Mario Teaches Typing mascot stars in new movie trailer

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With cult classics like Mario's Time Machine(opens in new tab), Mario Teaches Typing(opens in new tab), and the id Software bootleg port of Super Mario 3(opens in new tab), it was only natural that PC Gamer cover the cinematic revival of Super Mario. The plucky plumber with a heart of gold starred in a new trailer for his upcoming animated movie, simul-cast to the NYC Comic Con and YouTube(opens in new tab).

Series creator Shigeru Miyamoto showed up first to introduce the project and thank the fans of Mario's two official PC appearances. The developer then ceded the floor to producer Chris Meledandri, who asserted that the cast and crew consisted of Mario «fanatics,» some kind of praetorian guard or sardaukar legion for the cult gaming figure.

The stream then shifted to Chris Pratt, who stated it was a «lifelong dream» to voice Mario. Pratt then handed the mic to Jack Black, who will play the film's antagonist, Bowser. Bowser doesn't directly appear in Mario Teaches Typing (just his castle), but he is in Mario's Time Machine. Bowser also figures prominently in the Mario series' semi-canonical console spinoffs. Black seems to have heavily invested himself into the role, drawing on the Method school of acting.

We were then treated to the trailer itself, which actually kinda bangs? The art is really vibrant, reminiscent of an even more souped up, hi-fi take of the Pixary look from the Mario vs. Rabbids(opens in new tab) games. No "Nintendo Hire this Man(opens in new tab)" here. The CGI also has a nice sense of weight and presence that I like⁠—pay close attention to the way the penguin king's flipper crushes into the snow, for example.

The trailer consists of a sequence of Bowser raining hell on a peaceful kingdom of penguin