Super Mario World Looks To Be The Official Name Of The Next Mario Movie

And Super Mario Open World the next 3D Mario

the 7th one will be called Super Mario galaxy: endgame

goes perfectly with one of 2025s biggest games. so excited for yoshi! excited to spot all the refrences day one in the theatre 😍

"How would you feel about this new movie if it's anything like the SNES hit?"

Okay but the thing is the game was actually good and had depth and didn't need to rely on references to excuse it's lackluster storytelling

Will Vanilla Dome, Forest of Illusion, Star Road, Chocolate Island and Donut Plains be in the movie?

Can't wait to hear all the diatribes about how this doesn't provide thought provoking narratives and the intelligent deconstruction of the hero archetype which the Super Mario series is universally known for.

Nintendo: makes a numbered sequel to one of their consoles for the first time
Also Nintendo: names the first sequel to their hit animated family movie after the fourth/fifth/sixth game in the series.

Personally I thought it’d be called The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2, but this would be cool too!

Based on the source it seems like it’s listed with series like ‘Minions’ and ‘Shrek’, not specific entries, so this is perhaps a mistake.

@OctolingKing13 Hopefully there’s more than just references though (I honestly really liked the inclusion of licensed songs in the first film).

@Coalescence this is a terrible mentality and i'm tired of seeing it perpetuated

This doesn't need to be a Kubrick-esque paragon of cinematic narrative, it just needs to have an actual attempt at a narrative in order to justify adapting Mario to the big screen. It's not even that hard! The '86 Mario OVA did a better job than Illumination's take.

Pretty much my only opinion on this is, "Great, now the game will be harder to Google."

I’d love to get an official physical release of a widescreen Super Mario World game. Maybe the’ll do something like this as a movie tie in. Or Super Mario World 3?

It may just be that I first played it as a kid, but I do feel like of all the 2D Mario games, Super Mario World has the most potential to be fleshed out into a bigger story.

Nintendo’s ‘world’ branding has replaced their ‘New’ branding in the repeat confusion category

Or as it will be known in Japan:
Super Mario Bros. IV.

@N00BiSH
I haven’t cared to watch but it doesn’t have a narrative structure?

@N00BiSH I feel you're a hard one to please.

@SalvorHardin It technically HAS a narrative, but it's not really interested in expanding on that in any significant way, instead it rushes through the plot with a bunch of setpieces designed to market various Mario titles and pushing any real character depth to the wayside.

@GoldenBot I don't have high standards for things I dislike.

I haven't watched the movie. Typically, I only watch 3 to 5 movies a year so I'm extremely picky with what I watch and this movie seemed like more of a family or kids film that I simply wouldn't appreciate like I do the games.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT ohhh god… I hope not. Not the genre killer again.
Only for Nintendo to charge $100 for the game because of its open world tax.

Keep the platformer a platformer. There’s nothing wrong with condensed worlds ala Mario 64, instead of empty huge worlds.

@N00BiSH “Had depth” lmao

@coolioam More depth than the film, at least

"You are currently reading an article about the 1991 video game. For the 2026 animated film of the same name, click here."

Oh, boy! I'm really looking forward to the mix-ups!

@N00BiSH alright the bit is over we can move on now…

@jon128 I've been asking for them to do that ever since Mario Maker released. For remakes of the 3 NES games and SMW in the Mario Maker engine. Ideally, they would be free and released through NSO.

@coolioam

Are the allergies to good films seasonal?
Mario Bros could have been a better movie--should have been a better movie. Countless family films are actually thought-provoking, and it doesn't take much more effort to get there. The Mario movie could have said something about escapism, expectations, growing up, etc. (any theme that could resonate with people who play the games) with the smallest of script edits, but it didn't. It didn't really say anything at all.
Which is why, after the eye candy and jokes, there was nothing else to it.
If we can get the LEGO Movie, Frozen, and Into the Spiderverse, we can get a well-written Mario movie. Which, for the record, doesn't mean we can't have the eye candy, the pop, the jokes, the references, etc.

