It took me a while, but once I finally saw The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters, I could see why people loved it. The colorful adventure that became of of the most successful 2023 new movie releases was truly a sight to see, especially when Nintendo classics like Mario Kart were brought to life in beautiful detail. However, I’m pretty shocked to learn that this scene could have been very different thanks to some details that have supposedly leaked to the internet.
YouTube channel GameXplain apparently came across some design documents that revealed the concept we saw in the finished film was revised from some initial plans. With those revisions came some pretty huge changes, like the idea of a massive Thwomp driving its own kart in the big race. However, there’s one piece of this redesign I truly missed the most upon learning of its existence.
