The Weird & Unexpected History of Super Mario Bros. 3

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  • @ThomasGameDocs
    @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +559

    NOTE: The music examples in this video sound completely messed up on certain speakers, especially phone speakers. I have no idea why that is - if you listen with headphones or from a laptop, the music sounds completely normal!

    • @TheRogueMaverick
      @TheRogueMaverick 5 років тому +28

      Thomas Game Docs - It does indeed sound odd, but in my NES emulator I have on PSP, I would intentionally disable random sound channels! I loved hearing my favourite NES tracks in a different way!

    • @ascentfevers
      @ascentfevers 5 років тому +59

      I think it's because some channels have inverted polarity, making them silent in mono-speaker devices. This might happen with certain emulators. Also, nice video, I'm subscribing.

    • @TheRogueMaverick
      @TheRogueMaverick 5 років тому +7

      ascentfevers - That makes sense seeing as the NES was pretty much a mono only system. I’ve heard mentions of the system outputting in actual stereo, but I’ve been unable to find anything concrete

    • @packerman1203
      @packerman1203 5 років тому +4

      Mario bros 3 music is weird like that

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +27

      Thanks! Also, that makes a lot of sense, actually. I can't think of any other device having mono speakers, so that would explain why it only seems to be happening on phones. Thanks for the explanation!

  • @TheShinyDude
    @TheShinyDude 5 років тому +883

    4:38 "As I’m sure you’re aware, Mario 2 is notorious for its high high difficulty"
    *Dies intentionally*

    • @joshfgaming3915
      @joshfgaming3915 5 років тому +7

      Yes

    • @finn8665
      @finn8665 5 років тому +13

      Jesse 'Shiny' Edwards dang I was just about to comment that!

    • @Duran12617
      @Duran12617 5 років тому +21

      That's my only beef too. There are endless moments in that game that are utter bullshit to pull from haha.

    • @orinlee6123
      @orinlee6123 5 років тому +4

      To a casual... given the current state of idiocy regarding the public at large... I can almost forgive this. xD

    • @Duran12617
      @Duran12617 5 років тому +11

      @@orinlee6123 We were all casuals in 1986

  • @reinmargrau1298
    @reinmargrau1298 5 років тому +731

    Mario Bros 2 is hard, but what you showed is just like walking into a cactus in real life

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +162

      Haha yeah, I needed footage of Mario dying in the game, but maaaybe I didn't make it look natural enough...

    • @moormonkey
      @moormonkey 5 років тому +40

      Suicidal Mario

    • @sylvierose2799
      @sylvierose2799 5 років тому +9

      @@ThomasGameDocs lmao

    • @this_is_diamond_rot
      @this_is_diamond_rot 5 років тому +15

      Thomas Game Docs he looked at the jump and said “nope.”

    • @HaydenManka
      @HaydenManka 5 років тому +2

      @@moormonkey when mario becomes a teen

  • @lazarstankovic2505
    @lazarstankovic2505 5 років тому +65

    Did you know?When mini goombas attach to mario his jump is smaller.Nintendo wanted to increase his weight but that was hard on the NES,but Shigeru Miamoto stepped in and told them to just put a invisible block ontop of Mario's head

  • @ajen003
    @ajen003 5 років тому +150

    14:42 "it would actually be another year and a half until europe saws the game"
    **proceeds to show 1936 Europe map**

    • @palaceswitcher
      @palaceswitcher 4 роки тому +26

      Yeah, my great grandpa used to play Mario 3 when he was a kid.

    • @suffermore66
      @suffermore66 4 роки тому +11

      “Finally the ancient treasure chest! What the- Mario 3?!”

  • @Phobos_Anomaly
    @Phobos_Anomaly 5 років тому +337

    "As I'm sure you're aware, Mario 2 is famous for its high, high difficulty..."
    *Walks backwards directly into Piranha Plant*
    Lol
    Excellent vid!

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +34

      Haha, thank you! But yeah, maybe I should've made it less obvious that I was trying to die, haha!

