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The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer is out, and it looks pretty solid

Super Mario as he'll look in the series' first full-length CGI-animation film.

Enlarge / Super Mario as he'll look in the series' first full-length CGI-animation film. (credit: Nintendo / Illumination)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer is live ahead of the film's April 2023 launch in theaters, and—hey, whaddya know—it looks decent.

We now have a look at what CGI Mario looks like, as re-created by longtime CGI animation studio Illumination Entertainment, and the character has received a serious touch-up compared to the longtime visual archetype used in 3D Mario video games and instruction manual images since the launch of Super Mario Sunshine. In great news, the version in today's trailer appears to deliver cartoonish exuberance while also looking a bit more human inside this film's fantastical world.

The trailer includes three sequences with familiar characters. The first stars Bowser in a fiery, effects-filled battle against an adorable, penguin-filled ice kingdom. As assisted by an apparent second-in-command Magikoopa, Bowser and his army of Koopa Troopas push forward and seize a familiar-looking "super" star. This moment concludes with a shout from new Bowser voice actor Jack Black (Jumanji) asking, "Now who's gonna stop me?"

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