Hands down, the Nintendo systems were the best things of my childhood. Growing up mostly poor, working from the age of 5 on the road with my Pops on a carnival, I didn't have too much to look forward to, possession wise. My dad made sure that every year, every birthday and Christmas, I had some new videogame or the new Nintendo as it as it came out. This is the first year without my Pops, as he died from Covid complications on Fathers Day. The holidays are coming up quick, and nothing brings back the happier times than thinking back to my Pops--having busted his ass to obtain whatever Nintendo product was available--watching me play. Super Mario World was one that he himself picked up, time and time again. The game holds a pretty special place in my heart. Those were good moments.
Hey my name's John also so that drew my eye to this comment. Can't believe the pandemic situation has lasted so long. Although it seems like it's finally slowing down a bit. Its been a year since this comment and i hope you're doing well.
I hope you still have that game since it held so many great memories surrounding it. Sorryt for your loss I have great memories of my dad and Lionel electric trains he got for me in 70 71.
Sorry to hear that. I'm from a working class background without a lot of money but in a stable situation. My grandpa also built a house from the mid 60s on. He died last October. My classmates often thought my parents must have much money. But we (my older brother and me) didn't. We just saved money on other things and our relatives gave us money or games of our wishes on holidays.
Thank you. The main reason for that is because especially in this case, some ads have dates. So for everyone who was here especially before 11/21 they could see that and kind of replicate the feeling of what it was like back then. Thanks for watching 🦖
Ya know, it's sad even when commercials and ads start to go downhill, too, like everything on TV and in gaming. Never lose your sense of youth, people; otherwise, you become a cranky old person reminiscing on the past, clinging to it like a bad tune.
I got the NES at 6, in 86 for my birthday. It is probably the best memory of my life. I freaked out, I couldn't comprehend how amazing it was to have this boz with this SMB game. Such powerful memories and times.
Yes, 30yrs ago was indeed 1990, and that is 30yrs since super Mario world, Yoshi first appeared in that game, 30 years ago, meaning Yoshi is 30yrs old, and has been around for 30yrs. They should be celebrating his 30yr birthday as he is now 30 as that's when he first appeared, in 1990, because that's how long he has been around for.
I remember when I first got a snes.i was 7 or 8 years old and I woke up and my mother and sister had hooked it up for me with the game in the slot.i was so immersed in this game.i most likely played this game more than any other game I ever played by far.cant believe it's been so long.super mario world will always hold a special place in my heart forever.
Ironic that the gap between both games release was so small. When we were young, one year felt like 3 years. Now for me, 10 years felt like yesterday. Excellent video!!
@@famousbowl9926 When I got my NES a year was like 1/10th of my life. Today a year is closer to 1/50th. This difference profoundly influences my perception of time. Is that what you are getting at?
I was born right at the very end of the SNES era so I didn't own a SNES or SMW as a kid but I did enjoy the game through the Super Mario Advance release on GBA and to this day it's still my favorite 2D mainline Mario game.
I still remember getting a Super Nintendo, just few days after it was released. It was sold with Super Mario World included. I have spend the previous years playing on the NES... When I started Super Mario World for the first time, it was a slap in my face! It was magic... First level I play, there was those gigantic Banzai Bill!! I was able to find 95 exits out of the 96 by myself. I was so frustrated I couldn't find the last one (it was one of the last Ghost Houses) I had to look in a magazine for the solution. What a game...
Oh yea, that was actually the worst part of the game to me, i hate ghost houses, even though graphically they were probably the best. Thanks for watching! 🦖
That last ghost house secret exit is legendarily difficult to find...and even if you do find it, you have to hope you get the coin chain correct to get up there
I was born in 1990. My mom got my dad a snes with Super Mario World included in 1995 because it was all the rage. My dad despises video games. However, I picked up on the action real quick with my cousins. Next, came super Mario kart and donkey Kong. Followed by super Mario all stars. Thanks for making the video. Super nostalgic. I still have my system and games, along with n64 and Wii U.
I was 1 year old and we had a Super Famicom with Super Mario World and Super Metroid. My mom would let me watch as she played, and as I got older, migrated to America, and with the help of my brothers, finally started playing games myself. Super Mario World is a game I always go return to. Always brings me back to more humbling and simpler times.
Best Mario game ever. No other Mario game ever allowed you to have a cape that can fly unlimited time and you can ride and take Yoshi after you finish the course. AFTER you FINISH the course you get to keep and RIDE the Yoshi you got in a level. Really think about that! Not one other game allowed that and it's 2020!!!!
I think there were mods made that let you take a Yoshi from level to level on later Mario games. Not to mention cheat device codes. There are even mods to New Super Mario Bros. Wii that made you play AS Yoshi. It's a bit weird to see a Yoshi riding on the back of another Yoshi, but you could imagine it as a "tag team" effect.
