Nintendo just dropped its wildest Mario movie teaser yet.
Nintendo surprised fans this weekend with an unexpected Nintendo Direct — and a brand-new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie that wastes no time unleashing familiar faces, deep-cut characters, and some truly bonkers imagery.
Hosted by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the presentation opens with an extended look at Mario and Luigi tearing across the desert on motorbikes, a sequence teased in the film’s previous trailer. The brothers soon arrive at a location instantly recognizable to Super Mario Odyssey players: the inverted pyramid in the Sand Kingdom. You can watch the trailer above.
Tasked with unblocking a rogue Warp Pipe, Mario and Luigi power up with Fire Flowers and descend into the darkness. As Mario’s iconic underground theme plays, the brothers reach the jammed pipe — which turns out to be hiding a major reveal: Yoshi. And yes, he talks.
Rather than the intimidating enemy they were bracing for, Yoshi initially appears frightened by Mario and Luigi. Later shots make it clear that the diminutive dinosaur quickly becomes part of the crew — and today’s trailer gives fans their first taste of how Yoshi will sound, complete with mumbled dialogue and his signature habit of calling out his own name.
Yoshi’s arrival won’t come as a shock to anyone who stuck around for the post-credits scene of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which ended with a green Yoshi egg beginning to crack open. Still, hearing the character speak — even just a little — feels like a big moment.
From there, the trailer launches into a rapid-fire montage of action. Mario and Peach are shown infiltrating a lava-filled environment that looks ripped straight out of a Bowser’s Castle level.