The really cool thing about the sequel being called Super Mario World is that Yoshi’s first in-game appearance was in the game Super Mario World on the SNES. So that matches up really nicely with the post credit scene of The Super Mario Bros. Movie where a Yoshi egg appears, hinting at the fact that Yoshi will play a very significant role in the movie.

@Zaruboggan
No offense but... I've seen the Lego Movie, Frozen and Spiderverse... and didn't really care for either of them all too much (though the Lego movie I think was the most fun from there). I don't really recall there being any "depth" or anything that stayed with me after it was done.

The last movie I can say had depth and I really enjoyed would be "A Man Named Otto" but I don't expect Mario, or even the list of movies you listed to have anything near what I watched with a Man Named Otto. They're just different kinds of movies...

I don't get what it is about the Mario movie that makes people dismiss so much stuff or somehow expect more than what the games were offering. Mario World having depth? What escapism or themes does Mario World tackle? I've seen the Mario movie so much at this point there's little things I keep noticing every time I watch it that makes me appreciate it more each time... (Like Bowser blaming Mario for everything and having so much hated for someone he hasn't even met that says a lot more about Bowser's character).

Idk... I just roll my eyes now when they mention the Mario movie not having anything to it and just being references and easter eggs.. like hard for me to take anyone seriously with that take at this point... like move on from it already.

Edit: I know I quoted what's their name but this post is more just in general than directed at anyone. Just giving my two cents just because I'm so tired of hearing the same thing over and over I feel like it's an echo chamber at this point and no one's really been saying anything new or thought provoking (the irony of it as well).

As someone who really enjoyed the super Mario bros movie you bet I’m going to see the sequel. Here we go!

Being named after the last great 2D Mario game I concur with this title.

@KaiserGX As I said before, the Mario Movie's story didn't need to be an overly complex narrative epic or whatever - it just needed to flesh out the world and characters in ways that the games can't. It doesn't have to be A Man Named Otto to do so. And both Spider-Verse and the Lego Movie do offer some form of depth, as they both serve as little metacommentaries for the audience's relationship with those specific brands and why they've endured for so long. They mean something.

If this will be the name, then I think it is a pretty good choice, especially since I love the game. All I hope to get out of this movie is heartwarming entertainment.

Definitely looking forward to it! I just hope for better pacing this time around. Give the characters and the world more time to breathe.
Make an extended home version if you need to.

@KaiserGX A Man Named Otto was a great book, so I imagine the same is true of the movie! Unfortunately, I haven't seen it.

They may be different kinds of movies, but that doesn't mean Mario can't be meaningful in its own way.

The film did toy with certain things: disapproving families, using escapism to find yourself (literally traveling to another world where Mario could be more than a plumber; he could be a hero), and earning their respect as a result--things that would certainly resonate with people playing Mario through the ages.
But it didn't do much with any of it. Like I said, small edits could have given it so much more.

Also, the fact that you and I are in here having a disagreement makes this by definition not an echo chamber lol. Good for us!

(I had fun with the film, fwiw. And no offense taken--I didn't write those movies.)

@Zaruboggan Completely agree with you omg, the first 20 or so minutes of the film are genuinely really gripping but once they enter the Mushroom Kingdom it kinda just becomes A Troll in Central Park 2 and barely anything that happens during it sticks with you outside of sheer spectacle and a mild chuckle here and there. Hoping this sequel actually tackles giving the characters more depth and it's not like Despicable Me where the characters stay still and stagnant forever after the second film😭

Wahooo! Looking forward to it.

@KaiserGX "Idk... I just roll my eyes now when they mention the Mario movie not having anything to it and just being references and easter eggs.. like hard for me to take anyone seriously with that take at this point... like move on from it already."

Well said. I had fun.

The next 3d Mario is coming next year. They are going to use the same strategy as they did with the last Mario and game in 2023. Use the movie to build hype and get people wanting to play the next Mario game. They might even have the game be closer to the release of the movie.

I expect it to have its yellow cape

Just give us the dam 3d Mario game please.

@KaiserGX I recall people thought the movie would be a trashfire the moment it was revealed Illumination were making it.

