History YMMV / TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach

* TheScrappy: You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who likes Kibidango/[[spoiler:Prince Haru]]. Many viewers dislike him for being TheLoad or the team, having annoying pitched barks, and [[spoiler:being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her]]. It's also quite telling that upon noticing that ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' is set in the Flower Kingdom and features a similar looking character that also happens to be [[spoiler:the kingdom's prince]], the fanbase's reaction was a collective "Please no!".

** [[spoiler:Prince Haru is from the Flower Kingdom, a land that serves as the introductory level and main location of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''. Fans quickly took notice of the name of the level, as well as the green Wiggler traveling alongside Mario and co being similar to Kibidango/Haru.]]

** Bowser, a character who we now associate with Scott Burns and Kenny James' badass GutturalGrowler voice and an {{Expy}} of the [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Ox King]], is here voiced by Akiko Wada, a famous Japanese ''[[CrossDressingVoices female]]'' RAndB singer and dub voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Despite [[NoExportForYou never being released outside of Japan]], the film has seen a better reception internationally than Japan. While it remains obscure in both countries, international audiences prefer the film for being TruerToTheText compared to the [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 1993 live action film]]. While Japanese audiences do not think too highly of the film due to being [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks too close to the games]], and being too simplistic as it was essentially made as an hour-long commercial for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels''.

** Bowser, a character who we now associate with Scott Burns and Kenny James' badass GutturalGrowler voice and an {{Expy}} of the [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Ox King]], is here voiced by Akiko Wada, a famous Japanese ''[[CrossDressingVoices female]]'' RAndB singer.

* TheScrappy: You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who likes [[spoiler:Kibidango/Prince Haru. Many viewers view his pitched barks as annoying, but he's mainly loathed for being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her. It's also quite telling that upon noticing that ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' is set in the Flower Kingdom and features a similar looking character that also happens to be the kingdom's prince, the fanbase's reaction was a collective "Please no!".]]

** While not as [[DumbBlonde ditzy]] as usual, Peach's personality is more in-line with her game portrayal than the generic monarch she was at the time.

* TheScrappy: You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who likes [[spoiler:Kibidango/Prince Haru. Many viewers view his pitched barks as annoying, but he's mainly loathed for being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her. It's also quite telling that upon noticing that ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' is set in the Flower Kingdom and features a similar looking character, the fanbase's reaction was a collective "Please no!".]]

* WTHCastingAgency:
** Bowser, a character who we now associate with Scott Burns and Kenny James' badass GutturalGrowler voice and an {{Expy}} of the [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Ox King]], is here voiced by Akiko Wada, a famous Japanese ''[[CrossDressingVoice female]]'' RAndB singer.
** Peach is voiced by then-popular J-pop singer Mami Yamase. The fact that she's an idol and not an actress is apparent, and not helping is the fact that she makes the seemingly adult princess sound like a petulant, nasally ten year old (although this could be somewhat excused, as when the movie came out in 1986, Yamase was only 16 years old). [[note]]Before you ask, she retired in 1990 to focus on a culinary career.[[/note]]

* DieForOurShip: [[spoiler:Prince Haru is generally disliked for ending up with Peach at the end of the movie instead of Mario. Especially since the two monarchs have never shown any hint of foreshadowing towards already being engaged, nor do they have any interactions prior to TheReveal to establish romantic chemistry.]]

* TheScrappy: You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who likes Kibidango/[[spoiler:Prince Haru]]. Many viewers view his pitched barks as annoying, but he's mainly loathed [[spoiler:for being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her]].

* AssPull: [[spoiler:The reveal that Kibidango is actually Peach's fiancé, Prince Haru, comes out of nowhere with only ''one'' proper hint of her brooch having a twin]]. It's to the point where it's been speculated that [[spoiler:Haru's]] addition was a very last-minute plot point, especially given the ending song is about a StarCrossedLovers romance between Mario and Peach.
* DieForOurShip: Going by Website/YouTube comments, [[spoiler:Prince Haru comes under fire a lot for marrying Peach instead of her marrying Mario.]]

** Prince Haru is from the Flower Kingdom, a land that serves as the introductory level and main location of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''. Fans quickly took notice of the name of the level, as well as the green Wiggler traveling alongside Mario and co being similar to Kibidango/Haru.

%%* QuirkyWork: What do you expect from an anime based on ''Super Mario Bros.''?

* QuirkyWork: What do you expect from an anime based on ''Super Mario Bros.''?

* TheScrappy: Almost no one likes Kibidango/[[spoiler:Prince Haru]]. Many viewers view his pitched barks as annoying, but he's mainly loathed [[spoiler:for being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her]].

