The Mario Movie Had No Influence On Wonder's New Character Designs, Says Developers

“We didn’t hear anything about the film’s content during development”.

We are just days away from the release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder on Switch and, as has become something of a tradition, Nintendo has today released the first two parts of an all-new ‘Ask the Developer’ interview series about the upcoming game.

The conversation covers a range of topics including how the team settled on the theme of ‘wonder’ and the changes that have been made to the game’s visuals and sound design, but one section that immediately stood out to us was all about the influence that Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie had on the game. You might assume that the film’s forecasted success (remember, both were in development around the same time) would have weighed heavily on the developer’s minds, potentially even influencing the bros. new game designs; but, as it turns out, this was not the case.

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