Finally, Illumination and Nintendo have given people what they want out of teaser for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie: we've finally seen how the film handles Yoshi eating someone and pooping them out as an egg.

What, that wasn't your first question too when Yoshi was teased at the end of The Super Mario Bros. Movie? Okay, maybe I'm a bit juvenile. But it's a fun little stinger on the end of a new, 30-second trailer for the film released today. At the tail end of the trailer (see what I did there?), we see Yoshi face off with Kamek. As the two clash with each other in slow motion, Yoshi opens his big mouth and swallow Kamek whole, before turning his butt to the camera. We hear the "egg" sound effect, and then it cuts to a Yoshi egg wearing Kamek's glasses being flung into a cockpit, before Yoshi joints it in the driver's seat. It's very silly!

This wasn't the only new clip we saw. The trailer opens with Bowser Jr. yelling, "The great battle of my life draws near!", which we haven't heard before, followed by a clip of a bunch of airships (Bowser Jr.'s armada?) surrounding an ominous looking planet. We also get a brief look at Yoshi sitting on a motorbike saying "Vroom vroom".

Perhaps the most interesting bit apart from the egg is Peach and Toad getting a bit of a spotlight, journeying together in a neon-lit, cyberpunk city that appears to be just chock full of NIntendo references. The clips go by fast, so fans will have to do the detailed spotting work here in the coming days, but I immediately saw a big N64 logo in the shot of them peering over a balcony into the city.

Peach and Toad entering some sort of arcade-themed bar in a neon lit city, bar's largely full of Bowser cronies, looking out over the city, giant N64 logo spinning slowly on top of a building to the left side. There are also a number of pixelated figures in a bar (?) the pair visit just before, references to the old-school style of Mario games. Along with a gaggle of Bowser enemies all sitting around having a drink and looking astonished to see Peach and Toad burst in. I'm sure that'll go well for everyone.

Illumination and Nintendo have been trickling out the Mario excitement for several months now with teaser after teaser, giving us new voice actors, character appearances, and yes, tons and tons of references to just about any Mario game you can think of. We won't have to wait long for the rest, as the film drops April 3, 2026 in the U.S. and April 24 in Japan.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

The director of Yakuza 3 Kiwami + Dark Ties has broken his silence on Ryo Ga Gotoku Studio's controversial hiring of Teruyuki Kagawa to play Goh Hamazaki, saying they needed someone who would make audiences think, "This guy's a creep."

This comes from an interview with Horii conducted by Japanese outlet GAME Watch, and independently translated by IGN. In the interview, Horii is asked directly about the decision to recast certain characters in Kiwami from their original Japanese actors. His general response as to why he recast both Hamazaki and Rikiya Shimabukuro is that while it would "certainly be safer not to recast them and avoid online criticism," the studio "felt there was no use being afraid."

Horii goes on to say that they based their decision on who they most wanted to see perform. When asked directly about Kagawa playing Hamazaki, this is what Horii had to say:

Hamazaki is a sleazy, persistent, and militant yakuza, right? Since he isn't an explosive character like Kanda, when we tried to think of someone who makes you go, "This guy's a creep," naturally it was Kagawa – that was the main factor. Kagawa's acting is fun to watch. Even when he's chopping a pig's feet off with a chef's knife, it has a slimy feel. That feeling permeates his performance, so it brings a freshness to the scene and made it feel really fun.

Kagawa's casting as Hamazaki has been met with anger from Yakuza fans due to the actor having been accused by multiple women of sexual assault, with one woman coming forward with what seems to be photographic evidence of the incident. In 2022, Kagawa admitted to and apologized for one of the incidents, but another of his accusers has said she received no apology.

Following the announcement of Kagawa's casting, Yakuza fans reacted in anger on social media, getting #REMOVEKAGAWA trending on multiple networks and creating a Change.org petition that at the time of this writing has nearly 10,000 signatures. Fans have accused RGG Studio of suppressing the #REMOVEKAGAWA hashtag and deleting comments referencing the issue on its official Instagram page. And a number of them have pointed out that Sega has recast actors for offenses in the past - Pierre Taki was recast in Judgment back in 2019 after he was arrested for cocaine possesssion.

Up to this point, neither RGG Studio nor Sega has offered official comment on Kagawa's casting, nor the accusations - Horii's answer is the first statement that's been offered on the subject. However, Sega did publish a trailer on its official YouTube after the wave of criticism, which introduced the Japanese voice cast and opened on a longer clip of Hamazaki. IGN reached out to Sega for additional comment ahead of this story, but did not hear back in time for publication.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.