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Tower Records Japan has revealed that it will produce and sell a vinyl soundtrack primarily based on Nintendo's SNES game Super Mario World. The album will be available at ¥11,550 (~$74.30) on April 30, 2025. Pre-orders for the vinyl soundtrack are immediately available on the Japanese Tower Records Online Shop.

The soundtrack will consist of three discs with content available on both sides. It will boast a large number of tracks at 179, but take note that Tower Records conflated the music tracks with sound effects to reach that number. The third disc's second side in particular has a whopping 107 sound effects that will play after the Super Mario World ending theme as its 11th track.

Super Mario World, which is also known in Japan with the additional subtitle Super Mario Bros. 4, will not be the only game to have its tracks featured in this vinyl soundtrack. Tower Records and Nintendo will also add tracks from the first three mainline Super Mario Bros. entries until Super Mario Bros. 3 to the second disc.

The Super Mario World vinyl soundtrack will be available on April 30, 2025. It will contain tracks from the Super Famicom / SNES game that appeared first in Japan in November 1990, as well as the first three Super Mario Bros. games that Nintendo released for the Famicom / NES in the late 1980s in Japan.

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People who want to steal Princess Peach’s look will be able to do so, as Bandai Lifestyle will release a Princess Peach make-up collection in May 2024. Those in Japan will be able to buy it in advance from the Nintendo stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

In total, there are three different products you can purchase. All of them feature Princess Peach on the design. There is a face mask, which costs 858 JPY ($5.50) for a pack of seven. It has a rose aroma and focuses on moisturization. The lip gloss, which costs 1650 JPY ($10.60), has an oil base with collagen in the formula. It only comes in pink. However, the color is quite faint on your lips. Finally, there are six colors of eyeshadow, which costs 550 JPY ($3.55) each. Some of these colors are also usable as blush.

While Peach has always been a major character in the Super Mario Bros series of games, she recently appeared in the spotlight with Princess Peach: Showtime. This is the first game in which Peach appears as a main playable protagonist. It follows Peach saving Sparkle Theatre from the villainous Sour Bunch. Because of this game, Nintendo has been releasing some Princess Peach-focused items, such as a clothing collection from Nintendo of NY.

Princess Peach: Showtime is readily available on the Nintendo Switch, and Bandai Lifestyle will release its make-up and skincare line based on the character some time in May 2024.

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A new line of Super Mario Bros apparel and housewear for men and kids will be available at Shimamura stores throughout Japan from March 23, 2024. Some items in the new collection are limited to some Shimamura retail stores and some to the online store.

The kid clothes are available in sizes 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, and 160cm. Meanwhile, the kid pyjamas are only available in sizes 120, 130, and 140cm. The men t-shirts are available in sizes M, L, and XL.

Here’s the full lineup of Super Mario Bros Shimamura apparel alongside its prices:

• Mario Kids Hoodie (2 colors) – 1,209 yen (~$8)
• Luigi Kids Hoodie (2 colors) – 1,209 yen (~$8)
• Yoshi Kids Hoodie (2 colors) – 1,209 yen (~$8)
• Mario & Yoshi Men T-shirt (2 colors) – 1,209 yen (~$8)
• Mario Characters Men T-shirt (2 colors) – 1,209 yen (~$8)
• Super Mario Stage Men T-shirt (2 colors) – 1,209 yen (~$8)
• Mario Characters Long Sleeve Kids Pajama Set – 2,200 yen (~$14.50)
• Mario Characters Short Sleeve Kids Pajama Set – 2,200 yen (~$14.50)

And you can take a better look at the clothing here:

Shimamura previously released a line of Super Mario Bros sweatshirts and hoodies for kids back in August 23, 2023.

The new Super Mario Bros Shimamura apparel and housewear collection will go on sale on March 23, 2024 at Shimamura retail stores throughout Japan and the Shimamura online store.

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A new line of Super Mario Bros themed clothing will launch at Shimamura stores across Japan on August 23, 2023. The lineup will consist of three sweatshirt variants and three hoodie styles. The Super Mario sweatshirts and hoodies are in "boys" sizes. The sweatshirts are priced at 1,490 yen ($10.22) each. The hoodies are priced at 1,790 yen ($12.28) each. Purchases can also be made through the Shimamura online store. Some sizes will be exclusive to the Shimamura online store.

The sweatshirts and hoodies feature different designs that have Nintendo's Super Mario Bros characters on them. The three hoodies consist of red, emerald green, and light green color variants. The characters that appear on the hoodies front and center are Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, respectively. Each hoodie also features a tagline below the represented character.

