Ken and Kade, known better as DinoGraveyard and Lovebunny on TikTok, walked through that door.
The 20-year Mario drought of non-game storytelling opened the door for off-beat creators to do their own thing. No one was too surprised that the studio behind Minions successfully shepherded one of the biggest, decades-spanning video game franchises to that bar, but considering the past, it was an achievement: It marks the first time Nintendo had successfully tapped the IP’s potential for TV or film since 1993’s Super Mario Bros.
Movie Bullet Billed its way into box-office records and debuted with the biggest opening weekend for an animated film in history.