Most excellent video Sir!!! The Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario World had a few changes, main one being Luigi now had his own sprite, rather than just being a re-colour of Mario this time!
@@GTV-Japan Thanks, yeah UA-cam decided not to notify me when you had a new video up >.> BTW I got Mario 3 at launch in the UK, well, my Mum did as I was at school, But no problems getting it here. Then again it didn't come out till 1991 here either.
Wow cool! I had it “day one” here. It was not February 90 but I called every toy store literally every day for 6 months and asked if they had Mario 3 this was about October 89- April 90 when one store finally said yes we have it I almost said ok and hung up out of habit.
@@Larry I also got super Mario 2 on day one. That was the first or second weekend of October 88. We just happened to be in the store as they were putting it out and like lightning they were all gone as fast as they came. I remember clearly it was October 88 because that night I had to leave for a boy scout fall jamboree and we had patches with that said October 88 on them so I always called it the Mario 2 weekend. Oh and none of the kids there believed I had a copy of Mario 2
i don't think kids today will quite grasp the advancements in console content. kids who grew up with xbox and later consoles will pretty much see similar graphics as time goes on, just more refined and higher resolution. for us in the 80s going into the 90s, we went from literal limited pixels and pallets and grinding square waves (chip tunes) to some really fancy visuals and SFX/BGM with the SNES. we all love the music in mario 3 on the NES, but for us to be presented for the first time ever with the castle music in Mario World (the bass lines) and the boomy sfx, was nothing short of breathtaking. we were wow'd by pilot wings, sim city, ghouls n ghosts, castlevania etc... that kind of experience will never be experienced by anyone again. when i went from KH2 on PS2 to KH3 on xbox x, the wow factor wasn't as dramatic, still impressed, but nothing close to how i felt going from NES to SNES.
Honestly I see no need to go beyond PS3 and modern games just look like a Pixar movie not a game. The on screen colors multiplied by 10-20-50 times over with a new generation and it was amazing! But these days. No more. Thanks for watching 🦖
I don't know if I've commented this in the past but I absolutely love the way you do your ad placements. I have premium so I don't get the ads the same way but the overall feel of the way you place the cards and actual topic-relevant advertisements in there too are top notch. What makes it so good is you use the breaks as natural topic jumps and it all just works. I hate nothing more than having actual content interrupted by an ad but since you build around them and place them logically it's really nice. Your channel is criminally underrated and as such one I recommend to everyone I know that likes stuff like this and its the attention to detail like that that is why I do. You're fantastic. Seriously. Great video like always.
Thank you! If there is ever an ad mid-video, it means google put it there and I didn’t know it. I used to be a TV director actually and I guess it's just a natural urge. I think to actually stop the video and take a break helps divide up long videos into topics, I always write videos in outline first, so each break starts a new roman numeral. I also think for the viewer it's good to switch it up because people's attentions naturally go up and down. After each fake ad break I lay 3 seconds of black and if you see a youtube ad, it looks very smooth. Thanks for watching! It means a lot 🦖
@@GTV-Japan Hey, that's cool kinda cool. I used to be a TV director too. Maybe that's why my attention goes to how well you do that kind of thing. Anyway, I think your channel is fantastic, you put so much effort into your videos and it shows.
Yeah the breaks makes his videos almost seem like a TV produced video and not a UA-cam video, theres something familiar and nostalgic about this format that I dearly missed
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I have loved lots of consoles over the years, but I've never had as much affection for one as I do the SNES. Just such a landmark machine that felt like really moved gaming forwards. And it had such an amazing library of games that made me realise that games could do more than I had thought possible. I had really enjoyed many games before, but none immersed me in the game like all the great adventure and RPG games. Its even better now that we can access the Japan only releases with translations. I've recently been playing the fairly new translations for Ganbare Goemon 2 and 3. It's fantastic getting to enjoy these games. I still play SNES at least a couple of times each week.
I like how the video felt like an actual TV program with the little title cards placed before and after the little clips of SMW commercials. It's a nice touch to the video!
Thanks I’m glad you liked that. Kids shows in japan have commercial breaks that are only about the show. So like if you watch Pokémon the ads are for Pokémon toys snacks and games. Nothing else. So I tried to carry I’ve that feeling. Thanks for watching 🦖
SMB3 is characterized by freewheeling creativity. World rests on its laurels more. It's just comfortable. It's comfortable with itself and it's comfortable to play. Even all the music being variations on a single theme contributes to this comfortable, stable feeling. SMB3 will blow you away, but World just feels like home. I prefer the latter.
