
So we transferred that player experience from the game to a characteristic that Mario would have." When you play the game, if you don't give up, Mario will succeed.

"It's the story of Mario becoming Super Mario. "It's a bit of an origin tale," Horvath added. Their ordinary lives take a turn for the extraordinary when the duo is suddenly transported to the Mushroom Kingdom and swept up in a grand conflict between good and evil. Much like his live-action counterpart in the 1993 movie, this animated version of Mario starts off as a humble resident of Brooklyn, running a local plumbing business with his green-hatted brother, Luigi (Charlie Day). "He's able to be funny, to be heroic, and be that everyman."

The veterans of Teen Titans GO! worked closely with Pratt to turn Mario into a three-dimensional character, who would be more than just a collection of catchphrases like "Wa-hoo!" and "Lets-a-go!" In particular, they aimed for "a little bit of a Brooklyn accent," Jelenic said.
