Based on 75 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 44% rating, lower than the first 2023 movie, which scored 59%. Super Mario Galaxy: The Movie is set to premiere worldwide on April 1, 2026.

After the massive popularity of the first Super Mario Bros. movie, it was inevitable that we’d get a sequel, but I didn’t think it would be even better than the first.

In the opening scene, Rosalina is kidnapped by a giant shape-shifting droid that whisks her to outer space, where the entire movie takes place — and I mean that it really is set in space, since it nev...