Mario Movie Scores A New "Limited-Edition" Steelbook, Pre-Orders Live

I wasn't purposefully holding off on a physical buy but I'm glad I did because that's pretty sweet.

That pretty cool!

Do they ship internationally or is it 1 country deal? Also why only English, Spanish and French with no Japanese, what a bizarre choice of dubs

Lost me at the mention of Walmart.

No thanks.

It's going to be released in France too and it won't be a store exclusive. So it is quite likely going to be available in other European countries as well.
Source:
https://www.hdnumerique.com/actualite/articles/22158-super-mario-steelbook-4k.html

@Princess_Lilly The Japanese version is a dub based on the English script si it makes sense that it has the original English version and the other languages spoken in North America.

I still buy Blu Rays (I like physical media) and had not bought this. I think I will now. Great movie and this package looks great!

hm, why now, all of the sudden? is it becouse of the plumbers 40th birthday? Ninty knows how to get money for reissues

@ludotaku True but the entire franchise is Japanese, and Japan has the best voice actors. Spanish for Mexico and makes sense, but what about French? If they had to include 3 and no more dubs, French would be the least "necessary" (nothing against French or France, it's just a very weird decision)

@Princess_Lilly I understand your point but the disc is supposed to be sold in the USA and Canada where people from Québec are native French speakers. This dub is actually in French Canadian which is different from the one from France.
And btw, the film was mostly animated in France.

Plus, the iconic Mario voice by Charles Martinet has always been in English even in Japan.

This might be my chance. Lovely movie.

I already own the standard 4kUHD disk.
I'm not a fan of steelbooks.

I also didn't care much for the movie itself.
Too generic and by the numbers.
I "fear" for the upcoming Zelda movie.

This was news like a month ago. Anyway, I already have the original Steelbook so I’ll pass on this one

Or, wait a couple of more years, since you’ve already waited a couple of years already if you want this, and buy the 2 Mario movie box set with the extra disc of making of extras, for probably close to the same price. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I liked the movie, and I like physical media, and I’ll probably watch this again before the sequel, but $35 for a years old movie is a no.

I mean, I'm not a fan of the film but I can see why they're doing this now, given its the 40th anniversary.

Dang. I already have the first steelbook which is just the mushroom with the black background, I love this new one way more 🫠. I would get it but saving for switch 2 and other stuff.

Any word on a version that lets us switch over to the Japanese soundtrack while keeping the English voice overs? I just don't want those bad licensed music tracks in my movie 😅

@ludotaku well, since it's the only deluxe release, it's supposed to be sold internationally, not just USA/Canada I guess? And if only these 2 countries, then what is Spanish for? Ofc Charles will always be the best and will always speak English but they did him VERY dirty for the movie

Even though I already have a copy of the movie, I was somewhat interested up until I read that it was a Walmart exclusive. As a matter of principle, I refuse to shop at Walmart, given how poorly they treat their employees, especially when it comes to their attendance policy.

A few years ago, I read a rather disturbing exposé that said that Walmart treats all absences, no matter the reason, as automatically unexcused. It's corporate policy. So even if you're deathly ill, Walmart will hold that against you. Have enough absences on your record within a set period, and they fire you.

No joke, you could have a heart attack and be in the hospital for a week, and they can fire you for it. Break a leg and can't work for a month? Fired. And forget trying to present a doctor's note; the manager will tear it up in front of you and throw it in the trash.

So, out of solidarity with the workers, I boycott Walmart and encourage everyone else to do the same. No limited-edition steelbook case of the Mario movie is going to convince me to suddenly start spending my hard-earned money there.

No 3D Blu-ray means I won't be buying it anytime soon.

@__jamiie Feel You. I don‘t understand why they are able to release the second steelbook and still „forget“ to release the existing 3D Version.
But I guess its the sad futur.

@ludotaku It blew my mind when I realized Martinet did his cameo in the Latin American Spanish version as well.

I know he speaks Spanish (and even dubbed Mario speaking in Spanish for the Mario Golf GB commercial), but had no idea he did his cameo as well

Anyway, I'm sure if Nintendo themselves (not Illumination) released the disc the same way they release their Switch games, we would've gotten all the possible languages they could fit.

@Princess_Lilly Oh no, the steelbook is going to be an international version but the discs are going to be exactly as the ones you can currently buy. Authoring new discs would cost way too much. Big Hollywood studios always repack their discs in new bundles, steelbooks and so to boost sales but once a disc is created, it's just used over and over.

@HammerGalladeBro Oh that's funny that he also played in the latin Spanish version. He also did that for the French version.

I just checked his wikipedia page and the guy is actually fluent in French and Spanish so that makes sense that he would star in the dubs he could do.

Movie was fine, not something I'd fork out for a steelbook Blu-ray though

@__jamiie Are 3D Blu-rays even a thing nowadays?

Is there no difference between this and the first 4K steelbook they had other than the steelbook itself?