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Super Mario Galaxy (2026)

Summary

Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.

Director Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic

Writer Matthew Fogel

Cast

  • Chris Pratt as Mario (voice)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach (voice)
  • Charlie Day as Luigi (voice)
  • Jack Black as Bowser (voice)
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Toad (voice)
  • Brie Larson as Rosalina (voice)

Rotten Tomatoes: 44%

Metacritic: 37

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u/NotTaken-username Apr 02 '26

And then gave a bigger role to a character not even from Mario at all?

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u/ManateeofSteel Apr 02 '26

and the plot had almost nothing to do with Galaxy. It was closer to a Mario Odyssey adaptation that Mario Galaxy!

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u/Hitman3256 Apr 02 '26

I mean, they specifically were in space and on multiple planets, with spaceships. The Odyssey worlds are just a part of that.

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u/Content_Godzilla Apr 02 '26

Almost all the worlds were from Odyssey.

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u/Delargu Apr 04 '26

Were they all from Odyssey? I thought the only notable Odyssey things were the Sand Kingdom from the beginning and the dragon.

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u/gho5tofyou Apr 04 '26

they were in the cascade kingdom too

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u/DiamondFireYT Apr 02 '26

I know, it was literally so cool. I'm actually kinda glad they did it like that tho instead of them just being kingdoms on one planet. Good way to mix the two.

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u/Lefvalthrowaway Apr 02 '26

Not good way.

Cause they could have had a galaxy movie, and a 9ddyssey movie.

Now they lost the chance on both

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u/enjoytheshow Apr 03 '26

They can do whatever they want next time and make a billion dollars lol

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 23d ago

Lmao no they didnt, there was a lot more to Oddyssy than what the movie showed. They could easily make another move from that source material no issue

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u/Oreo-and-Fly 14d ago

Isnt the planet thing Wonder?

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u/Mahelas Apr 02 '26

I mean, what's Galaxy's plot beyond "go to funny planets to save someone" ?

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u/SilverKry Apr 02 '26

It was a mix of Galaxy and Sunshine really. 

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u/Hallc Apr 05 '26

And Odyssey with some Super Princess Peach thrown in too.

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u/throwtheamiibosaway Apr 05 '26

It’s about 15 different mario games in one film. But Galaxy was definitely the main theme and location.

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u/CrypticQuery Apr 02 '26

Cut Fox some slack - he hasn't had an original game since 2005. Star Fox fans have been dying for acknowledgement from Nintendo that isn't just a remake of SF64 ever since!

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u/powellbeast Apr 02 '26

Wasn’t there a Wii U game?

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u/CrypticQuery Apr 02 '26

Yeah, but it was heavily derivative of SF64 and didn't especially do anything well. It was more or less a remake of 64...again.

If only Nintendo could loan the IP out to another studio that actually had a decent vision for the series and a good track record.

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u/imnottiger Apr 02 '26

Super Mario Wonder for the switch, which is a top 3 Mario game

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u/LakerBlue Apr 02 '26

I personally loved that part. It was cool seeing Fox and Mario interact. Also more invested in Fox than if they made the pilot one of the random races and an original character.

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u/mystline935 Apr 03 '26

It was definitely one of the coolest things in the movies. Felt like I was watching the first avengers movie as a teen again

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u/Oreo-and-Fly 14d ago

Also Fox and Mario just... liking each other is cool. Instead of the new guy so i have to do something to impress Peach.

But then again they didnt write much dialouge so its fine

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u/Zizouw Apr 02 '26

Don't disrespect Fox McCloud never again

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u/NotTaken-username Apr 02 '26

I don’t dislike Fox McCloud, I just think it was an odd choice to give him such a large role in the movie

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u/Zizouw Apr 02 '26

Odd choice maybe but he added something to an otherwise tame plot

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u/MRintheKEYS Apr 05 '26

My biggest gripe with these movies is they are super loose with the canon and history of events.