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The Super Mario Bros. movie was one of the biggest releases in 2023, and we know the filmmakers are going to broaden the scope for the sequel. While we're still just shy of a year out from its release on April 3 next year, the Super Mario Bros. sequel still doesn't have a confirmed name--or does it? The film was mentioned in a press release with the title, but was quickly edited.

However, fans quickly were able to screencap and archive the article with the title, as part of NBCUniversal's media plan for the next year: Super Mario World.

"An exciting range of films from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation and Illumination were presented, including Megan 2.0, Nobody 2, Bad Guys 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Black Phone 2, HIM, The Phoenician Scheme, Super Mario World, Shrek, and Minions."

If you go to the article now, Super Mario World, Shrek, and Minions have been deleted from the stream of announcements.

In the first movie's post-credits scene, we see a Yoshi egg starting to hatch, even making his trademark noise. So we knew there was almost a guarantee that Mario's dino buddy could make an appearance. The film takes its title from the Mario game that was released for the Super Nintendo in 1990, where Yoshi and his different-colored comrades were introduced.

So will Super Mario World, if that is the confirmed title, take Mario, Luigi, Peach, and friends outside of the Mushroom Kingdom? It's hard to say at this point if the movie will take any other visual or story cues from the SNES classic.

Not to be outdone by the plumber brothers, The Legend of Zelda movie will be released the following year after the Mario Bros. sequel.