An italian fan of THE italian man.

Feast your eyes on 3D Bella, only here! Cuz Miyamoto would never 🥲

For me It’s fair to assume humans are not an "adoptive" species in the 'mushroom world', but rather a native one that's just not predominant. It's not uncommon to spot random humans in the kingdom across few different media. The games don't bother to show them because they don’t need them; Miyamoto only wants a hero, a princess and a villain.

Plus, in the games Peach DOES have a human family. Her dad, King Toadstool, is the one who sent Mario to save her in the original SMB.

If she qualifies as a goddess, this would make their kids demigods 🤯

Let's start with the negatives. This movie is messy, very messy, and for this I would be lying if I said part of me was not disappointed walking out. Yet again writers put less care in crafting the story of a number 2 because they know big money is coming in anyway. Examples? K. The sisters reveal for Peach and Rosalina is just thrown in your face without exploration, Bowser acts schizophrenic, and all the character moments are simply teased, overshadowed by action sequences and easter eggs. Now... hear me out, nobody is asking for sheaksperian stuff in a mario movie, however this IS a movie, not a game. The first one understood the assignment. Super Mario Galaxy, I'm afraid, had another: reference all the possible games for the anniversary. Makes me worried for M3..

Now the positives. The animation is gorgeous, an impressive upgrade, visible especially on the character models. Most easter eggs are really part of the plot and world building, like Fox is litterally needed in order for the heroes to reach the final planet. Action scenes in this are to die for. That whole hot sequence with our power couple escaping Junior's death trap is undeniably mindblowing. Another level-up worth praising. While brief, as mentioned earlier, character interactions are somehow one of the highlights in this. Most notably with Bowser\Bowser Junior and Mario\Peach. Thing is we're so NOT used to significant dialogue in the games that when we get a taste here it still makes our day. Bonus: The way they popped freaking MR. GAME & WATCH (fave cameo) into existence here is genius. Dude's totally the rushed product of someone who had to draw with a giant paintbrush to save their skin. I LOVE IT.

Hmm, no I don't think- SIKE! You get a Tanooki Bella!