The red Mario hoodie features one of his many catchphrases, "Here we go!" The emerald green Luigi hoodie reads "reliable brother." The light green Yoshi hoodie reads "from Yoshi's Island." Two of the sweatshirts share the same design of Mario peeking out of a shirt pocket, but they are different colors: blue and dark gray. The third sweatshirt has a different graphic of Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Toad running together as a team with the words "Super Mario" printed underneath it. Its base color is a navy blue.

Get a closer look at the design of each item in the gallery below.
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The Shimamura Super Mario Bros. collection will be available in stores and on the Shimamura online store beginning on August 23, 2023. The sweatshirts will cost 1,490 yen ($10.22) each, while the hoodies will cost 1,790 yen ($12.28) each.

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Nintendo announced that Charles Martinet will be stepping down from the Super Mario franchise. The veteran voice actor will no longer be the iconic voice of Nintendo’s mascot. Instead, he will be moving into a new role of Mario Ambassador.

Nintendo made the announcement via social media, confirming that he will not be providing voice work for the Super Mario games going forward. Instead, he will be given the title of Mario Ambassador, which will likely be a more promotional role, with convention appearances and similar activities. Martinet and Shigeru Miyamoto will be recording a video message as his send-off, which will be released at a future date.

Here's the full statement regarding the change in the role Charles Martinet will play related to the Super Mario series.
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1693624002982314108

Charles Martinet first voiced Mario in Super Mario 64, where he gave the character his iconic “wahoo” and other phrases. Since then, he has voiced Nintendo’s mascot in every game he’s appeared in. As a result, Martinet holds the Guinness World Record for Most Video Game Voiceover Performances as the Same Character, with 104 appearances as of Super Mario Maker 2. Martinet is also the voice of Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi across the franchise.

Nintendo did not announced who will voice Mario in future games. The Super Mario Bros Movie saw Chris Pratt as the voice of the character, with Martinet making a cameo appearance. It’s unknown if Martinet has recorded voice work for the Mario title, Super Mario Bros Wonder.

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The Mario and Luigi Nendoroids are now available to order once again via the Good Smile Store. Each of the brothers is posable with a stand and come with several accessories, with direct pre-orders also eligible to receive one of four Sing and Hand part sets as part of a bonus campaign. The Mario Nendoroid costs $46.99 or ¥6,800, depending on whether someone buys from the US or Japanese storefront. The Luigi Nendoroid is available to order for $40.99 or ¥5,900. Orders from the Japanese store are expected to ship in November 2023, with US store orders expected to arrive in Q1 2024.

The Mario Nendoroid comes with two expressions, a coin, some blocks and a mushroom, as well as a background and dust cloud parts to simulate him running. Luigi brings with him three expressions, dash and jump effect parts, and a pipe. Two enemies are also included with each brother. A Boo and a Buzzy Beetle come with Mario, and a Goomba and Bullet Bill appear with Luigi.

You can get a look at both models in the gallery below.
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Luigi was originally released in 2014 in Japan, but made available overseas in 2015 alongside the Mario Nendoroid. They were also previously re-released in April 2020, making this the third time the pair have been available to order.

Nintendo also recently collaborated with both Build-a-Bear and Licca-chan for Super Mario merchandise.

The Mario and Luigi Nendoroid will arrive in Japan in November 2023, with US store orders expected to arrive in Q1 2024. Due to licensing restrictions, orders from the Good Smile US store are only shippable to Canada and the US. Pre-orders opened on June 13, 2023 and will close on July 20, 2023.

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Universal Studios Japan (USJ) will collaborate with Super Mario for its No Limit Summer 2023 event. It’ll run from July 5, 2023 to August 24, 2023. No Limit Summer is an annual event at USJ in which the audience can participate with the live show. As a warning, you will get wet if you go. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

The Super Mario Power-Up Summer event that’ll be at USJ throughout July and August 2023 will feature classic Mario characters like Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach. Then it appears that there will be a water fight with Koopa Jr.s. This is an audience participation event, so you and everyone else will inevitably get wet. USJ will hold the Super Mario Power-Up Summer event three times per day for about fifteen minutes. You’ll be able to participate in it at Gramercy Park (near Spiderman).

You’ll also be able to purchase merchandise to use during and after the event. They will be available at the Universal Studios Souvenirs stores and 1Up Factory. Items include a water gun and a white T-shirt that’ll change colors when it touches water. The only part that’ll change colors is the Super Mario characters though.

