We just saw more of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie at The Game Awards, albeit not much more. We were just treated to a whopping 30 seconds of new footage, featuring Luigi smacking Bowser Jr. in the face. Cool!
The trailer is just so, so brief but beautiful. Bowser Jr. has cornered Mario and Luigi in what looks like Peach’s castle, and is threatening them with his paintbrush and demanding to get his father (Bowser, obviously) back. Bowser, we know from prior trailers, has been shrunk down and is now living in a miniature castle of his own inside Peach’s castle, rather like a doll.
Luigi politely tries to introduce himself, but Bowser Jr. whaps Mario with his paintbrush in the form of a spikeball, sending him flying. The two fight for a moment, before Bowser Jr. has Mario on the ropes, and Luigi comes in with a knee strike, proving once again that he’s more than just a timid guy with a vacuum cleaner.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie isn’t that far away. It’s coming to theaters in the U.S. on April 3, 2026, and will star a returning cast of Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, with newcomers Brie Larson as Rosalina, and Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr. We’ve been told it will also feature some Nintendo characters that “are really deep cuts”, but it remains to be seen just how deep Nintendo really will go (or what it even considers “deep”).
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Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
