It’s-a him. Chris Pratt as Mario. OK, so we already knew Pratt wasn’t going to use the stereotyped voice of the video game plumber in the upcoming animated Mario movie. Co-producer Chris Meledandri confirmed that back in 2021. But on Thursday, Nintendo dropped a highly anticipated teaser trailer for The Super Mario Brothers Movie, and Pratt revealed, kind of, the voice he did choose.

Honestly, the much-anticipated Pratt-as-Mario voice was kind of a letdown. There’s … maybe a faint bit of Italian accent in the few lines Pratt speaks? Or is he just using his normal voice? Pratt’s Mario mostly just reacts to getting the wind knocked out of him as he heads off on his Mushroom Kingdom adventure.

Sure, there was no way Pratt was going to use the exaggerated, stereotypical voice, but so little of him can actually be heard in the teaser it’s tough to say how his Mario will sound. He doesn’t deliver any of Mario’s famed catchphrases — no “It’s-a me, Mario” or “Wahoo!” Maybe more will be revealed when a longer trailer comes along. Regardless, there’s a better chance to hear some of Jack Black’s Bowser (he’s excellent) and a good look the vibrant animation.

“It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to be Mario,” Pratt says in a video clip preceding the trailer, relating how he played Mario games on a machine at his childhood laundromat. Good to know, but the jury is still out on how that dream will become a reality.

The Mario movie was set to come out in late 2022 but is now scheduled for release on April 7, 2023.

Make a date to see it with the friends you hung out with at the arcade back in the day, because the film will feature plenty of familiar game characters.

Anya Taylor-Joy voices Princess Peach. Charlie Day is Mario’s brother, Luigi. Jack Black plays Bowser. And Seth Rogen plays Donkey Kong.