Aired during the NFC Championships, a new commercial forThe Super Mario Bros. Moviewas shown that features Cat Mario and a look at Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong. At first glance, the thirty-second preview seems to use clips already shown, but the second part is entirely new scenes.
From the very beginning,The Super Mario Bros. Moviehas been rather open about using multipleMariogames as its inspiration. In the first teaser trailer focusing on Jack Black’s Bowser, the King of the Koopa’s castle was recognized as being very similar Bowser’s floating in the classic RPGPaper Mario. The next trailer after that revealed that there would be an entireMario Kart-inspired sequence complete with a literal rainbow road. Now,Super Mario 3D World’sCat Mario is going to join in on the fun when the movie hits theaters this April.
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Shortly after, fans see Donkey Kong laughing about Mario getting the Super Bell of all the possible power-ups as someone says “you got the cat box.” It’s almost done in a way to make viewers question if that’s the crowd orDonkey Kong himself. A moment later, it shows Mario’s perspective as DK regains his composure and looks directly in the camera and outright saying “now you die” before punching at the viewer. After months of leaving fans wondering, this is the first preview of Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong that’s been released so far.
Super Marioloyalists are notably excited about both aspects of this trailer. Many didn’t expectCat Mario to make an appearancedue to how the Super Bell is a relatively new power-up, and some future viewers are even more excited to seeThe Super Mario Bros. Movieafter hearing Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong.
However, not everyone is ecstatic about what’s been shown. Rogen’s performance as DK has already garnered some criticism,much like Chris Pratt’s Mario, for being “just Seth Rogen talking” and nothing more. On the other hand, while Cat Mario making an appearance is welcomed, the movie already has a fair bit ofMarioreferences and cameos in it. This is leading to fans believing that the movie may burn itself out on content for any sequels as it aims to fit everything it possibly can into one film.
There’s still quite a lot to see beforeThe Super Mario Bros. Moviehits theaters, and with roughly three months left before then, fans can expect even more previews to come out as the movie continues to be promoted in advance. There’ll likely be even moreglimpses of Seth Rogenas Donkey Kong and other fun details in the movie to come in later trailers, so fans should keep their eyes out for more.
The Super Mario Bros. Moviereleases theatrically on April 7.
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