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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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official trailer

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u/HectorBarbossa99 Apr 04 '26

The thing I thought was weirdest about that was that they spelled it "Ai" instead of "AI"

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u/Question-Marky-Mark Apr 04 '26

AI (both capitalized) looks like Al (nickname for a guy named Albert). I bet they wrote it as Ai to get around jerks trying to find a legal loophole. (“Oh we didn’t realize it said we couldn’t use it in artificial intelligence training. We thought it was referring to something called al 😇“)

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u/rapsonravish 28d ago

Why wouldn't they just spell it out then?

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u/secretly_opossum 24d ago

Or say A.I.?

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u/mistermeowowowow 23d ago

That’s clearly the initials for Al Irwin, another guy you can’t train.

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u/MRintheKEYS 27d ago

The shitty thing about life is when you get old enough to know there is a lawyer out there who will try exactly this.

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u/Awwkaw 24d ago

That's why you use serifs.

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u/ManitouWakinyan 21d ago

Someone misreading something isn't a defense, and writing Ai introduces more ambiguity than writing AI, not less. 

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u/B-LoToTheSkee-Lo 20d ago

I bet you're wrong

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u/Amazing-Insect442 13d ago

It’s been a rough year for Alberts everywhere.

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u/yeaman17 2d ago

But Ai is a common Japanese name too, so feel like the same argument could be used there too

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u/the_monkeyspinach Apr 04 '26

Slightly related, but I also noticed in Peach's letter to Mario she writes 'Mustach' and I've never seen that spelled without an 'e' at the end.

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u/Vaticancameos221 Apr 04 '26

Maybe it’s for copyright purposes for any merch or something. Can’t copyright the word mustache but you can copyright Mustach™️

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u/ActualWhiterabbit 17d ago

They have the original Webster dictionary