    • @alienxotic5028
      @alienxotic5028 5 років тому +12

      @@ThomasGameDocs the best way is to just play the game. Lmao. This game is hard as hell

    • @suffermore66
      @suffermore66 4 роки тому +3

      “Watch-a this!”
      *Commits suicide*

  • @willmatheson
    @willmatheson 5 років тому +270

    Right after Tanooki Mario is mentioned, Raccoon Mario is shown. They are different forms. Tanooki Mario does everything Raccoon Mario does, plus one critical distinction: Tanooki can turn into an invincible immobile statue briefly.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +81

      Yeah, that's true. My original version of the script made the distinction a little clearer, but when I read it to my brother he thought when I said Racoon Mario, I just didn't know that it was called a Tanooki Suit. Because of that, I kinda smushed them into one. In retrospect though, maybe I should've kept that distinction in the video. I was under a lot of time pressure when making this video, so there's a couple of things I would change if I could go back!

    • @metaltom2003
      @metaltom2003 5 років тому +4

      This

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 5 років тому +3

      Doesn't Kirby turn into it at one point when you use the statue Rock power up

    • @risunokairu
      @risunokairu 5 років тому +5

      And Tanooki Mario can kill flames.

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 5 років тому +1

      @@risunokairu by "flames" do you mean the "lava bubbles" from mario maker?

  • @declanmoore
    @declanmoore 5 років тому +71

    4:34 "Known for its high, high difficulty."
    Walks backwards into a piranha plant.

  • @DavidWonn
    @DavidWonn 5 років тому +40

    Super Mario Bros. 3 was actually available to play in the arcades here in the States during the summer of 1989 on Play-Choice 10 machines. The machines allowed you to select from one of 10 NES games to play, but most people simply selected SMB3 for obvious reasons. The drawback was that it had a timer, forcing you to drop in another quarter every 300 seconds (5 minutes.)
    Those machines ate up a lot of my quarters that summer, but boy was it worth it to have a half year head start on the game! And when it did finally arrive the next February, I was very lucky again to get it at launch, but that’s a story for another day.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +8

      Oh, that's super interesting! Thanks for sharing that story!

    • @DavidWonn
      @DavidWonn 5 років тому +3

      As I write this, there is a 1989 version on eBay containing SMB3. Fun times indeed!

    • @rsmith02
      @rsmith02 5 років тому +3

      I went to Pizza Hut to play it.

    • @prixelderp5231
      @prixelderp5231 5 років тому +1

      YES!!!! My first time for both SMB3 and Punch Out was this in a now long gone mall. I'm old as fuck.

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/StuoKngrlX0/v-deo.html
      This has always been one of my favorite UA-cam videos, and hardly anyone has ever viewed it.
      It is a kid at a Big Y Supermarket in Massachusetts playing Mario 3 on the Playchoice-10, the Summer before it was released on NES.
      This video should have millions and millions of hits!
      (edit: unfortunately it doesn't have audio anymore, he must have hit a copyright due to the footage of riding in his grandmothers car with the radio on)

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 5 років тому +37

    1980s: We can't make another mario game that looks the same as the old one
    2019: here's a re-release of the third 2d mario game in a row that looks the exact same

  • @NonisLuck
    @NonisLuck 5 років тому +240

    Nice, the usual high quality content. I miss your ending piano, but I will survive.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +55

      Thank you! I totally understand that some people miss the ending piano by the way, but cutting that part of my videos means I can spend a lot more time on the rest of it. I would like to include more piano in the future though, like with my last video! Making a whole video themed around a song or the piano itself would let me include the piano more.

    • @Flrere
      @Flrere 4 роки тому +3

      i, however, won't

    • @caganer1753
      @caganer1753 3 роки тому

      wat

    • @NonisLuck
      @NonisLuck 3 роки тому

      @@caganer1753 Firere died

    • @deez2037
      @deez2037 3 роки тому

      FR

  • @Phobos_Anomaly
    @Phobos_Anomaly 5 років тому +27

    After having watched several of your videos, I must say I am very impressed. I watch tons and tons of Nintendo-focused UA-cam channels that produce videos about things like cut content, history of Nintendo games, Easter eggs, glitches and so forth. And I love to scour wikis, news articles, interviews and the like for more information - just for my own enjoyment.
    And yet, I've watched several of your videos discussing things I have never come across. So many of the channels I like oftentimes repeat the same information.
    IMHO, you're doing exactly what you should be doing as a content creator on UA-cam - finding things to share that no one has talked about before (or at least is hard to find other videos about) that's how you stand out and make a name for your channel.
    Better than some channels that simply wait till another uploads something new and then literally blatantly copies the info to release a new video of their own for views 😒
    I've subscribed, and I hope to see your subscriber count grow! Keep up the great work.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +8

