thing is, in this day and age, you can never be too certain anymore. Things that were once considered within the realm of satire have now become real.
And so many people complaining about minor details in movies and television these days makes you wonder if some of these "complaints" are legitimate, and not just jokes.
Please go outside lol.
An origin story, this is Mario's behind before Peach kept baking cakes for him.
@Waka_the_Prophet
Tongue in cheek. 😂
Sake, I wrote this first on the poster article. Didn’t think anyone else noticed.
But are his nips there? 🤔
Too many butt slams
@Hordak dropped your 👑
Everyone with a flat butt is outraged by this bit and it's hilarious.
In my book, Mario hadn't been fat since SMB3. Ever since he's been "round" in a cartoon way. Any pretense of it in 3D was the growing pains of 3D getting better at looking like things.
Well at least we know the movie isn’t going to be live-action. Unless that changes last second. Then in that case we’re all doomed.
You won't really notice it in motion, but yeah, in a freeze frame like that, his backside looks a little, deflated? Not a big deal of course.
What's more noticeable to me is how short the length of his body appears from his shoulders down to his hips. Again, it will probably feel less unnatural seeing him in motion, but the fidelity of the render looks so realistic that his proportions seem out of place.
Maybe it's how photorealistic the grain of his jeans appears that makes his proportions feel so odd.
@Nickinator didn't know the fun police was here already
Well, it Clearly ain’t a Pixar film
Look how they massacred my boy...
But are his eyes green?
If his eyes are green, then there's no hope for this movie.
Looks like he's wearing nothing at all,
nothing at all,
nothing at all...
...stupid unsexy Mario.
@Deepdoop Well, at least we're fast, right.
See all those pipes?!
You think they fix themselves??
Mario’s obviously worked his a$$ off 😄
I just wanna know what happened to Mario's hair
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that this is dumb.
There's a book called: "Things I Learned from Mario's Butt" which dives into character design in a whimsical but insightful way. I wonder what their take is on this.
@KayFiOS Okay, this one killed me. 🤣🤣🤣
People need hobbies. Lol
The world may not be flat, but my world is.
It's just packed tight from all the running and jumping he does.
Are we looking for pointless nitpicks now? Never mind his rear. Does he still have a mustache? You can't tell from the poster!
Mario usually has his knees bent a bit, pushing his behind into his overalls thus making it appear “bigger”(I never thought I would have to explain this😳). In the poster it’s apparent that he’s standing very straight, or at least more than usual, resulting in the disappearance of his butt.
This seems pretty accurate to the early 8-bit Mario. He was always a bit stocky, but his hindquarters used to be as flat as a board.
I never noticed, nor cared. Now if it were Wario, I’d have some words to say about that.
First it was "visible nipples", now it's "insufficiently visible butt". And I thought Xenoblade fandom was Freudian.
I like the fan revision better they should work it into the film.
Mario is from an ancient alien species with no niplles, no butt no .... No..... No..... And no ....
But asside from that he is immortal, doesnt age, has every power available, faces every enemie (yes even the scary goombas)
But seriously i dont get the fuss? I have action figures of mario, mario was hiding all those musshrooms there in this movie he has none yet lol.
Slow news day? 🤣
People are so weird these days. We tried to fix "over-sexualizing women is bad" and instead of landing on "over-sexualizing anyone is bad" we totally overshot the mark and landed on "over-sexualizing men is good." O_o
Idiocracy has become real and if this was a female character we'd be seeing op-ed's on Kotaku about objectifying/shaming women's bodies and this article wouldn't exist.
two absurdly funny comments just above me, cant top this level of deadpan delivery
i don't care if Mario have butt or not, i care if the Mario movie by Illumination is faintful to the games
Absolutely disgusting. This kind of topic is completely inappropriate, not to mention just plain rude.
Nintendo life should be ashamed for running this kind of article. If this trend continues I'll be getting my news elsewhere, and I hope others will consider doing the same.
Give and take I suppose. His nipples better be enlarged then.
@HotGoomba I understood that reference.
@ItsOKToBeOK noooo kidding. I predict it now, Megan Pete will have a cameo and her only purpose is to shake around her abnormally proportioned ass.
@Chocobo_Shepherd Misandry is alive and kicking these days, and everyone loves it.
Hard eye roll.
@AstroTheGamosian nobody is really upset about the lack of "peach"... grab some sense of humor.
People is just having a little fun, you can have some too!
God I hate the internet.
@Waka_the_Prophet
Is that what they call it these days? 😋
Who knew everyone would get so worked up over a plumber's butt? I'm laughing so hard right now XD
Haha, it does look kinda weird now that you point it out. It's like his legs connect directly to his torso.
Some people just need to butt out. 🤨
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