If you wanted to check out The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for yourself, but have no interest in traipsing to the cinema to watch it and instead decided to hold out for its home debut, good news. A new report claims you will be able to do just that from next week.
According to When to Stream‘s sources (via Forbes), Universal Pictures is expected to release The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on VOD and digital platforms next Tuesday, 5th May. While Nintendo and Universal have not made this announcement official as yet, When to Stream is usually pretty reliable when it comes to this sort of thing.
Please note, this reported date is for purchasing the film digitally. It does not refer to its appearance on streaming services like Netflix, where films and shows are included as part of a subscription.
As for where you will be able to purchase The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, it will reportedly be available for $24.99 on platforms such as Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube Movies & TV and Fandango at Home (a service I had not heard of until just now).
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.
We awarded The Super Mario Galaxy Movie two stars on its release earlier this month, 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.
Earlier this month, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto revealed he had been taken aback by the negative reviews received by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, stating: “I thought this film wouldn’t be judged as harshly as the previous one, but it actually received even harsher reviews. It’s strange that, despite bringing in many people from different genres to energise the film industry, those who were supposed to play a leading role in revitalising it were rather passive.”