      Thank you so much, that's so kind! My view on things is that it would just be boring, even if only for me, if I just talked about the same exact things as every other Nintendo / game dev focused channel. I mean, the video would just be pointless, in my view. And like you, I love it when I stumble across something super weird in an interview that I've never heard before! And while some of motivation is wanting my YT channel to be successful, for sure, a bigger part of it is just wanting to share that weird trivia with the world!
      Anyway, I'm rambling. Basically, your comment really flatters me and I feel honored that you feel that way about my videos. Thank you so much!

    • @Leethepiggypro
      @Leethepiggypro 3 роки тому +1

      I like how he made a long comment and you replied with a long comment

  • @jonmichaeljoshua9164
    @jonmichaeljoshua9164 5 років тому +58

    4:38
    “Mario 2 is most famous for its high high difficulty” runs into piranha for no apparent reason
    THAT WAS HARD!!

    • @pwdallies
      @pwdallies 5 років тому

      Never even noticed that, lol

  • @wookiebear514
    @wookiebear514 5 років тому +56

    Huh... Never even noticed that the SMB3 title screen even had that almost 3d effect there. Cool lol

  • @0DRONZER
    @0DRONZER 5 років тому +7

    i'm so glad that you showed smb 1 9:54 early sprites, i searched so much and i only found now

  • @thumbtak123
    @thumbtak123 5 років тому +27

    2 player version sounds fun. I have the game, but never had the chance to play it two player.

  • @enriquepinero707
    @enriquepinero707 5 років тому +3

    I love how Miyamoto pushed for coop for so long. Good local coop is an art that is lost in many in favor of online or single player. Heck, even he Switch is the completed vision of all encompassing local coop done right. Many thanks Miyamoto!

  • @lucapook2
    @lucapook2 5 років тому +8

    You got into my recommended feed and all i can say is that you deserve wayyy more subs! You put so much effort in your vids, and I appreciate it! Keep up the great work!

  • @VictorCN
    @VictorCN 5 років тому +16

    Wow! This is nice to know that at some point 2 player co-op was planned, Nice video as always.

  • @MikeB-fl4id
    @MikeB-fl4id 5 років тому +30

    That map of Europe it’s super outdated. Definitely not 1991 lol

  • @TheOnlyOriginalName
    @TheOnlyOriginalName 5 років тому +3

    Buddy, you’ve just hit the UA-cam algorithm right in the sweet spot. Your channel is about to explode into popularity. At least I can say I was here before 10k.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +1

      Haha, I feel pretty overwhelmed right now - 10,000 doesn't feel real!

    • @fruitybnnuy
      @fruitybnnuy 3 роки тому

      @@ThomasGameDocs ‼️

  • @popular_dollars
    @popular_dollars 5 років тому +46

    14:45
    bruh that's a pre-wwii map

    • @HansOilaf
      @HansOilaf 5 років тому

      xD

    • @BigDank166
      @BigDank166 4 роки тому +2

      Wii*

    • @fzr850
      @fzr850 4 роки тому +7

      @@BigDank166 wwii > World War 2

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 4 роки тому +4

      @@fzr850 it is technically a pre-Wii map too though

  • @Cute___E
    @Cute___E 5 років тому +24

    9:40
    This is the most adorable thing I have ever heard oh my god

    • @NataliasClips
      @NataliasClips 4 роки тому

      I called the original Super Mario Bros 2 the Lost Levels

    • @PaulStompbox
      @PaulStompbox 4 роки тому +1

      Reminds me of Lemmy and Ludwig's 1st place animations from Mario Kart 8, as they both do this (so adorable!). We can thank Takashi Tezuka for inspiring this!

  • @tomthroffle
    @tomthroffle 5 років тому +40

    14:42 That's not quite how Europe looked in 1990 🤔

    • @helloiamenergyman
      @helloiamenergyman 5 років тому +5

      it seems to be a map from the time between WW 1 and 2.

