Today is the day dedicated to Mario and his little gang. Nintendo celebrated the event properly with a series of particularly anticipated announcements.
This MAR10, Nintendo and fans around the world are celebrating the most iconic video game character: Mario. On this occasion, the Japanese firm made a nice trio of particularly anticipated announcements. After LEGO Mario Kart, it’s time for revelations about the video game… but not only that.
Super Mario Bros. movie 2 confirmed
It was a particularly anticipated announcement, it is now official. A second film in the Super Mario Bros universe, still in partnership with Illumination, has just been made official on March 10, 2024. Given the success of the first film and its $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, it was just a formality. “ We plan to expand the world of Mario even further with a story that’s as joyful as it is fun. “, said Shigeru Miyamoto during the presentation. It is obviously still too early to go into details, but a date has already been set: April 3, 2026 in the United States and “ in several other regions of the world “.
Chris Meledandri, director of Illumination, however specified that this second Mario film will revolve around new environments. The plumber and his clique should therefore leave the Mushroom Kingdom to explore new places, and iconic places, the license is not lacking. The animation of this second film will begin soon, and the two partners are already promising that it will also be teeming with details.
The next games have their release dates
Video games were also in the spotlight during this short presentation of the MAR10. As predicted by insider Pyro, Nintendo has revealed the release dates for two next episodes of the saga. You can therefore note in your calendars that Paper Mario: The Millennium Door will be released on May 23 on Nintendo Switch when Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD will come to make us shiver June 27. Surprisingly, Big N seems to be revising its release policy, with the next two cartridges of the hybrid console being scheduled for Thursdays instead of the usual Friday.
To conclude this series of announcements, we remind you that new LEGO sets were also made official yesterday. After years of asking for it body and soul, the fans will finally win their case. The LEGO Mario Kart will be marketed during 2025. To wait, three new sets will be available this summer. They feature Bowser, Peach and Luigi.