I agree with this statement! But looking back now, even by Mario World, the concept of how Mario or any game series should exist was not yet "set" There just had not been enough time to allow for enough games to build up a standard of rules that each game will follow. If you look at the NEW Mario series, they are all essentially the same, but nowadays we are fine with that. Thanks for watching! 🦖
World is not the most consistent feeling SMB, the ghost houses are more like a puzzle with extremely annoying enemies than a simple course from point A to point B and I don't like this format. I think Yoshi's Island was more comfy, it had a better balance between variation and consistency.
I'll never forget the first time I saw Super Mario World in a gaming magazine and was absolutely confounded by the weird tomato looking Goombas. The article even said "we'll have all the juicy details" and somehow my mind connected the dots that he would be fighting vegetables in the game. I still don't get why they changed the overall look of the most iconic mook and then just changed it back the second they had another game that used the characters. I know now that they're technically different characters, sure. Also, the grainy, ultra-bright pictures made it look like swimming Mario was actually riding a little boat. I'll always in the back of my mind be a little disappointed that Mario wasn't fighting salad monsters in his little tugboat when I finally got to play the game.
I always felt the same, why are they so round? they are mushrooms!!! it was weird. I thought the dry bones were the most detailed enemy, too Thanks for watching! 🦖
And a lot of them they changed back. I will never understand the round Goombas or rather Galoombas. I guess they just wanted to change the squishy, mushroom like Goombas that you stomp on to something you carry and throw like a Koopa shell. Seems in recent years they decided to make them a different species. Then they were never seen again until some more recent games because squishy Goombas are more iconic to the game series.
I remember thinking woah this game looks 3d from magazine pics, i guess all the shading that we didnt get on NES made it look 3d in comparison. Definitely 16bit next gen graphics.
Excellent video, thank you. I remember on Super Mario Bros 3 crouching down on the white block that put you behind the scenery to obtain a warp whistle - This absolutely blew me away at 11 years of age.
I still remember unwrapping an SNES on Christmas Day. Super Mario World is one of the greatest games ever made. Mario Kart as well. Thanks for the memories.
I loved playing this game. SMW still feels like a game that would come out today with it's bright colors and spectacular music. Truly one of the GREATEST games on the SNES/SFC!
My favorite Mario of all time, amazing job. I only miss a mention of how super Mario World keeps very alive nowadays thanks to the speedrun community and some bootlegs, such as Kaizo Mario World that added new the ways of being played, revolutioning the classic gameplay, even inspiring the creation of Super Mario Maker.
This game truly encapsulates the snes era. I still play through this game once a year. Have ever since it came out. I literally build emulation boxes just so I always have access to this game on modern displays/hardware. As close to a perfect game as I've ever seen.
All I can say is that is great news for us sentimental old fools. Emulation is close enough as it stands right now, but not quite the same a lot of times.
a local video store imported the Sumer Famicon with SMW, F-Zero and Final Fight and would rent the whole package at $25 for three days. Me and three of my friends would have a phone chain system so we were the only ones who rented it
Ha ha ha that's great! I always wondered how much money stores made from game rentals. I guess at 25 for 3 days, you only have to rent it 8/9 times to make a profit, but that would take a month. If each game is $2 a night you'd need to rent it 20-25 times to break even, so I wonder how it all worked. I guess they made money because rentals were around for a while. After you could get used games for $5-10 I stopped renting. Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
I still get chills when I hear the ending theme of SMW. This was probably one of the very first video games I ever played, and hearing the music and seeing the iconic stylized artwork of SMW transports me back in time to when I was a little kid in the early 90s, discovering a mind-blowing world of technology and entertainment that would forever change my life.
The ending theme really has such a satisfying feel to it. Emotional, but complete. It feels like the journey is ending and we all witnessed a wonderful quest full of magic. As a 6 year old this was priceless.
Great video. For me personally, as a 2000's kid, I don't have much nostalgia bias toward either SMB3 or SMW. My favorite of the two is SMB3. I personally enjoy the art-style a lot more than World's, and the shorter level length helps give the game a faster feeling pace. I also like the greater variety in what's presented. All just my preferences, of course.
@@tixmctivy Shut the frick up. Just because SMB3 improved more it means it's the better game? That's not how it works. SMW has way better level design, better ost, alot more exploration, and of course Yoshi. It's the better game.
Incredible retrospective. I have always thought the other retrospectives capped at 15 mins were not long enough. One hour felt like a dream! Thank you so much for such a deep retrospective on the most perfect game ever created on my fav system ever.