    • @byter9819
      @byter9819 5 років тому +1

      Same thing I thought.😂

  • @DylBro101
    @DylBro101 5 років тому +3

    “Known for its high, high difficulty”
    Runs straight into a piranha plant that was easy to see

  • @TCCO
    @TCCO 5 років тому +55

    Nice!

  • @tobias2702
    @tobias2702 5 років тому +52

    When talking about the tanooki suit, you showed racoon mario.

    • @JJourdenaisART
      @JJourdenaisART 5 років тому +1

      yup!

    • @DevynGreen5
      @DevynGreen5 5 років тому

      Seems about right

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 5 років тому +1

      it's still a tanuki. there's just tanuki _tail_ (shippo mario) and tanuki _suit_

  • @Pluike
    @Pluike 5 років тому +25

    Entertaining and high quality as always! I just wish I could've played two player Mario Bros 3 now...

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +2

      Thanks! And I totally agree - it would've been super cool to try out!

    • @ChocolateTaco221
      @ChocolateTaco221 5 років тому +3

      Closest I have ever seen was an SMBX Mario 3 mapset

  • @bahochman
    @bahochman 5 років тому +2

    Great video, thank you for sharing! In Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES, Racoon and Tanooki Mario can only fly for a short time. But did you know that if you have the P-Wing, you have a Racoon Suit with infinite flight power that you can use in one stage. If you are hit by an enemy before you finish the stage, you will lose the power. The P-Wing is a magical item that can be found in letters from the Princess when you beat certain castles and in some White Mushroom Houses. You can make the White Mushroom Houses appear by collecting the required number of coins in one stage in each World. Worlds 1, 3, 5, and 7 have hidden White Mushroom Houses which contain a P-Wing.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому

      I never knew about those white mushroom houses! I've never been very good at Mario 3 - world 4 is about my limit...

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 5 років тому +4

    9:05 Just a small correction: You showed a picture of Tanooki Mario but showed clips of _Raccon Mario._
    The Tanooki Suit (which turns Mario into Tanooki Mario) and Super Leaf (which turns Mario into Raccoon Mario) are two different power-ups. The Super Leaf is the regular power-up commonly found throughout the game, while the Tanooki Suit is a much rarer power-up. The difference between them is that the Tanooki Suit lets Mario (or Luigi) turn into a stone statue, whereas Raccoon Mario/Luigi has no such ability.

  • @Person-ig6yv
    @Person-ig6yv 5 років тому +5

    Man, I just found your channel, and your style of making videos has me hooked, keep up the good work!

  • @MsCerealCat
    @MsCerealCat 4 роки тому +5

    4:38 That's not high difficulty, that's someone's dog hitting left on the Dpad.

  • @nicks4802
    @nicks4802 3 роки тому +1

    I have some very deep memories of me and my big brother playing the bonus vs levels on SMB3…..
    For HOURSE we’d climb the ladders and chase each other around, and it would usually end in a fight over who got to win the previous bonus level.
    Whoever got that final coin was gonna get yelled at by the other lol then we’d play again.
    I really miss those days.
    I haven’t played a game with my brother in over a decade :(

  • @alepiga
    @alepiga 3 роки тому +1

    7:18 as I’m italian, I soon recognized the Super Mario World box art sold by GIG. The blue text under the Nintendo logo means: “Favolous! Explore 9 worlds and 96 different game levels!”.

  • @kingbowser4542
    @kingbowser4542 4 роки тому +3

    14:30
    "It's all Mario?"
    "Always has been."

  • @jacobhayes1305
    @jacobhayes1305 4 роки тому +1

    In the movie wizard when the kids are in the finals of the championship and fred savages characters screams out "GET THE SECRET FLUTE". How the hell did he know about the flute? They said no one had ever played the game before. That scene always pissed me off even as a little kid.

  • @thelogster8715
    @thelogster8715 5 років тому +11

    What about the versus mode in New Super Mario Bros. DS? I know it’s not the main story, but you can still be in the same level at the same time.

  • @Rafaelnewyorkcity
    @Rafaelnewyorkcity 5 років тому +1

    The music on this show is part of what makes it so amazing.

