We’ve lastly had our first peek at The Super Mario Bros. Movie in the Nintendo Direct teaser trailer presentation, and we now know what the plumber and a few acquainted Mushroom Kingdom faces — specifically Bowser, Kamek, Toad, and Luigi — seem like in film type.

We received a superb take a look at Mario’s rear within the latest teaser poster, and a leak earlier this week gave us a peek at his film face. But now we have had the prospect to see him in movement on this movement image trailer and the actual query is whether or not Nintendo followers suppose this new ‘Movie Mario’ look is an efficient one or not. After all, the preliminary reveal of Sonic the Hedgehog for his 2020 film provoked such a fierce response that it despatched the filmmakers again to the drafting board, remodeling completed scenes at nice expense to revamp Sonic and appease followers who had been not impressed with the outcomes of Sonic’s Hollywood makeover.

Illumination (the Minions studio making the Mario film in partnership with Nintendo) may have been paying very shut consideration to that pricey debacle, and whereas we’re sure no one may have fairly such a dramatic response to this barely much less chubby, barely extra realistically proportioned tackle gaming’s biggest hero…he is positively trying barely completely different from the Mario we all know and love from the video games!

Despite some preliminary tentativeness, the brand new look is at the moment profitable us over and we’re intrigued to see extra of Mario (and a lot extra of Luigi, who was glimpsed on the finish of the trailer) within the upcoming film.

Here’s a fast comparability between Movie Mario and Game Mario:

But what do you suppose? A bit bizarre, however you may get used to it? An enchancment? ‘Ugly Sonic’ another time? Let us know within the ballot under and be happy to elaborate within the feedback.