Yoshi arrives in new 'Super Mario Galaxy Movie' trailer

Poor Yoshi. Everyone thinks he’s a monster. But we know that he isn’t. When Mario and Luigi come to handle a “troubled” pipe in the desert, the little Tostarenans in the desert point at a scary crack with a creature inside. But instead, Mario and Luigi meet their favorite little guy of all inside the cave, why yes, it’s a Yoshi! And there’s no one we’d rather see than Yoshi in this The Super Mario Galaxy movie’s trailer. We don’t get to see too much of their upcoming adventures, but we do love Toad’s unimpressed “in sum,” “So some dinosaur just shows up, and he’s now part of the group, cool.”

Yoshi aside, the rest of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer offers a few quick new scenes with many exciting Easter eggs. Here are our favorites.

• The Tostarenans join the fun in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie‘s trailer: The Tostarenans live in the San Kingdom of Super Mario‘s world. They are inspired by the traditional skull-shaped figures and candies made during Día de Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” and often play instruments such as maracas and guitars, as we see in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. They wear sombreros and ponchos, and we love them a lot.

• The Fire Flower Power-Up: These Super Mario Bros. flower-power powered-ups are some of the coolest in the game. If used, they grant the player character their “Fire form,” which includes the ability to shoot fireballs and… light up dark spaces. We see Mario and Luigi change into their “Fire forms” thanks to Fire Flowers in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer as they look for Yoshi.

• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie‘s trailer brings us Birdo:  BIRDO! We love this weird creature so much. You never know how Birdo is going to show up in the Super Mario world, but you always know you will enjoy seeing them. Who doesn’t enjoy a character that can spit eggs from their mouth? And the hot pink makes our enjoyment of Birdo a GIVEN. We wonder how Yoshi and Birdo will get along in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

Yoshi is so cool, he does deserve his own The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer. We can’t wait to see more of him soon when The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases in theaters on April 1. The synopsis for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie shares, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released in 2023 and earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Both the 2023 film and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are produced by Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo.”

(And before we forget to say, yes, a real T.rex is ALSO a Super Mario Easter egg; they do exist in the games.)