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The Super Mario No Limit Summer 2023 event will take place at USJ from July 5, 2023 to August 24, 2023. USJ will also hold a One Piece Premier Summer 2023 event from July 5 to October 10, 2023.

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In collaboration with Illumination and Nintendo, Truff released a series of Super Mario Bros. movie hot sauces. With a total of three different hot sauces available through the collection, these condiments appear in bottles inspired by notable characters in the Super Mario Bros. series, this being, Mario, Peach, and Toad. Each hot sauce is infused with truffle, which is apt given how synonymous mushrooms are with the Mario franchise. However, collaboration products, especially food products can be something of a hit or miss, and these pungent hot sauces may not be for everyone.

This is the first time I’ve ever reviewed a food product, but there is without a shadow of a doubt that I love to eat. Outside of writing about and reviewing games, I love to head to local restaurants and try new dishes, seasonal foods, and barbecue with friends. So naturally, I leapt at the offer to give these hot sauces a try.

The packaging of the Truff collaboration sauces themselves are great, each in a glass bottle featuring a slightly textured label that has a print of a specific Super Mario Bros. character. There is even gold inlaid into some of the printed text, which attempts to sell the consumer on the general quality of the product itself. It doesn’t feel cheap or like it was created without thought. It’s clear that both Illumination and Nintendo wanted to create a stand-out collaboration project to celebrate the release of the film.

And they did exactly that. The sauces themselves are fairly thick, and are pungent due to the incorporation of truffle. Of the three, the Peach White Hot Sauce — which is infused with white truffle — had the least heat, but the sweetest taste of the three. I ended up cooking a chicken breast, incorporating the hot sauce into the process to try and infuse some of its flavor into the meat. The end result was interesting enough, as the chicken did end up carrying some of the notes of the hot sauce once it had been fully cooked. It lacked the initial sweetness from the sauce when had as a condiment, but still carried a bit of heat.

I did the same with the Toad Original Hot Sauce, which was a black truffle infused sauce, which had more of a chipotle smell and flavor. The chicken came out about roughly the same, and was about the same level of heat intensity. Overall, this one suited cooking with more than the Peach sauce due to its more earthy smell and taste due to the incorporation of the black truffle.

The Mario Hotter Hot Sauce, on the other hand, I chose to use specifically as a condiment. The hottest of the three, it is probably the best tasting of the sauces. In my opinion, this is because the heat helps cancel out some of the more pungent flavors of the truffle. As you could probably gather at this point, if you don’t like truffle, this may not be for you. Which is the conclusion I came to after eating the Mario sauce with fried chicken and french fries. Because of the incorporation with black truffle, it was hard to find something to pair it with.

Overall, none of the sauces had any real intensity when it came to heat and more or less highlighted the use of an expensive, trendy ingredient — the truffle. Which makes sense, given the collaboration, and because anything too hot may not be suitable for the palettes of such a huge consumer base. These were good, and decent enough on their own. But probably could have been hotter, and maybe incorporated other ingredients alongside the truffles to create a better and more diverse catalog of sauces for the collaboration.

That said, the packaging is high quality and the box itself are great collector’s items. Would I recommend this sauce to anyone I know? Probably not. Mostly because of the lack of any real intense heat, and the overwhelming truffle flavor. But if you can’t get enough of truffles, you’ll probably really enjoy these sauces outside of being collaboration items associated with one of the biggest video game franchises in the world.

The Truff Super Mario Bros. hot sauce are available to purchase online for $69.99.

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Nintendo will continue to use its Direct format to promote the The Super Mario Bros Movie. The company announced on March 9, 2023 that another showcase is coming up. It will air at 2pm PT/5pm ET/11pm CET. This will mark the appearance of the final trailer.

Here the direct link to the Direct, acting as a placeholder until its debut next month. The teaser image for it highlights the Mario Kart-like elements that will be present in The Super Mario Bros Movie, suggesting that could play a big part in this new trailer. From left to right, Donkey Kong, Princess Peach, Mario, Toad, and Cranky Kong appear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66j31wFLB_s&ab_channel=NintendoofAmerica

Past The Super Mario Bros Movie trailer reveals gradually showed the world and what we can expect from the film. The first one showed Mario arriving in the Mushroom Kingdom and meeting Toad. The second featured characters like Princess Peach and Donkey Kong. Another showed a Cat Mario cameo. One of the latest ads revived Super Mario Bros Super Show jingle and involved a full website showing Mario and Luigi's plumbing business.

