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The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s Final Trailer Is Full Of Great Little Detail

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s Final Trailer Is Full Of Great Little Deta Nintendo And Illumination's Final Trailer For The Super Mario Bros. Movie Features Mad Max-Inspired Action On Rainbow Road, New Locations Beyond The Mushroom Kingdom, References, Deep Cuts, And Fire Flower Donkey Kong, Which Are Things Never Before Seen In A Super Mario Game.Il

LUMA’S SWEET RELEASE OF DEATH

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer Features A Luma From Super Mario Galaxy Who References "The Sweet Relief" Of Death, And In The Game, Lumas Enthusiastically Sacrifice Themselves By Getting Sucked Into A Black Hole To Save The Galaxy Created By Bowser, Indicating They Love Dying.

Donkey Kong On Fire

In Super Mario Games, Consuming A Fire Flower Power-Up Grants The Ability To Throw Fireballs And A Color Change, Seen Previously In Princess Peach And Now In Donkey Kong's Red-And-White Palette In The Super Mario Bros. Movie's Trailer. This Feature Isn't Present In The Mario Games Outside Of The Toy-Inspired Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Series, Which Doesn't Feature The Real Donkey Kong.

MARIO KART ON THE MENU

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Appears To Have A Nice Game Reference With The Kart-Selection Process Being Identical To The Games. Peach, Mario, And Toad Are Seen Using The Slots-Style Menu Device To Pick Their Kart, Wheels, And Glider, Just Like Players Do In Mario Kart 8.

SUPER MARIO’S ODYSSEY

While We’ve Seen A Lot Of The Mushroom Kingdom Already In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Latest Trailer Gives Us A Glimpse Of The Sand Kingdom From Super Mario Odyssey. And Hey, That Sure Looks Like A Highly Detailed Interpretation Of Bob-Omb Battlefield.

RAINBOW ROAD’S LEAP OF FAITH (AND DOUBLE DASH!)

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, King Koopa's Troopers Will Chase Mario, Peach, Toad, And Various Kongs In Rainbow Road, Which Will Reportedly Get A Lot Of Screentime. The Movie Includes Footage Of Mario Getting Double Bullet Billed That Appears To Reference The Mario Kart 64 "Leap Of Faith" Shortcut. The Skitching/Hijacking Of A Koopa Troopa's Hoverbike Could Also Be An Oblique Reference To Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

MARIO’S MUSHROOM HEAD

Mario Is Going To Do Mushrooms In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, And They’ll Be 100% Game Accurate. A Freeze-Frame Still — Spotted By Lisnovski On Twitter — Of Mario’s Powering-Up Moment Shows That, Just Like The Original NES Super Mario Bros., The Growth Powers Of A Super Mushroom Go To Mario’s Head First.

FOR BOWSER ONLY

Out of respect for our troops, I feel obligated to point out to Mr. Bowser that “those things” in your army are called Spinys. Please show some love for our boys in red.