With The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo aims to lay its cinematic demons to rest

For a long time, Nintendo’s legendary Mario gaming series was built on simple foundations: the titular portly plumber rescues Princess Peach from the monstrous, spiky-shelled, and fire-breathing Bowser.Over the past four decades, the franchise has evolved into an entertainment behemoth and introduced new enemies for Mario to ground pound, throw fireballs at, and defeat with a Super Star power-up. Of his numerous foes, though, there’s one Mario was unable to conquer: Super Mario Bros., the character’s 1993 live-action film

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