Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle opens with a bang...and a bwaaaaah.
And it also happens to be filled to the brim with Nintendo secrets, easter eggs, and hidden
references.
So we’re here to break it down frame-by-frame and point out every single one.
So from the very get-go, it’s obvious this young scientist is a huge Mario fan--Yep,
that’s the Super Mario Bros. theme song she’s humming.
And in the close-up shot of her working, we can see she’s wearing Mario’s trademark
colors, with blue suspenders and a red Pullover, all over a shirt featuring an Invincibility
Star.
And the rest of her room kind of gives off that “huge Mario fan” vibe too.
She has a ? Block light in the back, then there’s the NES controller-styled rug
The wallpaper for most of the room is themed to the original Super Mario Bros, featuring
iconic elements like the flat blue sky, oddly similar clouds, and bushes, and of course,
Warp Pipes.
And speaking of Warp Pipes, the pipes that run along the ceiling look like they were
ripped straight out of Mario’s World.
Moving on, we can see Mario-themed posters all over the room, starting with a Princess
Peach one in on the left, along with another left of her desk, followed by one of Boo,
that also says Boo!
Then there’s one of Mario and the gang in the Mushroom kingdom, one of the just the
gang, and then another showcasing various Mushrooms, including a normal Mushroom, 1-Up
and Mega Mushroom.
And then we have a 2nd Boo poster on the right, as well as another Prince Peach one along
the back wall!
And although they may not be posteres, there is some old-school hand-drawn art of Mario
just left of the Mushroom Kingdom one, with an one pinned to the Bulletin Board on the
opposite wall.
There are also some stickers scattered about too, like the 1-Up one on the open cabinet
door, and another of a Yoshi egg one on the cabinet underneath the desk.
Moving beyond wall decorations are a ton of figurines of various Mario characters.
There’s a Piranha Plant above the left monitor, and then Bowser, Luigi, and Toad on the nearby
shelf.
Next is a figurine of Mario can be found in front of her main monitor
And do you see that Yellow thing sticking out from behind some books?
A different angle reveals that it’s actually Wario.
But where’s Waluigi?
Well, if you look close in this scene, we can just barely see a figurine for him here.
And just below and to the left is another for Yoshi.
Then on the left side of the girl’s desk is a figurine of Donkey Kong standing on top
of a red girder, from the original Arcade game.
And on the right side of the desk are figurines of Princess Peach and Boo.
And if we look real close at the shelves on the right, we can just barely see a Shy Guy.
And That covers it for the figurines...or does it?
Because when the Rabbids show up, one of them finds a cellphone with a case that has a Sticker
of an invincibility Star on it--and what’s that dangling from it?
Yep, another Mario figurine complete with some mushrooms dangling.
So clearly there’s a lot of Nintendo stuff going on here...but where are the actual--yo
know--gaming systems.
Well, there’s actually a hint of one in this scene, with two N64 controllers dangling
just left of the Rabbid,
And then we can see a GameBoy on the desk, just in front of her computer.
And what’s that right next to it?
Why that’s a Gameboy Cartridge for what appears to be Super Mario Land.
And that finally covers it for all the Nintendo goodies here.
Sort of.
Because the Rabbid’s Time Machine is hiding a few secrets all its own.
And no, we don’t mean the time circuits that are clearly ripped right from Back to
the Future--but it does relate to that.
Because those Dates are actually historical milestones related to the companies involved
in this game.
So Sept 23 1889 is the very day Nintendo was founded.
And then we have March 12 1986--okay, I know it says January here, but that’s only because
the machine’s going haywire at this point--see it’s March normally.
Anyways, March 12 1986 is the day Ubisoft was founded
And as for Sept 24 1998--well, we’re not entirely sure on this one, but this might
be a reference to the Ubisoft Milan, one of the studios that helped developed this, which
was founded in 1998.
We just couldn’t find verify the exact date.
Finally, if you keep watching those dates while the machine’s going crazy, you might
notice they all Mario icons showing the Mushroom Kingdom as the true destination.
The top row turns into Mushrooms, the middle row ? Blocks, and the bottom row a 2D Mario
sprite.
Okay, we’re just about done, but after the Rabbid gang takes teleports to the Mushroom
Kingdom, there’s just a few more easter eggs left.
First is the the the Mushroom-themed popsicle.
Next is this Rabbid reading a paper while on the toilet--and that paper is called The
Bwaaaahhhh.
And finally, we can see a few new stickers on this cabinet, including one of a Rabbid
with a plunger on his head.
So there you have it--all the secrets,m easter eggs, and hidden details we could find in
the opening to Mario + Rabbids.
Pretty cool huh?
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