Is there a “Super Smash Bros.” movie on the horizon? It sure seems like that’s what “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” is building up to, with the surprise announcement Thursday that Fox McCloud, of the “Star Fox” and “Super Smash Bros.

Just one day after the surprise reveal that the Super Mario Galaxy movie would be bringing Fox McCloud—of Star Fox fame—to the big screen for reasons unknown, we’ve now learned who’s playing him, and ...

Starfox is, of course, not part of the usual Mushroom Kingdom canon — and has only really hung out with Mario before in the fighting game crossover series Super Smash Bros.