  • @nerdalicious2347
    @nerdalicious2347 5 років тому +5

    12:38 Funny that's John Stossel from the 1988 20/20 report on why the NES craze was going on

  • @10DollarAssassin
    @10DollarAssassin 3 роки тому +2

    14:35 imagine being on a spaceship and you suddenly hear millions of people shouting ‘Mario’ and a giant Mario face made of people

  • @Duran12617
    @Duran12617 5 років тому +1

    14:16 HOLY CRAP I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS COMMERCIAL SINCE CHILDHOOD. MY ENTIRE BODY IS GOOSEBUMPS.

  • @GordieKat
    @GordieKat 5 років тому +2

    Almost every sequel to every game ever is programmed from the ground up, instead of just editing the original, and Super Mario Bros 3 very possibly started this concept.

  • @MrWayneDX
    @MrWayneDX 5 років тому +1

    I’m new here but by far you deserve way more subscribers. Your content quality is WAYYYY too high for where you are now. It’s amazing. Keep it up. I’ve already recommended you to a few friends of mine.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому

      Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!

  • @the-NightStar
    @the-NightStar 5 років тому +18

    I really don't understand why people keep saying that The Wizard was nothing but a commercial for Mario 3. It was barely even in 5 minutes of the movie. Universal Studios and even The Power Glove got more screen time than Mario 3 did. 80% of the movie is taken up with a road trip between 3 kids. Video games are merely a side-element and Super Mario Bros 3 was unveiled as a preview of the game, yes, but it was only mentioned at the very end, and like I said, got 5 minutes of screen time at best. It was a last minute product placement during the climax of the movie, it wasn't the entire thing.
    Also, you're wrong about the development of Mario 2. Doki Doki Panic WAS originally developed as a Mario game. It was CHANGED mid-development to have the branding of a world's fair type event in Japan called the Yume Kojo reskinned onto this Mario game that was already in development. After the Yume Kojo event came and gone, Super Mario Bros 2 was released in the US as the original form that it was in before the Yume Kojo event and the Arabian themed mascots of the event were put into it, and then later that original game was also released in Japan later as Super Mario USA.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +9

      I wasn't giving my personal opinion on the movie, just documenting what some people thought of it. From the trailer, it looks pretty entertaining to me personally!
      Also, as for Mario 2/Doki Doki Panic - from what I've read, it WAS originally going to be a Mario game yes, but only very early on in development. The mechanic of picking up and throwing players was designed to be used in a Mario game, but Miyamoto felt that it wasn't very fun so the idea was put on hold. Then later, Fuji Television approached Nintendo suggesting the companies do a game based around Yume Kojo, and Nintendo decided to take another look at the dropped prototype, turning it into what eventually became Doki Doki Panic. If this is true, then by the time Kondo wrote the music, it was almost certainly in its Doki Doki Panic form.
      I haven't extensively researched the game's history or anything, but that's what I understand from a little reading here and there.

    • @joekenorer
      @joekenorer 5 років тому

      The Wizard did reveal to me and my brother where to find the the first whistle. They didn't show it exactly in the film, but it was enough that we were like "wtf he went out of the screen!".
      We bought Mario 3 just after it was released by picking up aluminum cans off the side of the road and recycling them.

    • @rsmith02
      @rsmith02 5 років тому +1

      Well, Mario 3 was why we watched that (disturbing) movie.

  • @bnmc
    @bnmc 5 років тому +1

    How do you have only 14k subs? This is higher quality content than most other channels I watch on UA-cam! You deserve much more, I think a lot of people (including myself) will want to keep coming back for more.

  • @samanthashelly8093
    @samanthashelly8093 5 років тому +12

    Whoa wait what, this video only has 1.5 k views?? How the hell does that work? This is way too high quality for that

  • @Anthon1996
    @Anthon1996 5 років тому +1

    10:55 When Nintendo of America declined localizing The Lost Levels, they requested a new, more player-friendly Mario game in its stead. So the team in Japan started work on a prototype that emphasized vertical scrolling and picking up and stacking objects (plus two player co-op), but they decided to suspend development when they couldn't come up with ways to make it fun. They bought back the project when Fuji TV told them to make a game featuring the mascots for their Yume Kojo '87 event (hence the supertitle), so they went and made a game out of that prototype. So yes, it was originally meant to be a Mario game.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому

      Yes, that's true, actually! By the time Kondo wrote the music, the game would've already become Doki Doki Panic, but I should probably have better explained the whole Mario into Doki Doki Panic into Mario process a little better.

  • @PunsandPixels
    @PunsandPixels 3 роки тому +1

    Oh my gosh!! I remember that movie the wizard!! I had totally forgotten about it

  • @ShadowWolfe
    @ShadowWolfe 5 років тому +1

    Miyamoto was relentless with his ideas, I applaud him for sticking with them.

  • @jetfromgladiators7382
    @jetfromgladiators7382 5 років тому +1

    Man, I remember having to wait SO patiently for this game to hit the UK.
    But it was worth the wait.

  • @_Tzer
    @_Tzer 5 років тому +7

    you forgot about mario 64 miamoto tried to make that 2 player aswell

  • @astraquila702
    @astraquila702 4 роки тому

    Just thinking you re one of the best game doc youtubers out there, and got your community rising in an astonishing speed.
    Godspeed

  • @SeveredLegs
    @SeveredLegs 5 років тому +8

    There's a rom hack that allows 2-player simultaneous playing on SMB1.

  • @alex.s5300
    @alex.s5300 5 років тому +4

    I really like the style of your videos
    Your videos are really awesome, continue the good work 👍

  • @Outside998
    @Outside998 5 років тому +1

    I never expected a T-Square mention. Awesome.

  • @DeAthWaGer
    @DeAthWaGer 5 років тому

    1.7 billion dollars is the stat from almost a decade ago, and doesn't include Virtual Console sales since 2011. The 17 million copies also INCLUDES bundled ones that came with the later NES systems, which may not even be part of the sales. Great video!

  •  5 років тому +7

    Wait, there have been platformers with simultaneous multiplayer on NES and SNES, but not from Nintendo?

    • @PhoenixSplash
      @PhoenixSplash 5 років тому +1

      Ninja crusaders comes to mind.

    • @DoomKid
      @DoomKid 5 років тому

      Kirby on SNES supports a second player as well, similar to how Tails works in sonic 2

    • @camsterasmar975
      @camsterasmar975 5 років тому

      I remember playing a Blues Brothers game in co-op mode. I can’t remember if it was in Blues Brothers or not but I’ve seen two different co-op styles. One where the further ahead player couldn’t progress if the player behind was too far behind as the screen wouldn’t scroll if it meant losing the behind player and another where the screen did scroll and the behind player had to try to catch up while continuing through the level but without seeing where they were going as the screen followed the leading player.

  • @araigumakiruno
    @araigumakiruno 5 років тому +3

    When you mention Super Mario Bros. 3,you must say *WHAT A GAME* afterwards and it making me uncomfortable

  • @Giannithegreatest
    @Giannithegreatest 7 місяців тому +1

    9:06 Thomas: Tanooki Suit. Captions: Racoon Suit.

  • @digitaldefault191
    @digitaldefault191 5 років тому +1

    There should be a movie about Nintendo's history.
    Something like that Steve Jobs movie on how he started Apple.

  • @nickfarace9339
    @nickfarace9339 5 років тому

    Fucking hell, seeing that commercial again gave me chills and a tear. I will never forget being a kid and so desperately wanting that game. I went to a local rental store every day trying to grab one of the copies before someone else did, and it took like a month and the cashier finally feeling bad enough to hold on to it for me to snag it. I don't remember when we finally were able to buy it, but yeah. The hype was so real back then.
    I definitely saw The Wizard in theaters too and it definitely was the most effective ad.

    • @LimeLoaf
      @LimeLoaf 3 роки тому

      Cashier is the chad

  • @TimeXD_
    @TimeXD_ 3 роки тому

    Kondo: so which piece of music should we use?
    Miyamoto & Tezuka: both. Both is good

  • @Crazy_Caleb
    @Crazy_Caleb 3 роки тому +3

    hhhmmm, hardware shortage...sounds familiar

  • @pepebroccolo6728
    @pepebroccolo6728 5 років тому +4

    7:17 why is the box in italian?! XD

  • @ExperienceExplosion
    @ExperienceExplosion 5 років тому

    15:28 the third sprite is used, there are very rare situations where Mario can pick up a hammer suit while sliding. When this happens, Mario doesn't go into the shell but instead slides.

