Shigeru Miyamoto Confirms Multiple Games Were Made With Mario Movies in Mind - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 July 2026 / 2,474 Views
Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu revealed at least three games from Nintendo were developed to benefit from the recent Super Mario Bros. movies.
The three games he confirmed were the recently released Star Fox, as well as Princess Peach: Showtime and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
"I don’t decide the entire lineup myself, but sometimes decisions are made based on specific need," said Miyamoto (via VideoGamesChronicle). "For example: We have an idea to include Fox in the script for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, so we should make a new Star Fox game.'"
He added, "We started production on the first Mario movie (The Super Mario Bros Movie) and Princess Peach: Showtime around the same time and we had discussions like 'since we have this game in the works, shouldn't we make Peach more active in the movie as well?'
"We also decided early on that Yoshi would appear in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, so we kicked off development on Yoshi and the Mysterious Book to ensure there was a Yoshi game available. It varies by case, but I think we will continue to move forward while maintaining a positive relationship between our games and other media initiatives."
Miyamoto did suggest that this doesn't mean the floodgates have been opened for other crossovers in future Nintendo films.
"Basically, Nintendo’s IPs follow the rule that 'characters from different worlds must not cross over,' with the exception being Smash Bros." he said. “As for Pikmin, we’ve also decided that its characters can appear in any other character’s world.
"We’d previously held back on this partly because once you start, there’s no end to it, and also due to issues with licensing merchandise and other reasons. But with Fox, there was a compelling reason for him to appear in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and we thought: 'If this were a manga, wouldn’t it be more interesting to have this kind of crossover?'
"So that decision was made fairly early on, and even though we broke the rules we’d followed up until now, it was surprisingly well received. If characters like Samus were to show up though, it would definitely get a bit too complicated, so I don’t think it’s a matter of just throwing anything out there."
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Raw honesty in business is a rare thing. God bless this man.
Meanwhile 2 seasons into Fallout and Bethesda haven't released a new Fallout game.
a star fox adventure cartoon series could be good
So it was the game that influenced Peach in the movie, not the contrary? That's pretty cool tbh.
Edit: I got excited when I saw "Samus" in the text, only to see him say the opposite of what I was expecting lmao.
