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Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (with Guest Laura Kate Dale) – Spin-Offs Classic

Did you know there was a Super Mario Bros. movie before the one everyone knows about? No, not that one! Yeah, this one, available as a dubiously legal fan dub with 4k upscaling! Nearly seven years before the infamous flop from the Max Headroom creators caused Nintendo to swear off film adaptations for 30 years, they graced Japanese audiences with an anime adaptation of the first family of Nintendo in a story that is basically beat for beat the same thing as the film from ’93 (and the one from ’23) [and strangely enough, it shares connections with Super Mario Wonder from 2023 as well]. Can these plumbers ever stop being isekai’d to the Mushroom Kingdom?

On this episode of our show we explore the anime with a little help from the internet’s Laura Kate Dale who showed up with plenty of well researched facts of her own. We had a blast poking fun at this strange relic from a different era of Nintendo, one that seemed more willing to take risks with their burgeoning IP. Can Mario rescue Princess Peach from the clutches of the evil King Koopa before she is to be married? Find out on this episode of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off Podcast!

This episode originally released April 5th of 2023.

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