WOODBURY – Super Mario is one of the most successful brands in all of the gaming industry. The brand broke into the movie industry on April 5th 2023. Universal Studios made $1.36 billion dollars off the first one, making it one of the most successful animated films ever made. The sequel is doing something new, combining multiple games into one movie. This has never been done before and students like freshman Ryan Patterson don’t know how to feel about this. 

“I think this is a really interesting premise for the sequel,” Patterson said. “This may also be bad, like making the timeline of the game different than it originally was.” 

Some of the people who grew up with the games are really excited for this and look forward to opening day.

The movie company has been hyping this up by doing various marketing stunts like putting up a stained glass window picture of one of the characters and making 3D billboards in Japan.

This is the first time that they did this and if the last one made one billion dollars without ludicrous marketing, this is sure to be one of the most successful movies of the year.

The games on the other hand haven’t had a new release since October of 2023. Regardless, they continue to have fans.

“There’s more of the games but I really like the movie too. It’s hard to pick because the games haven’t had anything new in two years, but the movie is coming out in two weeks,” said Nonnewaug freshman Jeremy Jones. “I am planning to watch the next one on opening day.”

This is concerning for the game fans but the movie should keep them connected to the games they grew up with.

The movie is also introducing new fans to the franchise with younger children who aren’t as skilled at doing wall jumps than watching movies. 

This also helps Universal make more money and makes a new game the most popular it would ever be. 

With all of these new things with more to come. This may be the most successful animated movie ever made.