The Super Mario Bros Movie will appear in theaters in the US on April 7, 2023. It will make its Japanese debut on April 28, 2023.

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Nintendo and Illumination's latest promotional clip for the Super Mario Bros Movie uses the theme song from the Super Mario Bros Super Show. The theme appears in a video embedded on the "official website" for Super Mario Bros Plumbing, the business owned by Mario and Luigi in Brooklyn, New York.

Check out the video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu57M7cjSD4

The video takes the form of a commercial for SMB Plumbing. Replicating the beats of a self-produced local business advert, the commercial also uses, almost beat for beat, a version of the Super Mario Bros Super Show opening theme.

You can check out the original version of the theme below, courtesy of YouTube channel cheesymovienight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWYP95WbbY

Starring performers Lou Albano (also known as the pro wrestler The Captain) as Mario and Danny Wells as Luigi, the Super Mario Bros Super Show aired from September through December in 1989. It was the first TV series based on the Mario Bros game series, and involved both live-action and animated segments. The live-action segments starred Albano and Wells playing their role as plumbers in Brooklyn, as well as parodying sitcoms of the era. The animated segments involved the brothers' adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom, playing alongside Princess Peach (then "Princess Toadstool"), Toad, and Bowser (then just "King Koopa"). The Super Show also featured animated segments based on The Legend of Zelda, which was the birthplace of many older fans impressions of Zelda, Link and the characters in the saga. It's where Link's "Well, excuse me, Princess!" catchphrase comes from, too.

The Super Mario Bros Movie premieres on April 7, 2023. The entire run of the Super Mario Bros Super Show is available to watch on platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, and also via individual s' s on YouTube.

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Nintendo promised a The Super Mario Bros Movie Direct on November 29, 2022 with a second trailer. As expected, it delivered a detailed look at more characters and scenes from the film. Most notably, it showed how Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, and Luigi would look in The Super Mario Bros Movie. Immediately after the Nintendo Direct, Illumination ed it to YouTube.

Here's new The Super Mario Bros Movie Direct, showing Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, and Luigi in trailer 2. Before the presentation of it began, the voice actors for Princess Peach and Donkey Kong, Anya Taylor-Joy and Seth Rogan spoke about their roles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJrpHUoZ10&ab_channel=NintendoofAmerica

The first trailer didn't feature as many characters. It started with a detailed look at Bowser invading a penguin kingdom with his minions. After that, Mario ended up in the Mushroom Kingdom after coming down a pipe. He then met Toad, and the two headed off to the "city" proper. This also provided the first opportunity to hear Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Chris Pratt as Mario.

Ahead of this second The Super Mario Bros Movie trailer, quite a bit of other material leaked out. Different posters for the movie appeared. These showcased major characters like Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Bowser.

The Super Mario Bros Movie will appear in theaters in the US on April 7, 2023. It will make its Japanese debut on April 28, 2023.

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New images emerged from the Super Mario Bros animated movie, illustrating some locations from both the Mushroom Kingdom and what looks to be the "real world" setting. Similarly, art of the posters for the Super Mario movie leaked ahead of a planned Nintendo Direct promotion. The broadcast is scheduled for 2pm PT/5pm ET/11pm CET on November 29, 2022. [Thanks, Figment_Jedi!]

The officially-released art was revealed by the Super Mario Bros animated movie and shows off an interior shot of what looks to be Princess Peach's throne room.

The throne room features a massive stained glass window depicting Peach in profile. Below the dais are portraits showing scenes from the Mushroom Kingdom.

Ahead of the reveal, images for Super Mario character movie posters and other promotional art leaked, and were posted to social media.

The posters include one featuring Bowser and the Koopas, as well as Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Toad. One particular poster is intriguing, as it shows the Mario Brothers on Earth, posing with their plumbing business, Super Mario Bros. Plumbing. One poster even shows a map situating the brothers' service area in and around Brooklyn Heights, a real-world neighborhood in New York City. In the background, fans spotted a character that looks very similar to Pauline, heroine of Donkey Kong and mayor of New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey.

Check them out in the gallery.

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The Super Mario Bros Animated Movie premieres on April 7, 2023.

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Nintendo opened a second physical retail superstore in Japan. Nintendo Osaka officially opened its doors on November 11, 2022, complete with new merchandise. The place is popular enough that numbered tickets are required to even enter the premises. [Thanks, Denfaminico Gamer!]

