The opening cutscene for the game, which involves Mario and Luigi being separated while travelling through a portal of colorful lights, is notably similar to a scene from the 2023 film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie". During an "Ask the Developer" interview, it was revealed that the similarities were entirely coincidental and that they had no information about the film at the time the cutscene was made, with some of the developers being surprised by the similarities when they watched the film.