

See below for details.Īdditionally in a later crowd scene in Game Central Station, two ladies in a yellow and a blue dress can be seen, having respectively brown and blonde hair, therefore looking like Princess Daisy and Rosalina from the Mario series. The fictional videogame Sugar Rush Speedway features some possible references to the Mario Kart series. In concept art for the room in which this scene takes place, a Piranha Plant is shown in the box instead, possibly meaning that it was replaced at one point, due to the Super Mushroom being more recogniseable and being an actual item, rather than an enemy. It's notable that despite him touching it, Ralph doesn't grow bigger, but this is likely due to the Super Mushrooms supposedly having to be eaten to work, and working simply by touch in games due to gameplay mechanics. In a later scene Ralph is digging trough the "Lost & Founds" at Tapper's bar, searching for a medal, and he comes across a Super Mushroom, but immediatly discharges it. Since it seems unlikely for the Nicelanders to invite a game enemy at their party, Glen is probably a good guy in his original game. Ralph then calls it "Glen", identifying it as an original character, but its look corresponds to the Shellcreepers and the NES appearance of Koopa Troopas, possibly meaning that he's based on them, also considering that no concept art was provided for Glen. While Felix is dancing, Ralph rings the doorbell and Felix says "I bet that's Mario! Fashionably late, per the norm." This reference was likely done as a play on people expecting Mario to be in the movie, while he's not.Īt the party there also is a turtle in a green shell, that unlike the red-shelled ones walks on four legs and has a very long neck. Later, Mario is directly referenced during the 30th anniversary party of Fix-It Felix Jr. Glen can be seen dancing from 0:22 to 0:27, and then talks to Felix and Ralph at 2:26. Wreck It Ralph Fix It Felix Jr 30th Anniversary These turtles might also represent the turtles from Frogger. What is true is that turtles being considered common in videogames is likely due to the Mario series, making this an undirect reference. They've been confirmed to actually be original, generic videogame creatures, as the original feature of wearing glasses indicates. In crowd scenes appear many turtles in red shells walking on two legs, that some people feel to be based on Koopa Troopas from the Mario series. He's also seen in the following scenes among the other video game characters in Game Central Station.

As the villains leave the room, they're briefly shown in 8-bit graphics, walking through Pac-Man's maze, including Bowser, who however is redesigned, likely due to different proportions of the enviroment, considering that even Ralph himself is redesignedin this scene.

As Ralph tells the others he doesn't want to be a bad guy anymore, since Bowser was drinking his coffe, he starts coughing for the shock, and accidentally shoots fireballs, referencing his fire-breathing abilities from the games. Specifically, he's seen nodding at Zangief's speech while holding a little cup of coffee and later cheering at him. was made available to the arcade through Nintendo's Pla圜hoice-10 cabinet, and Bowser and the Super Mushroom are also featured in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Arcade GP2, but none of these are ever seen in the movie's arcade.īowser is one of the villains in the "Bad-Anon", sitting between a generic ninja and Zangief from the Street Fighter series.
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Also it should be noted that while the Mario series originated with the arcade game Mario Bros., all the elements in the movie are actually from Super Mario console games. Note that while the character Felix is based on Mario, that's considered a reference to Mario's first appearance in Donkey Kong. Since this movie tells the story of a video game character and takes place in an arcade, it features many video game references, including some Mario ones, even though Mario himself doesn't appear. This page explains in detail the interactions between the Mario series and the Wreck-It Ralph series.īowser and the ninja listening to Zangief.