* BrokenBase: The ending. Some people don't mind that [[spoiler:Peach was already engaged to Prince Haru]], finding it to be a clever (if abrupt) subversion of the common [[spoiler:gets the girl in the end]] trope. Others were absolutely furious since the revelation came out of nowhere, as well as Mario/Peach being near-canon in the games[[note]]Part of this is due to the time period the film was released in. Mario and Peach's relationship was more platonic until the early to mid 1990s starting with ''Super Mario World'', when more emphasis was put on their ShipTease.[[/note]]

* TheScrappy: Almost no one likes Kibidango/[[spoiler: Prince Haru]]. Many viewers view his pitched barks as annoying, but he's mainly loathed [[spoiler: for being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her]].

** Prince Haru is from the Flower Kingdom, a land that serves as the introductory level and main location of the VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder. Fans quickly took notice of the name of the level, as well as the green Wiggler traveling alongside Mario and co being similar to Kibidango/Haru.

* Prince Haru is from the Flower Kingdom, a land that serves as the introductory level and main location of the VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder. Fans quickly took notice of the name of the level, as well as the green Wiggler traveling alongside Mario and co being similar to Kibidango/Haru.

* TheScrappy: Almost no one likes Kibidango/[[spoiler: Prince Haru]]. Many of the viewers view his pitched barks are annoying, but he's mainly loathed [[spoiler: for being engaged with Peach at the end of the movie, negating Mario a happy ending with her]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: Meta example, but Kineko Video's treatment totally deserves a mention here. For many years, fans have had to rely on low-quality VHS rips if they wanted to see this movie. In 2021, however, these guys managed to attain what may be the very last surviving film print EVER (the original negatives themselves may as well be gone completely), and words can't describe the love and care that went into restoring. And if that's not enough, they even got a rip of the film's soundtrack album (keep in mind that ONLY 50 COPIES of the album were made, and only on LP). [[https://archive.org/details/super-mario-bros.-the-great-mission-to-rescue-princess-peach-1986 Seriously, we all oughta tip our hats for their out-of-this-world efforts.]]

* BrokenBase: The ending. Some people don't mind that [[spoiler:Peach was already engaged to Prince Haru]], finding it to be a clever (if abrupt) subversion of the common [[spoiler:gets the girl in the end]] trope. Others were absolutely furious since the revelation came out of nowhere, as well as Mario/Peach being near-canon in the games[[note]]Part of this is due to the time period the film was released in. Mario and Peach's relationship was more platonic until the mid-1990s, when more emphasis was put on their ShipTease.[[/note]]

* SoOkayItsAverage: While it's generally considered a much better adaptation of the ''Mario'' franchise than the 1993 film (if only for how incredibly InNameOnly it was), as a standalone movie it's considered fairly by-the-book and without much in the way of plot beyond its standard DamselInDistress outline and ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''-inspired setup. It still gets a good deal of recognition from ''Mario'' fans for its historical importance (being not just one of ''the'' first video game movies ever made, along with the ''Star Soldier'' film released the same day, but also a source of inspiration for a number of elements in later games, most notably the Bowser fights in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and Bowser's characterization as being hopelessly in love with Peach), it's just considered somewhat mediocre when examined on its own terms.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Peach realizing Mario's heartbreak behind his [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy happy declarations]], to the point that she is on the verge of tears, perhaps silently wishing things were different. The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Kasgvr_94 Adieu My Love]], is equally sorrowful.]]

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus on the film, in contrast to the SoBadItsGood reputation of [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 the 1993 live-action film]]. While it's generally considered a much better adaptation of the ''Mario'' franchise (if only for how incredibly InNameOnly the 1993 film was), as a standalone movie it's considered fairly by-the-book and without much in the way of plot beyond its standard DamselInDistress outline and ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''-inspired setup. It still gets a good deal of recognition from ''Mario'' fans for its historical importance (being not just one of ''the'' first video game movies ever made, along with the ''Star Soldier'' film released the same day, but also a source of inspiration for a number of elements in later games, most notably the Bowser fights in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and Bowser's characterization as being hopelessly in love with Peach), it's just considered somewhat mediocre when examined on its own terms.

* DieForOurShip: Going by Website/YouTube comments, Prince Haru comes under fire a lot for [[spoiler:marrying Peach instead of her marrying Mario.]]

** Princess Shokora from ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' ended up in the exact same situation as Prince Haru: was turned into an animal by the main villain and it took pieces of jewelry to revert her back to normal, Haru's case being the necklaces and Shokora's being her crown, earings, necklace and bracelet. Unfortunately Shokora had the added case of being DeadAllAlong.

* TearJerker: Peach realizing Mario's heartbreak behind his [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy happy declarations]], to the point that she is on the verge of tears, perhaps silently wishing things were different. The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Kasgvr_94 Adieu My Love]], is equally sorrowful.