The movie isn't perfect but I just suspect there were many who just go out of their way try and find faults in it simply to avoid having to admit that Illumination did a good job.

Before movie: "Illumination? it's going to suck"
After movie : "Yeah well... the story wasn't good"

Personally I appreciate that the Mario Movies are actually fullly 3D animated lol. So many videogame movies are just avoiding being fully 3D animated when really the movies should be a way to see both the characters and their world realised to an extent a game console isn't going to allow.

Just name it The Super Mario Movie again with a subtitle… Giving it the exact same name as the game is going to cause inconveniences.

God. Just imagine if it were based on 2. As an adult, I can say it would be much more fun to see the kids' reaction to that frickin' fever dream (and much more fun for Mrs Satan and I to use mushrooms with). I'm a little worried Minecraft's success might inform the direction of this, but I also don't care all that much. So long as it is not insulting to my kids I'll be fine.

@Dr_Lugae I'm sure Nintendo has a great deal of oversight with these productions, so it's not like Illumination had carte blanche. I understand the reaction, as a dad, but I am also blessed with kids that are smart enough to notice when a piece of entertainment is awful.

@NinChocolate What you talking about they put Super on everything and nobody bats an eye but now y'all had an issue with the word World? Only Mario Kart World had that word, no other game for Switch 2 is using that.

@SwitchplayerJohn The Switch 2 successor is not even out yet. Who knows maybe they'll call that the Super Switch.

Wow there's really a very limited well of words that Nintendo is willing to draw on for naming mario products huh? This is getting ridiculous

@Serpenterror just good old Nintendo. Everything’s good, no issues. They like the Super. They like the New. Lately they like World. World brands Nintendo currently marketing include Super Nintendo World, Mario Kart World and now Super Mario World. But it’s all good. Disney World. It’s all happiness.

With the 3rd being Super Mario Galaxy.
I mean... it has to happen.

Super Mario World is such a special game, practically perfect. I will love it if the next movie is named after it.

Super Mario Bros 3:Angry Sun Revenge

Finally, audiences will be confronted with the morality of Mario jumping off Yoshi to clear a pit.

Well I was afraid to come back in here and get blasted so that didn't really happen so that's good.. I know I am biased as heck as Mario is my favorite video game series and I watched this movie in Spanish a couple times and once in French...

I'm not saying it's perfect either and as someone said before it does cover some themes, maybe it's not enough for some people and the pace is a bit faster than I would like but it does at least have them. Honestly though for me this pretty much covered everything I would have wanted out of a Mario movie and they even got Kamek how I imagined him in my headcanon (now I'm waiting to see if Birdo shows up in the sequel).

Hopefully now that it doesn't have to introduce the world and characters it can slow down a bit.

I don't need to have the depth of a Pixar movie, but I mainly hope the writing is tighter and the tone fits the Mario universe better. The first film had too many "shock value" attempts at humor, such as the nihilistic Luma and all the "DON'T TOUCH THAT OR YOU'LL DIIIIIE" stuff. In general they bring up death weirdly often, like when Bowser says verbatim "We'll see how tough Mario is when he watches me KILL HIS BROTHER." I don't remember the Koopa King being quite so...murderous?

Also Peach felt like they swapped the character out for someone entirely different which was weird. I could see Daisy being that gungho, but Peach has always been dainty and poised. The Kongs felt off too.

Whatever, the movie was fine. It just felt like a first draft sometimes so I hope they have a tighter script this time around.

Mmm okay. Hopefully kids will have fun watching it.

@N00BiSH I think that person was mocking the trolls who say things like that.

@PinballBuzzbro There was a sequel to that bland movie? What was it, straight to video?

@N00BiSH It had secrets. Not depth.

@Zaruboggan I agree that many kids movies do. But not all of them do. It's a freakin Mario Bros film, it's general shtick is save mushroom kingdom from koopa . Even the cartoons and skits were shallow, and a lot of the episodes were centered around references to movies, shows, holidays and books.

@Tempestryke I feel they still count. They challenge the player to get more involved with the level design in order to find them all. While not the deepest thing ever, the secrets in the game certainly offer a far more substantial and in-depth experience than the movie ever could.