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Miyamoto Wants Peach’s Movie Backstory Followed in Future Nintendo Games

The stance signals a shift toward aligning game lore with the record‑selling film series.

Overview

  • Miyamoto, in remarks published Wednesday, said he hopes upcoming titles honor the character history introduced in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
  • He said Nintendo long avoided firm backstories because fixed lore can box in what a game can do.
  • He noted that Peach’s origins were not decided before the film, which he described as a chance to expand characters.
  • The comments came in a group interview reported by Japanese outlet Nintendo Dream and circulated in translation.
  • The movie has led the U.S. box office for three weekends and, with the first film, pushed the series past $2 billion worldwide, which strengthens the case for cross‑media continuity.