A new promotional video for The Super Mario Bros. Movie shows Anya Taylor-Joy’s Princess Peach using the Fire Flower power-up.
A new promotion to promote The Super Mario Bros. Movie includes the princess Peach (Anya TaylorJoy), trying out her Fire Flower power-up.
Shared to the official Super Mario Bros. Movie Instagram account, the animated clip opens with Princess Peach wearing her typical, pink gown. The Fire Flower gives Princess Peach the ability to control the flames and additionally, it gives her dress a red and white palette. Peach throws a flame ball toward the audience as the promo comes to an end.
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Fans first caught a glimpse of The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s Princess Peach using the Fire Flower in the trailer, which dropped back in November. While the iconic power-up has been at Mario and Luigi’s side since the game Super Mario Bros. launched on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, the upcoming animated film is the only time Peach has utilized the Fire Flower in an official Marioproject. Super Mario 3D World is the first and only video game where Peach can use the Fire Flower. It was released on the Wii U in 2013 before being ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2021.
Much like how the Fire Flower has always provided characters such as Mario and Luigi a palette swap, when Peach gets the power-up in Super Mario 3D World her pink dress transforms into a white and red one, just like the version seen in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The “Fire Peach” is not the only alternative outfit that is what the Mushroom King ruler wears in the animated film. The official trailer also showcases a battle-ready Peach wearing the pink and white racing outfit she wears when driving a motorcycle in the racing game Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8.
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Princess Peach doesn’t need saving in the Mario Movie
Peach, however, Peach is not the damsel in distress in Super Mario Bros. Movie. Luigi (Charlie Day) is the protagonist who has to be saved from Bowser (Jack Black). Aaron Horvath, co-director of Total Film magazine explained that “[Luigitakes on the Princess Peach” role in the tale. “It’s Mario’s mission to rescue his brother from Bowser’s wrath. To achieve this, he must embark on an epic journey. Luigi is a well-known, anxious, anxious character, who is now in the worst scenario imaginable: he has to be able to survive Bowser’s interrogations and come through the maze.
Hovarth also cited the previously mentioned Super Mario 3D World as having influenced the film’s depiction of Princess Peach as she is presented as an individual hero in her own right. “She’s the monarch who leads this kingdom of hapless, adorable Toads,” the co-director stated. “We were thinking how strong that person would need to be to defend these people. This was the basis of Peach’s character in our movie.”
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In April Super Mario Bros. will be released. Movie hits Theaters
The Super Mario Bros. Movie will debut in the United States Wednesday, April 5, before traveling to Japan on April 28, Friday. Chris Pratt plays Mario, while the Guardians of the Galaxy actor takes over the role once held by Charles Martinet. Keegan Michael Key voices Toad, Seth Rogen voices Cranky Kong, Fred Armisen voices Cranky Kong, Sebastian Maniscalco voices Foreman Spike, Kevin Michael Richardson voices Kamek, and Khary Payton voice the role of the Penguin King in the animated feature that is fast-paced. Eric Bauza will also voice an unnamed character, while Martinet will be seen in “surprise cameos” throughout the movie. As we said, Taylor-Joy, Day, and Black play the roles of Princess Peach, Luigi, and Bowser in the respective roles of Bowser, Luigi, and Princess Peach.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie opens in theaters in the United States on April 5.