Bright brown color, uniform braids, premium stitching and a sole made with mushroom-based materials. Rather than take us to the Mushroom Kingdom, Nintendo’s boots and Mario’s Red Wing lead us to the feet of the plumber, soon to appear in Super Mario Bros. The Movie.
According to a report published on the website of G.Q.the big N and the shoe brand presented for Mario Day, on March 10, the iconic Super Mario boots, seen since its birth in the eighties.
Red Wing Shoes describes them as a true piece of craftsmanship, made from leather and by hand by their experts who have “translated each pixel to a stitch in real life”.
The bad news about these Super Mario boots is that They are not for sale. They were created just to pay homage to one of the most important characters in the history of video games. The boots will be on display at the Nintendo Store in New York’s Rockefeller Center in March and April.
Everything you need to know about Super Mario Bros. The Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie, directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, It will premiere on April 7, 2023 in the United States and on April 28, 2023 in Japan..
In addition to having Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) as the protagonist, will have in his cast Charlie Day (Pacific Rim) as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) as Princess Peach, Jack Black (School of Rock) will play Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key (Toy Story 4) will voice Toad, and Seth Rogan (Superbad) is Donkey Kongamong other characters.
Illumination will produce the film, while Universal will distribute it. The script will come out of the hands of Matthew Fogel who, apparently in the trailer, will have as a plot a Mario who has the mission to recover the Super Star, taken by Bowser, the most fearsome of all the threats he will face.
You can check out the final trailer for the Super Mario Bros. movie below and confirm the resemblance of his boots to Red Wing’s.