The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a rendition of the beloved video game franchise, a well-received love letter to its fans, and a nostalgia-filled, fun-filled journey. Illumination gave you exactly what you wanted. A fun, wholesome, clean, family-friendly origin story for a ragtag team of Brooklyn brothers trying to get big!
It’s a faithful representation of the famous Italian plumber and his adventures navigating the mushroom kingdom, with a neat bow around a question you’ve probably asked before. There were some blink-and-you-miss” moments and callbacks that were too clever to ignore.
1 Super Mushroom – red and white spots
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Enlarge the full body of the consumer limb by limb. It gives them special powers and the ability to jump high even through blocks made of bricks. |
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Ingestion of large amounts may cause nausea and vomiting. |
These are the first power-ups you’ll notice in your playthrough of the original game. Similarly, in the movie, the red mushrooms that Mario gets by jumping on Question His Mark his box are smaller than those featured in the game, but generally look the same as the larger ones.
Another important difference is that it doesn’t behave like a game. Comically, the protagonist despises eating mushrooms, but must endure swallowing them whole to gain their power.
2 Mini mushrooms – blue and white spots
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This powerup causes the consumer’s body to contract at breakneck speed. They eventually become miniature versions of themselves. |
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Its very small size hinders its performance under stressful combat conditions. Consuming too much of these will probably make you nauseous. |
These blue variants of the powerful Super Mushroom were first introduced when Mario Party 4 came out. As useless as they were to Mario in his fight against Donkey Kong in the movie, they turned out to be quite a valuable asset.
Funny enough, they changed the course of events that would have unfolded by the end of the movie. can.
3 Fire Flower – Broken and Powerful
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You will be able to freely move and shoot fireballs. |
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This is not covered in the movie, but projectiles thrown in video games have no effect on enemies on fire. |
Also known as flame flowers, these plants can be found occasionally popping out of question mark blocks, but they tend to grow in clumps in fields and meadows. You’ll notice Peach uses them to light the campfire. They look almost identical to their video game counterparts, but they work in a few different ways.
It’s much more detailed because it has a green stem with leaves sticking out. It also modifies the character’s entire outfit in some way, like in a video game. Fire flower powered Donkey Kong looks really cool with red fur, white tie and white hair near the top of his head and around his limbs.
Instead of consuming these flowers, most characters end up absorbing flames.
Four Ice Flower – cool but still broken
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You can shoot ice balls or projectiles at enemies within blocks of ice to freeze them. |
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In video games, ice flowers take away the ability to spin in mid-air. |
This blue flower gives the user the power of ice. Not only that, but when Peach used it to ambush and freeze Bowser, stopping her forced marriage to a villain, it gave the user a completely different costume, much like Flame Flower. The power-ups are pretty decent, and there really isn’t anything wrong with the movie.
Five The Superbell – Mysterious and witty
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The user gains increased speed, increased dexterity, and claws to defeat enemies. |
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Begins to exhibit cat-like behavior. |
This Super Mario 3D World bell-like power-up turns Mario into a yellow cat as he battles Donkey Kong in the Jungle Kingdom arena.
It gives the user a yellow cat costume with pink inside ears and fluffy white claws.
6 Tanuki Suit – I Believe I Can Fly
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This suit allows the user to fly and perform tail whipping attacks. |
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Not at all. |
This Super Mario Bros. 3 power-up does the same thing as the movie version. While Mario was on his way to Bowser’s Floating Castle of Fate, he initially gave him a raccoon suit with a tail that began to spin spontaneously. I got it.
This powerup is similar to the Super Leaf, but don’t confuse it.
7 Superstar – Undisputed Invincibility
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The user is granted super strength, super speed, super jump, and invincibility against all attacks, including Bowser’s fire breath. |
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It only lasts for a short time as it cannot be attacked unless it is lava or is crushed in-game. |
When Luigi and Mario manage to get Bowser’s star after Peach kicks Bowser’s shell flying, the brothers grab it and suddenly become invincible. Transform.
Starman, as it’s affectionately called, is found in hidden blocks in Super Mario Bros., making it rather difficult to find.
8 Bonus: Blue Shell – Ravages Enemies
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You can fire devastating explosive shells at enemy racers in the first place. It stops them in their tracks. |
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Shooting requires a great deal of aiming and accuracy, and may even take up needed space for another item. |
This explosive power-up is the blue Bowser shell that the new Blue Shell Paratrooper shoots as Mario and Donkey Kong cross the Rainbow Road.
It was also an excellent homage to the power-ups that normally only appear in the Mario Kart series.