As a new Super Mario movie looms over the horizon, it's high time we looked back at the other one. No, the OTHER other one. Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach hit Japanese theaters 40 years ago, and despite being the first Super Mario movie AND the first theatrical video game adaptation, it exists as a footnote in the history of Nintendo's famous character. But despite the strange characterizations, loosely improvised storyline, and egregious product placement, there's something worthwhile about this oddball little cartoon. On this episode of Retronauts, heat up a cup of IP-branded ramen and listen in as Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, Drew Mackie (from Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games), and Hamish Steele (from the Super Mario Moment podcast) look back on a movie that really knows how to doki-doki do it.
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