The Super Mario Bros. Movie Sets Up Peach's Mysterious Backstory to Prepare Her Own Spinoff
If anything, the creators at Nintendo and Illumination were smart to keep Peach's Super Mario Bros. Movie roots under wraps. The film teases a wholly original tale behind Peach's debut in the Mushroom Kingdom instead of following her past in flashback fashion. Although some long-time Nintendo enthusiasts objected to the movie's source material, it is indisputable that the unique narrative and canon of The Super Mario Bros. Movie leaves plenty of doors — or green pipes — open for next sequels and Spinoffs. Mario's backstory is now known, hence Peach's should take front stage.
Mario says in the movie that he entered a weird green pipe and unintentionally landed in the Mushroom Kingdom. Beyond happy to see another human, Princess Peach tells her story: She too arrived via Warp Tube, albeit at that time she was an infant. Peach doesn't divulges any further information, and considering her then-age, it's likely she remembers not much else. But considering the circumstances of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Mario's path seems only reasonable in pushing Peach to explore her own pre-Mushroom Kingdom past.
Investigating Princess Peach's beginnings would make her an even more excellent character.
The way The Super Mario Bros. Movie reverses the screenplay of the video game series is among its best features. Princess Peach teaches Mario the ins-and-outs of wielding Fire Flower powers, dodging Piranha Plants, and shattering brick blocks, not as a one-dimensional damsel in distress. Peach is the more seasoned Mushroom Kingdom hero with amazing martial arts, parkour, and motorbike-riding ability. That aside, Peach's origin story feels like the next obvious narrative move for the franchise and can give even more nuance to an already-interesting character.
...[a Spinoff can explain] why Peach is the Mushroom Kingdom's de facto ruler. Peach clearly isn't a mushroom person, even if she has been the monarch (or at least figurehead) of the Mushroom Kingdom and her Toad people—a species of pleasant mushroom-like residents. The Super Mario Bros. movie prepares us to get some much-needed explanations for Peach's de facto Mushroom Kingdom leadership. Though the movie proves Peach arrived from another world to the Mushroom Kingdom, fan theories abound on whether that world is the same as Mario and Luigi's native one.
How might a movie spinoff based on Super Mario Bros. draw from the games for this backstory?
Mario's producer Shigeru Miyamoto expressed interest in furthering Princess Peach's character development and position. While Nintendo has kept Peach's more conventional role in most of its video game releases, Miyamoto used The Super Mario Bros. Movie as a means of producing a more empowered, dynamic version of Peach (via Variety). Princess Peach is believed to be the daughter of King Toadstool in the first-ever Super Mario Bros.' game manual. The Super Mario Bros. Movie series can provide Peach an own history as Nintendo doesn't appear very outspoken about the relationship.
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The Billion-Dollar Sleeper Hit Super Mario Bros. Movie
The first movie based on a video game to bring in more than $1 billion was the Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was the second-highest grossing movie of 2023 and just behind Barbie in terms of box office performance. Those numbers suggest that a Super Mario Bros. movie world built on the well-known Nintendo property is about to materialize. Though its main focus was on its eponymous sibling pair, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. Movie has other intriguing characters. Though she surpasses even Mario (Chris Pratt) with her Koopa-hopping, brick-busting prowess, Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) stands out most.
Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, and more show up in this animated comedy, which centers on brand-new adventure set in the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond. Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, Teen Titans Go! partners, directed the movie.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Already Set Up the Best Peach Spinoff for the Franchise
A billion-dollar sleeper smash, the Super Mario Bros. Movie was the first film based on a video game to turn over more than $1 billion. Only behind Barbie in terms of box office success, the second-highest grossing movie of 2023 dropped Those numbers suggest that a Super Mario Bros. movie world built on the well-known Nintendo property is about to materialize. Though its main focus was on its eponymous sibling pair, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. Movie has other intriguing characters. Though she outshines even Mario (Chris Pratt) with her Koopa-hopping, brick-busting talents, Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) stands out most.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie gently hints to Peach's mysterious past at a pivotal character-driven turning point. Though Peach, the beloved princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, doesn't go into great detail about her beginnings, it is clear that more research is worth doing. Peach is the only other human Mario and Luigi ( Charlie Day) come across in the Super Mario Bros. film universe canon; they are Brooklyn-based plumbers who are unintentionally transplanted to the Mushroom Kingdom. The Super Mario Bros. movie prepared the ground for a Princess Peach spinoff very brilliantly.
The Nintendo Universe Cinematicly
To support a Super Smash Bros. movie crossover, the cinematic Nintendo universe could readily bring back one of its earlier cartoon adaptations.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie pays homage to the Mario video games and features well-known stars. We discuss the ending of the film and the prelude for a sequel.
