Ud af alle de karakterer, vi sandsynligvis ville får at se i The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, var der meget få af os, der kunne have gættet, at antagonisten i Super Mario Bros. 2, Wart, ville dukke op.
I et interview med Polygon (i det samme interview, hvor han knuste vores håb om en Super Smash Bros.-film), forklarede Shigeru Miyamoto, hvorfor Wart vendte tilbage, og hvorfor han får så lidt opmærksomhed i disse dage.
"In the world of Super Mario Bros., there's the 'Land' series. And then there's also Super Mario Bros. 2, where Wart is from. These are characters that specifically only exist in the world of Super Mario Bros. 2, and yet those are characters that I really liked. There's also Birdo, sort of like Yoshi, but not like Yoshi. I really like those characters. When I got the pitch from Illumination to use some of these characters, I said, 'Oh, great. I would love to see them in other mediums.' So it was a great idea," sagde Miyamoto.
Illuminations chef Chris Meledandri tilføjede: "I believe it was our writer, Matt Fogel, who first came up with the idea of how to use Wart in the film. But what's amazing about this process of making these movies is that our teams are filled with Nintendo fans. You have people coming up with ideas that go back to what their favourite characters were. The process of making the movie is always a process of these ideas popping up and then we have this fun discussion about Do they fit? How could they fit? Does it feel right for Miyamoto-san? But we were really happy with how Wart was finally realized in the film."
Er Warts cameo vigtig for for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie? Nej, ikke rigtig, men det er en dejlig hyldest til dem, der husker tilbage på ham med glæde (eller måske ikke så glade, taget hans skurkeagtige fortid i betragtning). For flere tanker om The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, se vores anmeldelse her.