1 Super Mario Bros Movie Line Reveals Nintendo Lost A 28-Year Battle To Fans
An aside in The Super Mario Bros. Movie confirms that Nintendo has ended its 28-year fan war.
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The Italian-American plumbers of Super Mario Bros. go on an exciting adventure into an alternate world to save the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser. One of 2023's biggest hits, it made $1 billion.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie was popular because it had many Easter eggs for longtime fans. The movie's best chase scene uses Mario Kart's dangerous racecourses.
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In this set-piece, Nintendo concedes defeat in its battle with fans over an in-universe object's canonical name. Mario Kart's spiked blue shell power-up. This item knocks down and stops the first-place racer.
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Mario Kart 64 introduced it in 1996, and every mainline game since has had it. Nintendo has always called this item the “Spiny Shell,” but fans call it the “blue shell”.
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Mario Kart's spiked blue shell power-up. This item knocks down and stops the first-place racer. Mario Kart 64 introduced it in 1996, and every mainline game since has had it.
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Nintendo has always called this item the “Spiny Shell,” but fans call it the “blue shell”. The Super Mario Bros. Movie renames the “Spiny Shell” “Blue Shell” to please fans.
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Since this movie is for gamers, they used familiar item names. The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Last of Us, and Five Nights at Freddy's failed to impress fans.
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