The Ups and Downs of the Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie features Mario and Luigi's extended family for the first time, with character designs provided by Nintendo. The dinner scene with Mario's family was important for the film's storytelling, according to the directors. Nintendo was fully on board with creating a family for Mario and provided previously unused character designs for Mario's dad. The film's character designers made some tweaks to Mario's mom and grandpa, but overall, the family closely resembles Nintendo's original designs.