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ShadowNextGen
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ShadowNextGen
@ShadowNextGen
Editor at Gaming Target for over 15 years. Freelance contributor at Inverse. Experience with consulting work for the gaming industry.
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I think I'm the only person who watched this movie today and actually enjoyed it lol. Seems everyone else is just talking about how bad it is. Glad I have my Nintendo nostalgia bias (Nintendo was my entire life/childhood) to be able to ignore that.
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@kirkneverdied Except the story in Mario Galaxy is good. It tells a good story about family. It isn’t super deep but it doesn’t need to be. The ironic thing is those looking for only story and/or thematic elements completely missed both of them.
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Two things can be true at once: (1) Many critics are overly critical of the film, (2) the movie has basic story problems.
There's a lot of room between "Turn your brain off"
and "a profound commentary on the human condition."
Wanting Mario to have a good story isn't an indictor or jaded, cynical critic.
Mike Odyssey@MikeOdysseyYT
I'm feeling heated and this needs to be said. Some critics and content creators are out here treating The Super Mario Galaxy Movie like it just failed a college-level film theory exam.42% on Tomatometer? Really? Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach blast off on a wild, colorful adventure across an entire galaxy full of wonder, power-ups, gravity-defying madness, and pure Nintendo charm — and somehow that’s not enough for some people. They wanted drama. They wanted soul-searching monologues. They wanted important life lessons wrapped in dark, brooding metaphors. Newsflash: That’s not what Mario has ever been about.Mario has always been simple, brilliant storytelling at its core: One crazy event (a kidnapped princess, a new galaxy in peril, Bowser being Bowser) kicks off an explosion of pure adventure. You jump in, you explore, you have fun, you save the day. The “message,” if you even want to call it that, is light, wholesome, and timeless: enjoy life, cherish your friends and family, and embrace the ride. It doesn’t need to preach. It doesn’t need to lecture. It just needs to be fun.Yet here we are — grown adults with serious review voices acting disappointed that a Super Mario movie didn’t deliver the emotional weight of an Oscar-bait drama. Creators like Andres from GameXplain openly expressed their letdown, and they’re not alone. The huge gap between the critic score (42%) and the audience Popcornmeter (91%) says everything. Here’s the reality check they desperately need:Turn your brain off for two hours. Stop looking for subtext that isn’t there. Stop demanding every children’s movie be a profound commentary on the human condition.Mario isn’t trying to fix your existential crisis. He’s trying to make you smile, cheer, and maybe hum the Galaxy soundtrack on the way home.Some of these reviewers have completely lost touch with what made Mario magical in the first place. It was never about deep, heavy messaging. It was about adventure — pure, unapologetic, galaxy-spanning joy.If you can’t enjoy that anymore… maybe the problem isn’t the movie. It’s you.
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@LegendofH3r0 You are exactly right. I loved the references and how they did tie in with Galaxy using the different planets, stars to travel to them and more.
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Not every movie needs a super serious, deep story with heavy emotional arcs or "important" themes. Some movies, especially animated family ones like these, are allowed to just be pure fun: colorful, fast-paced, packed with references, and built like a video game come to life.
The critics keep treating the Mario movies like they’re supposed to be the next Inside Out or Toy y Story, demanding tight plotting, profound character growth, and cinematic "weight." But that’s not what this is. It’s a celebration of Nintendo’s world. These movies resonate perfectly with their target audience, the critics are just out of touch.
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Both Super Mario Movies' Rotten Tomatoes scores: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ▪️ 92% — Audience (500+ Reviews) ▪️ 42% — Critics (110 Reviews) The Super Mario Bros. Movie ▪️ 95% — Audience (10,000+ Reviews) ▪️ 59% — Critics (288 Reviews)
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@ChronoKatie The Mario Galaxy was approximately 90 min of pure whimsy and joy. As a lifelong gamer I greatly enjoyed it and will be getting the 4K Steelbook on Amazon. I appreciated the details in it and the story (yes there was a story critics seemed to have missed).
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I’m not sure how you adapt something with the sense of wonder, whimsical vibes and beautiful melancholy of something like Mario Galaxy and put none of it in a feature film, but gosh darnit, they pulled it off.
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@Jeff_like_Feff It is a great movie filled with whimsy and joy. The critics got this one wrong IMO. It does have a story and theme but strangely it seems like a lot of the critics didn’t see it.
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Man it must be pretty bad to be scoring this low I guess? People who have seen it, what happened? I still haven't yet (without spoilers), is it just cut weirdly? Zero story? What happened?
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
‘THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE’ debuts with 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, lower than the first film. Read our review: bit.ly/GalaxyDF
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@chibidoki Honestly the vast majority are going to love it. I wonder what movie critics watched because Mario Galaxy is filled with whimsy and joy.
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I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDNT LIKE IT BUT I WATCHED THE GALAXY MOVIE AND REALLY LOVED IT 🥹
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@ShadowNextGen @MikeOdysseyYT Honestly, that sounds like the perfect thing I need right now. Just some pure, light-hearted joy, celebrating our favorite plumbers, can’t wait to see it tomorrow!
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I'm feeling heated and this needs to be said. Some critics and content creators are out here treating The Super Mario Galaxy Movie like it just failed a college-level film theory exam.42% on Tomatometer? Really? Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach blast off on a wild, colorful adventure across an entire galaxy full of wonder, power-ups, gravity-defying madness, and pure Nintendo charm — and somehow that’s not enough for some people.
