After early reports of an imminent home release for The Super Mario Galaxy turned out to be false, Universal has officially announced the film is making its digital download debut next week. Those interested in watching Mario and co’s latest animated outing from home can download it this coming Tuesday, 19th May.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is being released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray containing over an hour of special features, including a making of documentary with those from Nintendo and Illumination, as well as more from cast members such as Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Brie Larson and Keegan-Michael Key.
Despite lukewarm reviews, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has been a commercial success. Following a bumper opening weekend, it went on to become the most successful film released this year so far, knocking Project Hail Mary from the top spot.
Critics have been less enthusiastic, however. We awarded The Super Mario Galaxy Movie two stars on its release earlier this year, for instance, with Christian Donlan calling it “quite bad, for quite interesting reasons”.
“This isn’t a Bowser movie, just as it isn’t really a Mario movie or a Luigi movie or a Rosalina movie or any of that jazz. There isn’t enough space and time for anything truly memorable to develop,” he wrote in Eurogamer’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review.
