Kaser Focus: A plumber, a witcher and a street racer walk into a bar

Nintendo and Illumination have finally graced us with the trailer for the Super Mario Bros Movie. It’s not a very long trailer, and Mario himself says less than 10 words, so I’m not sure it’s enough to make a judgement on actor Chris Pratt’s performance as Mario. However, Jack Black as Bowser and Keegan Michael Key as Toad both sound decent. And the animation looks amazing — that counts for something. I think our collective expectations were so low that even a passable film with a vaguely Chris Pratt-sounding lead will be enough.

In other news, we finally got a look at Need For Speed Unbound, which will launch three years after the last title. Fans have been pleading for EA to finally reveal this game for so long, I think they may actually have outstripped Dragon Age fans in that regard. At the very least, fans won’t have to wait long, as the game is planned for a December launch (assuming it doesn’t get delayed, but knock wood).