Latest Super Mario Galaxy Leak Comes From Pillsbury Cookies, Offers Our Best Look Yet at Yoshi, And All But Confirms Two More Fan-Favorite Characters

A peculiar container of Super Mario Galaxy Movie cooky dough has provided our champion look yet astatine Mario's dinosaur steed Yoshi, and powerfully hinted astatine 2 different fan-favorite characters expected to crook up successful the sequel.

The latest leak, which comes from container artwork present disposable via retailers online, features Yoshi prominently — arsenic the cooky kit is designed to fto you make Yoshi ovum cookies. Yum! As fans volition remember, the archetypal Mario movie's post-credits country teased Yoshi's ovum starting to ace unfastened — though we ne'er saw the dinosaur afloat hatch.

Other clues beryllium connected the Pillsbury's cooky container which constituent to a mates of different Mario characters, meantime — some of which are besides yet to marque their large surface introduction.

The beforehand and backmost of the cooky container diagnostic the Comet Observatory, the cardinal hub wrong the archetypal Mario Galaxy crippled that's besides wherever Rosalina lives. It's hard to ideate a Mario Galaxy movie without its all-important abstraction princess, but this is our strongest confirmation yet that Nintendo volition present the quality connected the large surface successful the upcoming sequel.

Finally, the rear of the cooky container shows a prima representation that features graffiti of Bowser Jr., a cardinal antagonist successful assorted Mario games — including some Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. Nintendo's archetypal Mario movie made nary notation of Bowser's offspring, though that each looks acceptable to alteration for its follow-up.

The leak follows an earlier spill of accusation from a akin promotional tie-in with Old Spice — which saw The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's sanction archetypal revealed via promotional cans of deoderant. As if further confirmation was needed of that leak's legitimacy, the Yoshi artwork shown successful amended item connected the Pillsbury cooky container present matches up with the 1 seen successful that leak exactly.

Fans person agelong been hoping for Nintendo to diagnostic much of some Rosalina and Bowser Jr. — and successful some cases, for much to beryllium revealed astir their origins. Indeed, aft a notable tease successful the archetypal Mario movie, Nintendo looks acceptable to uncover much astir Rosalina's nexus with Peach pursuing years of instrumentality statement implicit however they mightiness beryllium related.

Bowser Jr., meanwhile, besides has questions surrounding his parentage. First introduced successful Super Mario Sunshine, the mischievous offspring is initially presented arsenic the effect of a national betwixt Bowser and Peach, though this is aboriginal revealed arsenic a joke. Exactly who Bowser Jr.'s parent is, though, has ne'er been made clear. (Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto erstwhile claimed successful an interrogation helium was the mother, though this was a gag too.)

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is presently slated for merchandise successful theaters connected April 3, 2026. Hopefully then, each volition beryllium revealed.

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