Nintendo made new Mario-related announcements on the 2024 MAR10 Day. The main highlight of the video was the announcement of a new Mario animated movie that will be available in theaters in April 2026. Nintendo also shared release dates for a number of upcoming new and classic Mario games coming to Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2024.
Shigeru Miyamoto opened the presentation video by announcing the new Mario animated movie. Illumination, which previously worked on The Super Mario Bros. Movie that launched in April 2023, will also produce the new film. The studio’s head Chris Meledandri also appeared in the video. He revealed that his team is working on “storyboarding scenes and developing set designs for new environments.” The animation processes will begin “soon.”
The new Mario animation film will appear on April 3, 2026, in the US. Meledandri also added that a number of other select territories will also get to see the new movie within April 2026.
At the end of the 2024 MAR10 Day video, Nintendo showed the release dates for some of its upcoming Mario game releases, all of which will be available on Nintendo Switch. The lineup also included three games from the Game Boy and Game Boy Color that will be available via the Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – May 23, 2024
- Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD – June 27, 2024
- Dr. Mario – March 12, 2024 (Game Boy version getting added via Nintendo Switch Online)
- Mario Golf – March 12, 2024 (Game Boy Color version getting added via Nintendo Switch Online)
- Mario Tennis – March 12, 2024 (Game Boy Color version getting added via Nintendo Switch Online)
