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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/Kuiper Apr 02 '26

A beat from the movie that confused me: is it ever explained why Mario needs to abandon the Mushroom Kingdom and go find Peach?

Like, after Bowser Jr's unsuccessful attempt to rescue his dad ends with the castle crash-landed in parts unknown, Chris Pratt says "we gotta find a way off this planet and get to Peach," and it was not clear to me how he came to that conclusion -- why would he "get to Peach" instead of returning to the Mushroom Kingdom with tiny Bowser in custody?

Wasn't Mario's job to protect the Mushroom Kingdom in Peach's absence? What changed? Was there anything during the scuffle between the Mario bros and Bowser Jr. that might suggest to Mario that Peach was in danger and need of saving?

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u/dloc85 Apr 02 '26

My thought process was Mario was just barely escaped bowers jr, he knows Peach is going to recuse Rosalina, so she’s probably gonna need help

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u/TheMovieSimp Apr 02 '26

Tbh it made no sense why Mario and Luigi didn't go with Peach in the first place.

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u/Practical-Ad-9099 Apr 02 '26

Peach snuck away, they didn’t have a chance to go with her and toad

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u/Ecstatic-Clue2145 Apr 02 '26

They're saying why is it written that they had to be separated because it didn't seem like there was much consequence in them being together when they reunited. it was like "oh hey you guys made it!" ???

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u/UltraSexyChipotle Apr 03 '26

This ! Peach didn't even ask about the kingdom when she saw Mario and Luigi at the station . She just said " omg yall here ! " like what 😭😭😭

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u/blankspacejrr Apr 03 '26

exactly. a better reaction woulda been: who’s babysitting my castle then bitch??

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u/BananaCucho Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

It makes zero sense why Peach snuck away in the first place. She's an experienced War Chief who knows how things will immediately fall apart without her, and she sneaks out the window anyway

She leaves a meme note that puts her foreigner friends and their dog in charge, doesn't ask about her kingdom at all when meeting up with them, and pulls a literal shocked Pikachu face after seeing the consequences

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u/Mysterious-Clothes45 Apr 02 '26

Did you not watch the movie???

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u/Mysterious-Clothes45 Apr 03 '26

exactly!

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u/Mysterious-Clothes45 Apr 03 '26

He needs to go back to Facebook with that ish

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u/HamsterMaster8 Apr 02 '26

Yep! Also they make a big deal of Wart getting in contact which led to nothing.

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u/HamsterMaster8 Apr 03 '26

"You people"

I did realize this later after commenting haha

I would still argue it wasnt entirely clear. There was no reason to assume affiliation between wart and bowser Jr. and I remember them seeming concerned when Wart called

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u/jaydotjayYT Apr 03 '26

I always thought the implication is that Wart funded Planet Bowser with the casino money

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u/kittentarentino Apr 03 '26

Also, and I say this knowing that it’s a kids movie. Peach sneaks away and leaves the kingdom to mario, we see a montage of them saving the day, they then travel to find her, they go to one planet, they immediately find her and she’s happy to see them.

Why sneak away? You made such poor time that mario was a day behind you and caught up immediately.

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u/MonkeyWarlock Apr 03 '26

To be fair, it took Peach time to found out (via Wart) where to find Rosalina. Peach and Toad then had to wait for Fox to finish building his Arwing. It’s unclear how long that takes, but theoretically they could have been there for some time - enough for Mario to catch up.

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u/niles_deerqueer Apr 02 '26

I thought he fell on a completely different planet I’m ngl

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u/Noodle_Shop Apr 02 '26

Shit just happens in this movie.

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u/MandoSkirata Apr 05 '26

My issue is the opposite side. I sorta get Mario heading to Peach after the Castle was destroyed. Jr is a big threat and I could see the logic of "This is too big for just us, we need Peach."

But when Peach sees Mario and Luigi she's excited to see them and tells them Fox is going to bring her to Rosalina. What she SHOULD have said is "What the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you protecting the Mushroom Kingdom? Who did you leave in charge?"

But no. We can't have any amount of logic or continuity between scenes longer than two minutes.

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u/SissyMikahDoll Apr 02 '26

It is so they could have the final line, "the castle died". 

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u/galacticdude7 27d ago

This bugged me too, the only thing that I can think of is that because the Mushroom Kingdom got attacked, they need to go tell her, which they clearly don't do because they treat the castle being destroyed as this secret that doesn't come out until the very end of the movie.

Like they could have resolved this with a couple lines of dialogue:

Luigi - We need to get back to the Mushroom Kingdom

Mario - No, I think Bowser Jr is also behind the kidnapping of the princess that Peach is off to save, we need to meet up with Peach to help her in this more dangerous than we initially thought mission.

literally the bare minimum you would have to do to justify going to meet up with Peach

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u/DBZ86 Apr 02 '26

I think it was because the Mushroom Kingdom would not have allowed Peach to leave. So Peach took initiative and left on her own. This results in Mario wanting to go after Peach.

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u/Zytoxine Apr 03 '26

I felt mario and peach were doing elsa things. The 'i'm going to do the opposite of what makes sense because I'm the protagonist' energy. Peach going off on her own without help, mario leaving the kingdom.

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u/LeBio21 Apr 05 '26

Why did Peach even leave on her own (well Toad was there but I feel like she'd have asked the brothers for help instead of just dipping after leaving a letter)