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The 2023 film The Super Mario Bros. Movie solidifies this theory. It explicitly depicts a "Real World" (Brooklyn) and a separate, distinct "Mushroom World." The film establishes that Mario is not native to the Mushroom Kingdom but is an immigrant pulled through a wormhole. This supports the "Portal Theory"—that the Mushroom Kingdom is a parallel dimension accessible only via specific magical conduits (the pipe). super mario multiverse
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One of the most compelling metaphysical questions in the Mario Multiverse is the mechanic of "1-Up Mushrooms" and extra lives. In a single-universe model, the concept of Mario dying and returning creates a narrative paradox. However, the Multiverse theory resolves this through the "Many-Worlds Interpretation" of quantum mechanics. It explicitly depicts a "Real World" (Brooklyn) and
A multiverse model is necessary to resolve the "Donkey Kong" paradox. In the original arcade timeline, Mario (then "Jumpman") is an antagonist to Donkey Kong. Later, Mario and Donkey Kong coexist peacefully in sports and racing titles. The multiverse explains this by bifurcating the timeline: