Nintendo and Illumination Studio won big with their Super Mario Bros. Movie. The movie is already on its way to becoming the biggest animated movie ever launched, and besides that, it is getting a very good response from its audience too. It appears it’s winning on both fronts here.

Now, thanks to a bunch of Easter Eggs and post-credit scenes, Nintendo and Illumination have already teased a sequel and a very important character. But there is much more besides the sequel that fans can expect from this series.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie might be the beginning of a vibrant Nintendo universe!

The Super Mario Bros. movie showed fans and newcomers a lot about this franchise. To some, it was just a bunch of exciting scenes mangled together, but to people familiar with it, this movie was a journey full of exciting references and Easter Eggs.

From Mario Kart to Super Smash Bros., to Luigi’s Mansion, every game was referenced in this excellent movie, and besides that, fans even noticed a reference to Mario’s original name, Jump Man, in one of the scenes. This just goes to show that the people in charge of making this movie were taking their job a tad more seriously. And they were aware of this universe in detail.

Recently in some of the interviews, even the voice actor of Luigi, Charlie Day, was seen talking about the possibility of a Luigi’s Mansion film. Then there’s a chance of a direct sequel to this original movie too.

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Besides that, there are rumors that fans might even see movies based on The Legend of Zelda series too. Once all these characters get a proper introduction, a stand-alone Donkey Kong movie also needs to happen. And then Nintendo could keep sending all these characters invites to a weird tournament. And set up a Smash Bros. movie.

There are a number of directions this thing can go in. Smash Bros. can lead to the introduction of Samus, and then fans can finally have their Metroid movie. And once Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Link, and Samus are in the picture, a Mario Kart stand-alone movie can happen too.

Nintendo’s cinematic universe has so many possibilities, and nothing is stopping Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo from going there; they have tasted success with the first one after all. Oh, and let’s not forget Captain Toad! The guy had a very successful standalone adventure on Nintendo Switch and Wii U. So maybe he can have something similar here too.

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