Mario Movie Sequel Domain Names Spotted Ahead of Nintendo Direct

With conscionable hours to spell until today's large Nintendo Direct broadcast, fans person spotted domain sanction registrations that constituent to the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel — and perchance uncover its title.

Multiple registrations by NBC Universal person been made that notation Super Mario Galaxy, specified arsenic supermariogalaxy.movie, the French supermariogalaxy-lefilm.com and the Spanish supermariogalaxy-lapelicula.com. All 3 were registered connected September 10.

The beloved Wii platformer primitively launched connected Wii and featured a storyline that introduced abstraction princess Rosalina, and sparked questions implicit Princess Peach's archetypal practice — thing that is precise concisely besides nodded to successful the archetypal Super Mario Bros. Movie.

So, volition the currently-untitled Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel besides beryllium named Super Mario Galaxy? While these domain names person convinced galore fans, there's inactive immoderate uncertainty.

Last night, grounds of interior website addresses featuring the rubric "Super Mario Bros. 2" were besides spotted connected Universal Pictures' website. And past there's the information that Universal itself concisely referenced the movie arsenic "Super Mario World" successful a hastily-scrubbed property merchandise backmost successful May.

Still, the timing of these domain names being registered has raised eyebrows, with fans present feeling assured determination volition beryllium immoderate benignant of announcement made during today's Nintendo Direct.

The archetypal Super Mario Bros. crippled is astir to observe its 40th anniversary, and determination is an anticipation that Nintendo volition people the occaison with a flurry of announcements — arsenic it did for the game's 35th day 5 years ago.

Oddly, if the movie is so titled Super Mario Galaxy, this won't beryllium the archetypal clip we've seen the rubric look connected the internet. Earlier this year, an representation featuring "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie"-emblazoned cans of Old Spice deoderant appeared connected the internet, sparking treatment implicit its authenticity. Several Mario-themed trademarks linked to the representation were besides purportedly recovered via the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, fans said, including "Space Mischief," "Cosmic Quest," and "Brooklyn Bounce,"

At the time, fans remarked connected the information that the cans appeared to see previously-unseen artwork of Luigi and Yoshi, though the leak could not beryllium afloat verified. Time volition archer if it ends up matching with immoderate Universal has decided volition beryllium the movie's last name.

Nintendo and Universal's Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel, immoderate it's called, volition motorboat successful theaters connected April 3, 2026. Today's Nintendo Direct, meanwhile, volition aerial astatine 6am Pacific / 9am Eastern / 2pm UK clip aboriginal contiguous — and IGN volition beryllium reporting live.

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