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 5 років тому +3

    Their golden triangle?
    You mean, their Tri-force?
    *Ba-dump, tish!*

  • @imperiallarch7610
    @imperiallarch7610 5 років тому

    It's funny because as a little kid I was convinced that I had once played a Mario game with two-player simultaneous co-op, but obviously nobody knew what I was talking about when I tried asking about it because there wasn't one. I don't know where I got the idea, but it's interesting that the designers really wanted to include it.

  • @christopherbrasher433
    @christopherbrasher433 4 роки тому +1

    Man, could y'all imagine, Mario, being named something else?
    *It would be like "Isssa Me, Daryl"*

  • @intel386DX
    @intel386DX 5 років тому +9

    they delayed Mario, 3 because there was no Mario 2 released yet outside Japan :D

    • @DoctorPorkenfries
      @DoctorPorkenfries 5 років тому

      They could have rebranded it as Mario 2 for the rest of the world if they wanted.

    • @intel386DX
      @intel386DX 5 років тому

      @@DoctorPorkenfries hah just like Final Fantasy series, no thanks hahah

    • @mattfahringer148
      @mattfahringer148 5 років тому +1

      @@intel386DX that confused me as a kid when when got FF3 over here just to be told that it was really FF4 in Japan.

    • @intel386DX
      @intel386DX 5 років тому

      @@mattfahringer148 haha yes, and when FF7 come they just sad "fuck it it will be 7 here as well" hahah :D so FF 1, 2, 3 and ... 7 :D

  • @oscarm1258
    @oscarm1258 5 років тому +2

    Thankfully for Super Mario Maker 2, they added multiplayer for different game style from past mario game.

  • @TheFallen6
    @TheFallen6 3 роки тому +1

    Me when super Mario maker 2 came out: I WANT IT!
    Now:Hmmmm I will play this later

  • @rediculousman
    @rediculousman 5 років тому +4

    I thought Mario Bros 2 was the one where they were in a dream and the lost levels was something different again

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 3 роки тому

      I believe the Lost Levels were sold as Mario Bros 2 in Japan.
      Which is pretty nuts when you think about it, considering how averse they became to releasing two games that were too similar. I mean that's still their go-to excuse for no new F-Zero games, that they don't know "anything new" they could do with it. We don't need anything new! We just want more F-Zero!

    • @BigFunnyGiant
      @BigFunnyGiant 3 роки тому

      The Mario Bros 2 you are thinking of was adapted for the US because they thought the game that was released In Japan would be too hard for American audiences. So they adapted an entirely different game into a Mario game. Lost Levels was the original Mario 2. The one you’re thinking of was also mentioned in this video.

  • @any13th
    @any13th 5 років тому +4

    I recommend doing a Pokemon video. The recent controversy over the national dex has sparked some curiosity into the development of the Pokemon games, so I think there can’t be a better time to do so.

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  5 років тому +1

      Hmm, I have quite a lot of videos in the works so I'm not sure if that would be possible. The Pokemon thing is definitely interesting though - I've been following it on Reddit a little.

    • @any13th
      @any13th 5 років тому

      Well, thanks for considering , and I'll look forward to the bunch of videos you got anyways.
      Also just noticed this video did really well, hope you hit 10K soon.

  • @TerryTettey
    @TerryTettey 5 років тому

    Id honestly rather watch this channel other than anything Game Theory is pushing out these days. Very good quality content. Keep it Up!! :D

  • @popixel
    @popixel 2 роки тому

    I like how Mario died, in what it looked like as an intentional act, when you talked about the difficulty of Mario 2.

  • @Not_Ice_S
    @Not_Ice_S 5 років тому +2

    Shigero miamoto be like
    Can we do multi player yet?
    For a reaaaaaally long time

  • @ThePonyWithoutAName
    @ThePonyWithoutAName 5 років тому

    I think you're going to go big. You're well informed about what you talk about and you have a nice voice to boot.

  • @PeachSSGSS
    @PeachSSGSS 5 років тому +3

    You should do an Animal Crossing history video! With Thomas's calm voice, it would be amazing!

  • @achachak133
    @achachak133 5 років тому +1

    Your channel is gaining subscribers fast and you earn it!

