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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has reacted to the critical reception to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, saying the negative opinions of the movie from critics were “truly baffling.”
As translated by Nintendo Patents Watch, Miyamoto told NDW that critics were “even harsher” on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie than they were for 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He laughed and said he found this to be “rather odd.”
“We stepped in from another medium and did our best to help energize the film industry. And yet the very people who are supposed to champion the film industry are the ones being so negative; it’s truly baffling,” he said.
It’s possible something was lost in translation here, as it’s definitely not the job of any professional critic to “champion” any industry. It’s normally quite the opposite. Criticism can help elevate work and help people consider alternative perspectives.
On GameSpot sister site Metacritic, The Super Mario Bros. Movie has a metascore of 46 compared to a 37 for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. A similar difference is reflected on Rotten Tomatoes, with the 2023 movie scoring higher than the sequel. On both Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, the audience/fan scores for both movies was markedly higher
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