A Brief Moment of Meaning in Mario 64
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
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This video discusses Super Mario 64's usage of a somersault animation plus the starting camera angle in each level in order to convey information about the level to the player, including a general "ludic arc" that suggests how players will eventually traverse the 3D environment that each level entails. - Ігри
holy shit you can go in the paintings?
Holy Shit, there’s paintings?
Omg what's a painting???
Damn, you can do something ?
I got stuck at the flying camera turtle who stopped me in my tracks when I tried to get into the castle.
i thought the whole game was about shaping mario's face
Like Mr. Plinkett says "you didn't notice, but your brain did"
Mario 64 might be the most “magical” game in the series. I love it
really good analysis, it's remarkable how much forethought was put into SM64 for such an early entry in a genre
I noticed that Mario still does the somersault in Super Mario Sunshine. Same with Galaxy on landing.
Hell, in Galaxy, he even let's out a little "yeah" when he lands.
Art and video games are my two favorite things! A series where you looked at how art history can contribute to the meaning of mario 64 would be amazing!
Nintendo’s reason for adding the summersault: we thought it looked cool 👍
If summersaults are so good, why isn't there wintersaults or autumnsaults huh?
@@amacsizbirkisiand you can't forget about springsaults
@@polokus_and not to mention bath salts 🤤
Great video, I loved that you noticed the meaning behind the level intros. As soon as you illustrated that it became obvious, my subconscious has always noticed it but I’ve never been overtly aware that there was any meaning to those different entrances. there’s one prevailing reason that the game holds up so well after all these years, and despite the game having countless fantastic design elements, it’s the movement-physics and sense of kinetics that the game just f’n nailed so hard. That’s really what blew our minds back then, Mario 64’s controls and physics were a big leap forward.
Nintendo is always innovating and always making the most of their substantial talent.
This is my absolute favorite video of yours, Malrose! Absolutely genius the both of you, you and Nintendo.
I first watched it while drinking water, and then proceeded to go to bed very early; a wonderful evening of decisive peace.
Super Mario 64, or as I call it, Soup 64, is our forever-game, and it's like the Tower of London; every inch is rich in significance. And its battling the darkness of nihilism while in the liminal.
yea this game is so amazing, its just genius. Cant get over how quickly nintendo nailed the 3d platformer. many modern renditions dont even come close to this and this was back in the late 90s.
I feel like modern games take for granted that people understand 3d space in video games and just skip the hidden wisdom of guided design.
sm64 was a great step foward and well yeah revolutionary but i feel like sunshine, galaxy and odyssey overall improved the 3d mario formula even if they also have their own share of problems like 64
there's not a perfect 3d mario game yet which means there's no such thing as best 3d mario game
Bro, I'm like 4 minutes into this video, i just wanna say you talk abt an elegant dance like quality w/mario 64's gameplay, you got an elegant dance like quality with words. It's really refreshing to see a video essayist not try do a bunch of essayisms to 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 smart, and instead just do well with using brevity/not overcomplicating shit, but yet keep an intellectually stimulating the manner of speech in tact, i fwt. It's ballsy to let a script speak for itself and not bombard with adhd style editing nowadays too, keep going. Subbed.
Off topic, but I think now’s the best time to become a UA-camr, long form and thoughtful content is beggining to make a comeback
This was super powerful! Sometimes limitations spark creativity, like the devs and the level intros. Wet Dry world was very deep.
Biiiiig stretch, but I'm happy you're writing and publishing things you care about!
Great! That contrast in level entrances between the paintings and Bowser's worlds was very compelling.
I didn't know jumping higher or lower into wet/dry world altered the start.
Pretty sure it might also be a safeguard so that Mario never clips through the ground while spawning into a level. (Something even modern game engines still struggle with.)
i've kept getting recommended this by the alg and finally bit. way different and more interesting video than i expected by the title
When Malmrose uploads it’s a good day
That's such an unusual thing to think about and analyze, but I kinda dig it
mario also falls when he drops into the vanish cap switch course, does a somersault as he phases into the fly cap stage, and does a somersault when he drops into hazy maze cave.
this doesnt really connect to the themes of the vid, i just got curious and had to find out
Japanese devs 20 years ago:
"We should have Mario do a flip when he goes into a level, that'd be cool."
The average UA-cam video now:
I also like the silly ‘fwoosh’ sound it makes as Mario spins
You can simplify this whole video like this:
>You see a painting
>Painting seems to have a certain thing
>jump onto painting
>teleport into a world inside a painting
>you see in the world the said thing that you saw it drawn in the painting
Can you look at the meaning in Mirrors Edge?
I shit myself at 1:02, but I didn’t change my diapie until it was over. Great video.
Lovely video!
Great video, love Mario 64 and how much people still get out of the game is crazy.
From one videoman to another, a quick tip: whatever you're using to record, be it a mic or your phone, wrap a sock or two around it. Easy pop filter that'll cut out unsightly pops and air hitting the mic.
i was using a pop filter, i guess it might not be as strong as i was hoping, ill see abt fixing that
this shit is fire
nice video
any music soon?
working on stuff, gonna be a while tho
Great video! I never even thought about the somersaults at all :P
Btw, if you are alright with my asking, what are your pronouns?
they/them p much exclusively
Oh, thanks, Tony. I'll remember that this is your gender, Malmrose. I think that in my warmth I have a tendency to assume a gender.
This could easily be a TikTok or YT reel
I never realized the importance of the somersaults but as a kid I did notice how the Bowswer levels and the secret stages dropped you in with a different animation. Great video and great analysis.