  • @fan0
    @fan0 2 роки тому

    4:33 "As I am sure you are aware, Mario 2 is hard"
    *Proceeds to run into piranha plant for no reason*

  • @kingofflames738
    @kingofflames738 3 роки тому

    I remember buying a sketchy multi game card in Turkey with 720 games. The first 24 were actually good games like SM64DS, Pokémon Heartgold and Soulsilver, a Mystery Dungeon game, Bowsers inside Story, etc. Among the first 24 was also a game called New Super Mario Bros 3. I didn't know what romhacks were at the time and was incredibly happy that I might be in possession of a prototype. It's a shame the card is dead because the romhack was actually pretty good.

  • @michellec4061
    @michellec4061 5 років тому +1

    I’m loving your videos! They’re so easy to watch, and not to mention interesting. 🤗

  • @DunceDog63
    @DunceDog63 4 роки тому

    “For it’s high, high difficulty.” Walks into piranha plant on purpose

  • @bobbleton6517
    @bobbleton6517 3 роки тому

    Around the time of this game, I was still shitting in diapers, but I was also slowly learning how to hold a controller thanks to my 2 older brothers. This game, along with the first and the somewhat questionable part 2, were some of my first games ever. I'm glad Miyamoto pushed to achieve as much as he could, because I'm pretty sure that's what made the game what it is!

  • @kevinm.5951
    @kevinm.5951 5 років тому +1

    8:15 A bit of a correction for New Super Mario Bros DS.
    Although the main game does not support 2 players.
    Nintendo did add a dedicated 2 player mode which saw you collecting stars in a very small stage that loops.
    You could also play this 2 player mode even if only one person owned the game thanks to DS Download Play and I guess...RAM optimization.

  • @AstralStriderZ
    @AstralStriderZ 5 років тому

    15:25 Well, you can slide downhill while using the Hammer Bros. Suit, but you have to grab the powerup while already sliding to see this specific sprite for the duration of the slide. After that, you're unable to do it again unless you repeat the process...

  • @spinegun
    @spinegun 4 роки тому +1

    2 Players..?
    NINTENDO REMOVED ANOTHER MULTIPLAYER
    *sad Luigi 64 noises*

  • @jordanriley5556
    @jordanriley5556 2 роки тому

    The Wii was the first console I ever played on and as soon as I saw the beginning I was hit with a nostalgia wave

  • @cubedude8690
    @cubedude8690 3 роки тому +1

    Fun fact: there was a unused 2 player mode in luigi's mansion too, hidden in the files!

  • @ellyzesavagebanana
    @ellyzesavagebanana 4 роки тому +1

    The Wizard is such a lovely movie, Jimmy is just the cutest little guy I've ever seen in a movie before and it's sad how- wait, sorry, no spoilers!

  • @nickz1lla
    @nickz1lla 5 років тому

    It sucks how underrated your channel is

  • @starfrost6816
    @starfrost6816 5 років тому

    in addition to SMB3, Mario World, and NSMBDS, they also tried it with Mario 64, and apparently had it playable for a bit, but the level geometry would have to be massively simplified to make it run good on n64 hardware, so they scrapped it.

  • @jonathangoodman9089
    @jonathangoodman9089 3 роки тому

    "Shortage of memory chips has industry scrambling"
    Sounds like a headline from late 2020/ early 2021.

  • @TeacherGus
    @TeacherGus 5 років тому

    I foresee this channel growing BIG in the next months.

  • @brandonconnell2598
    @brandonconnell2598 3 роки тому

    i haven't watched the wizard in so long but it was one of my favorite movies i completely forgot it existed until i watched this

  • @snoopandwoodstock3965
    @snoopandwoodstock3965 3 роки тому +1

    If Mario bros 3 let you play 2 player together imagine how much better it could’ve sold

  • @bud9450
    @bud9450 5 років тому

    I love how The Wizard movie trailer's tone is opposite of the actual movie😂
    Great vid!👍👏

  • @quedtion_marks_kirby_modding
    @quedtion_marks_kirby_modding 5 років тому +11

    14:42, hmmmmmmm, i think there is something wrong with that map.
    Look carefuly austria and Albania may disapear.

  • @maple2441
    @maple2441 5 років тому +1

    who hasn’t heard of takashi tezuka, he’s a huge part of all of this

  • @reper2976
    @reper2976 3 роки тому +2

    @Thomas Game Docs You know so much about Nintendo it’s almost as if you work for Nintendo!