The Super Mario Galaxy Movie needed more characters, fewer NPCs

For those who have been playing Nintendo games for decades, The Super Mario Galaxy Movieis a who’s who of cameos. Wart, Birdo, R.O.B., the literal T-Rex from Super Mario Odyssey, and even Fox McCloud pop up in a movie custom-made for Easter-egg hunters. It makes for a fun guessing game — a “Can you name these video game characters?” TikTok reel stretched to 98 minutes. But all that fun comes at the expense of coherent storytelling. While The Super Mario Galaxy Movie sure has a long list of characters, most of them are NPCs.