They wanted drama. They wanted soul-searching monologues. They wanted important life lessons wrapped in dark, brooding metaphors. Newsflash: That’s not what Mario has ever been about.Mario has always been simple, brilliant storytelling at its core:
One crazy event (a kidnapped princess, a new galaxy in peril, Bowser being Bowser) kicks off an explosion of pure adventure. You jump in, you explore, you have fun, you save the day. The “message,” if you even want to call it that, is light, wholesome, and timeless: enjoy life, cherish your friends and family, and embrace the ride.
It doesn’t need to preach. It doesn’t need to lecture. It just needs to be fun.Yet here we are — grown adults with serious review voices acting disappointed that a Super Mario movie didn’t deliver the emotional weight of an Oscar-bait drama. Creators like Andres from GameXplain openly expressed their letdown, and they’re not alone.
The huge gap between the critic score (42%) and the audience Popcornmeter (91%) says everything. Here’s the reality check they desperately need:Turn your brain off for two hours. Stop looking for subtext that isn’t there. Stop demanding every children’s movie be a profound commentary on the human condition.Mario isn’t trying to fix your existential crisis.
He’s trying to make you smile, cheer, and maybe hum the Galaxy soundtrack on the way home.Some of these reviewers have completely lost touch with what made Mario magical in the first place. It was never about deep, heavy messaging. It was about adventure — pure, unapologetic, galaxy-spanning joy.If you can’t enjoy that anymore… maybe the problem isn’t the movie. It’s you.
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@NeoGameSpark Fortunately the Mario Galaxy movie was fantastic. Approximately an hour and a half of whimsy and joy. It is ok to have fun.
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I can’t vibe w/ folk who say “Well, it’s a MARIO MOVIE. The games don’t have great stories anyways!”
Phil Lord and Chris Miller gave us a movie based of LEGO PIECES and it was really freaking good.
Pixar made a movie based of EMOTIONS and it worked.
Illumination just ain’t it.
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@kiwitalkz I very much disagree and feel reviewers might have finally lost it here. The movie was entertaining and was approximately and hour and a half of whimsy and joy. Some reviewers need to remember it is ok to have fun. I’m also surprised at how many missed the themes in the movie.
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Just got out of the theatre.
I will be doing a full review in a few weeks with some former Nintendo devs so here’s a small review for the time being.
The movie is very much for kids, Mario fans and people with ADHD lol.
The music and animation are great and Fox and Yoshi are highlights but my big issue with this movie is the same I had with the previous movie it just doesn’t take a breath, these movies have so much potential but they squander them by filling them with a huge amount of easter eggs, sometimes less is more, maybe making the movie 30 minutes longer would help in future.
Overall if you didn’t like the first movie you won’t like this and if you did you’ll like this one
Personally I’d give it a 6/10
SIDENOTE: Cinema is dying man, there were only 12 people in my theatre
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@longislandviper Thanks for the heads up. I’ll get it on Xbox.
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As promised, Saint Slayer is now available to wishlist and peruse on the Microsoft storefront for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
(This is not an April Fools joke.)
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Colin Moriarty@longislandviper
As we submit Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege for certification, it'll begin popping-up on various storefronts. FOR INSTANCE! You can now wishlist our upcoming game on PlayStation Store, if you're looking to play on PS4 and PS5. Switch and Xbox en route. See you April 20th!
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@TheAndyCortez I thought the movie was fantastic from top to bottom. An hour and a half of whimsy and joy.
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it's gorgeous and JAM-PACKED with awesome orchestral Mario music. Way less licensed music. Lots of awesome references. Wasn't expecting a good story & I didnt get one but I still yearn for a world where these are as funny and witty as the Lego movies.
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
‘THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE’ debuts with 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, lower than the first film. Read our review: bit.ly/GalaxyDF
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Treeplanter: Interactive Game That Plants Real Trees shadowsgaming.com/treeplanter-in…
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My full playthrough for @remedygames #QuantumBreak is now available. Be sure to check out how Remedy intertwines two different mediums as you play through the game and make choices that influence the live action show.
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@alfkkifine It’s the ultimate irony: they want a "good man" until they actually find one, then they realize they don't know how to exist without the adrenaline of an argument.
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There is a whole generation of men out here who are absolutely exhausted from being the "transitional guy." They come into your life, absorb all the trauma your toxic ex left behind, provide stability, and love you gently. But because your brain is still addicted to chaos, you mistake his consistency for a lack of passion. You drain his peace to heal yourself, and then abandon him because there isn't enough "drama" to keep you entertained. Men are constantly being used as emotional handymen to fix damage they didn't cause, only to be discarded the second the foundation is stable. It is pure emotional vampirism.
k@alfkkifine
what opinion about men do you have that makes people feel like this???
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@alfkkifine 1000% correct! This is no doubt going to be the most real post I see today and potentially for a while. I have frequently had to be the person to pay for other's sins and it is complete BS.
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@ExorcistFanatic @Lilsolo_1993 @smashleyyy17 The fact that there are guys out there that are this scared of women making money and being able to support themselves is wild.
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Resident Evil Requiem Review: Why This Is a Must-Play in 2026 shadowsgaming.com/resident-evil-…
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PlayStation Price Hike: New Costs for 2026 shadowsgaming.com/playstation-pr…
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@Pilott4lk @longislandviper The PC strategy must continue. Business 101 that you want as many people playing your games as possible. One of the major things that has hurt Sony is the live service push as well as canceling games people actually want (Last of Us Online).
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To be fair u gave them really awful advice constantly thru your social media mediums and lord knows in person. I just really wish playstation would stop listening to influences and media outlet people. This PC strategy is really doing a number on the brand, And the damage won't be very apparent until next gen i'm afraid.
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Hermen Hulst when he's asked if he's going to take any responsibility for the state of PlayStation Studios.
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