Opened three years after the first Nintendo store, Nintendo Tokyo, Nintendo Osaka is a little closer to the company's headquarters in Kyoto. It's also near Super Nintendo World. That's the Nintendo theme park inside Universal Studios Japan. The store is located in the Daimaru Umeda department store, which is connected to the Osaka JR train station. The store itself features lots of Nintendo decor. These include a pixelated Mario sculpture and statues of characters like Link, an Inkling, and various Animal Crossing characters.

As of opening time, the Nintendo Osaka store hosts more than games and console hardware. More than a thousand different Nintendo-branded merchandise items are in its inventory. The newest stocked items are exclusive sets based on Super Mario Bros. character Yoshi, the Animal Crossing series, and Pikmin.

The sets include a Yoshi egg-themed key case, a children's dining set and silicon molding tray, Yoshi egg cushions, and an egg-decor tea set. The Animal Crossing items include loungewear themed after various villagers and gyroids, an apron and towel, a desk set with stickers, pens, and stationery, and even a kitchen set that includes a bespoke kettle, pot, teacup, cutting board, timer, and scale. The Pikmin items are desk and plant-themed to reflect the characters' size. One set includes desk accessories that make it look like Pikmin are messing with your pens and papers, and another includes vases made to look like growing Pikmin. More traditional items include a cup, gratin dish, ID badge holder, and rainwear that makes the wearer look like a giant-size Pikmin.

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The items are on sale at both Nintendo Osaka and Nintendo Tokyo.

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You won't have too long to wait to see and hear what Mario will sound like on the big screen. The New York Comic Con announced that the first teaser trailer for Nintendo and Illumination Studios' new Super Mario Bros. movie will debut during the event. It'll be the first time the general public will see the movie, which is scheduled to premiere in April 2023.

Check out the announcement below.

https://twitter.com/NY_Comic_Con/status/1572979063656005632

The Super Mario Bros. movie teaser premiere will take place on the first day of the 2022 New York Comic Con, at 16:00 ET (about 13:00 PT). The NYCC itself opens its doors on the same day at 10:00 ET, which gives attendees a few hours to roam the show floor and see other programming and attractions.

The Super Mario Bros. movie is an animated film, and being produced by Illumination Entertainment. Illumination also created films like Despicable Me and its Minions spin-off, Sing, The Secret Life of Pets, and adaptations of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and The Grinch. It was first announced back in 2018. The first casting announcements surfaced during the September 2021 Nintendo Direct broadcast, where Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto announced the first names attached to the film. Mario will be played by Parks & Recreationand Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt. Luigi will be played by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Charlie Day. Princess Peach will be played by The Queen's Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy. Bowser will be played by School of Rock and Brutal Legend star Jack Black. Charles Martinet, who has voiced Mario since 1992, also has an unspecified role in the movie.

Here are some other cast announcements made since then.

• Toad - Keegan Michael Key (Key and Peele)
• Donkey Kong - Seth Rogen (The Lion King (2019))
• Kamek - Kevin Michael Richardson (Family Guy)
• Cranky Kong - Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live)
• Spike (a.k.a. Foreman Spike) - Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman)

The Super Mario Bros. movie will premiere on April 7, 2023. The teaser trailer drops at the New York Comic Con on October 6, 2022.

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Nintendo has announced that Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri will serve as an Outside Director for the company. The news was announced via a financial statement released on May 6, 2021. Illumination Entertainment is currently working with Nintendo to produce the Super Mario movie, slated for a 2022 release. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]

Illumination Entertainment created the Minions and Despicable Me movies distributed by Universal Pictures. The company previously announced that it was working on a Super Mario movie in partnership with Nintendo back in 2018. Nintendo itself has also had a long-standing relationship with Universal Group, the most recent of which was the Universal Studios Japan Super Nintendo World amusement park.

By 2020, Meledandri was already serving as co-producer for the movie with Shigeru Miyamoto. At the time, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said that production for the movie was "moving along smoothly." Miyamoto himself also stated that the company was working closely with Meledandri in its new approach to utilize its IPs effectively.

Nintendo legally considers the current Outside Directors Audit and Supervisory Committee . However, Meledandri will not share the same title. This means that he may not be able to sit in on executive board meetings or conduct internal investigations. Regardless, his appointment as an Outside Director signals that Nintendo may continue to work closely with Meledandri and Illumination Entertainment in the future.

Chris Meledandri will officially assume the position of outside director at Nintendo starting June 29, 2021.

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