Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer Easter eggs: the full breakdown

Final trailer released by Nintendo and Illumination Super Mario Bros. Movie on Thursday, revealing just a bit more about Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad’s adventures through the Mushroom Kingdom. The animated Mario movie’s most recent trailer didn’t explain too much new about the story, but it did give us plenty of Mad Max: Fury Road-inspired action on Mario Kart’s Rainbow Road and offered a peek at some new locations beyond the Mushroom Kingdom.

It also included some fun references, deep cuts, and a few things we’ve never really seen in a Super Mario game before, like Fire Flower Donkey Kong. Here’s what we (and other folks) have spotted.

Luma’s sweet release of death

A Luma from Super Mario Galaxy bounces with glee while caged in Bowser’s castle dungeon in a still from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Star of the new Super Mario Bros. MovieTrailer is this Luma from the World of Super Mario Galaxy. Luma’s reference to “the sweet relief” of death is more than just comic relief, it’s accurate to the Luma species. You can find the ending of Super Mario GalaxyA cluster of Luma volunteerly gives their life to save our galaxy. They are sucked into the black hole that Bowser created. They are the best! In love dying!

Donkey Kong in flames

Donkey Kong looks at his fist as he is consumed by the flame powers of a Fire Flower in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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Anyone who’s played a Super Mario game knows that consuming a Fire Flower power-up doesn’t just grant you the ability to throw fireballs, it also gives you a pleasing color change. We’ve already seen Princess Peach in Fire Flower mode in a previous trailer for Super Mario Bros. Movie, but seeing DK in a red-and-white palette isn’t something we’ve seen in the Mario games outside of the toy-inspired Mario vs. Donkey Kong series — and that example isn’t even the RealitätDonkey Kong it’s just one of his wind-up minions.

Mario Kart is on the menu

Peach, Mario and Toad approach a garage bay in The Super Mario Bros Movie, where they are about to pick their karts for a race

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It is only a small game, but the kart-selection procedure appears to be in Super Mario Bros. MovieIt is exactly the same as the games: Mario, Peach and Toad use the slot-style menu to select their karts, wheels and gliders in the movie. This works just like the players in Mario Kart 8.

Super Mario’s odyssey

A landscape shot of the Sand Kingdom from The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Mario, Peach and Toad cross a sand dune in the far background.

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While we’ve seen a lot of the Mushroom Kingdom already in Super Mario Bros. MovieThe latest trailer shows us the Sand Kingdom. Super Mario Odyssey. That sure does look like a very accurate representation of Bob-omb Battlefield.

A landscape shot of The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s version of Bob-omb Battlefield, with a cannon in the foreground and Mario, Peach, and Toad in the far background

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Rainbow Road’s Leap of Faith (and Double Dash!)

An animated GIF of Mario racing on Rainbow Road, being struck by a Bullet Bill, and falling to a lower portion of the track, where he latches on to a Koopa’s hoverbike

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Mario Kart’s Rainbow Road will seemingly get a lot of screentime in Super Mario Bros. Movie, as King Koopa’s troopers will chase down Mario, Peach, Toad, and various Kongs. The footage of Mario receiving double Bullet Bill looks like it’s a reference. Mario Kart 64 “leap of faith” shortcut that can be used to exploit your way to victory. And one could interpret the skitching/hijacking of a Koopa Troopa’s hoverbike as an oblique reference to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario’s mushroom head

Mario transforms into his bigger form after eating a Super Mushroom in a still from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Mario will make mushrooms in Super Mario Bros. Movie, and they’ll be 100% game accurate. A freeze-frame still — spotted by Lisnovski on Twitter — of Mario’s powering-up moment shows that, just like the original NES Super Mario Bros., the growth powers of a Super Mushroom go to Mario’s head first.

Bowser is the only option

Two smiling Spinys stare up at Bowser in a still from The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Image: Illumination/Nintendo

Out of respect for our troops, I feel obligated to point out to Mr. Bowser that “those things” in your army are called Spinys. Show some support for the red-clad boys.

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