Thanks! The goal was 1 hour and I got to 58 minutes so I guess that’s ok. The goal was to make the ultimate Mario world video and I hope you liked it. Thanks for watching on November 21!! 🦖
This is by faaar the best video about Super Mario World! It has everything: The information, the narrative, a clear and friendly voice, the visuals, the music, the exctracs from gameplays, even the full TV spots from those years! and the list goes on... GTV Japan thank you for this masterpiece, you took me back to those colorful and funny 90's years! 🍄🦖
I'll never forget opening up a SNES with Super Mario World on Christmas morning. Any time I jump back into this game, it takes me right back to those good old days! An absolute classic!!
The video is so nicely done that I watched it several times to catch up with all the details. As you said about Super Mario World, the replay-ability also applies to this video. Congratulations on your good work!
Man ... excellent video, the comparison with the colors at the end with Mario in his most powerful version with Yoshi!!!, BAM!!. Thanks for your time for making this special, gracias.
Funny about that comparison between World and 3, I'd argue that Mario 3 is a much more graphically impressive game. It really shows how well the developers knew the hardware and how to squeeze it's visual limits to the max. Everything feels so carefully laid out with it's colours and palette usage. World on the other hand really shows how the developers didn't really know what to do with the almost endless amount of colours the new system allowed for, making some really questionable decisions like Yoshi's orange arms. While I think the graphic design of the world and it's inhabitants in SMW is super solid, it just doesn't translate to the pixel art in the game itself, making it the uglier game.
That's a good argument. I think the jump to 16-bit and the graphical arms race made 8-bit feel outdated fast. though you're right, and I did say it, the best SNES games came later and the first games for anything rarely beat what comes later when people can max the machine out. Thanks for watching! 🦖
Or after 50 years we will felt like old, BTW i can’t believe i was already felt myself old once the snes was 20 years, heck i remember the 20th anyversarry of the snes like it was 10 seconds ago.
I'm more of a 3D Mario guy, but damn, this video was a real treat, and honestly the definitive Super Mario World video I'll ever see. What a fantastic compilation of the game's development, release, merchandise and legacy. Great work as always!
@@GTV-Japan One thing I've come to realise is to never doubt the importance that the SNES still has to this day. Not sure how common this is, but my first Mario was All-Stars - the best of all worlds!
@@GTV-Japan Even now it's a pretty impressive package - 4 games remade, including 1 that hadn't been released outside of Japan before. It even puts modern Nintendo to shame with how they've been handling re-releases..
I remember when I was living in the projects back in the day, we had a game room. Inside a cabinet covered in safety glass was a Super Nintendo with one cartridge always inside of it. That game was Super Mario World and I still think the game holds up to this very day.
Those papercraft-looking 3D renders of SMW maps are amazing! Wish there was some kind of source or credit in the video or description. We had both World and All-Stars at home during my early childhood, and, with pretty much equal nostalgia for both SMW and the SNES-updated SMB3, World doesn't have that much going for it: the bosses are more interesting, there are some neat rotating platforms and such, and the map screen with secret exits and alternate routes is absolutely fantastic - but the basic platforming gameplay and level design of 3 always seemed more focused to me. The cape being intentionally broken in favor of the player is a bold choice, but I liked the super leaf and having to work for the ability to fly more.
I did give credit! It was made by VrHuman using google vr. I’m not sure about how to play it or anything though. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the game! 🦖
Hearing about the time scale of the first 4 main Mario games (1985, 1986, 1988, 1990) is making me realize that the wait for Super Mario 64 six whole years later must’ve felt *eternal*
@@GTV-Japan I love your content! I'm a public historian in my early twenties, so hearing about the development, hype cycles, and release for these legendary games in the context of their era is a real treat - you've very thorough!
GTV retrospectives are always a treat to watch! I love seeing all the commercials from other regions. And I saw so many prototype Super Famicoms in this video that I never knew existed! :D
@@CarletonTorpin Well, I pretty much said all there is, unless working prototypes start to appear. Maybe the SNES CD would be a good story but I have 50-60 topics ahead of that already 😓
I'm really glad your channel is starting to get (a tiny little bit) of recognition. Your content is not only highly-produced, well-written, and downright entertaining - but it also happens to offer a really unique "Eastern" perspective that basically no other channels can claim to be doing.
@@GTV-Japan That's how it usually goes, I've found, when seeing channels starting to be shared/discussed more frequently. I don't think it'll take took long to hit 100k once you hit 50k.
Yeah I’ve noticed that. It’s starts to snowball. Every channel I paid attention to that kit 100k hit 110k in like a week but took forever to reach the first 10k
Away at college in the UK in 1992, when I should have been busy working, I was completing SMB4 all 96 exits on my friends SNES (thats we called in here in the UK). What a game! As soon as I got some spare cash (being a student, most of it went on beer) I got my own SNES and completed in again on my own copy. Happy days! Mario Kart and Street Fighter 2 were all we played after that... but mostly Mario Kart.
This video is too good to be just 32k views. So much effort and information in this one video and it's so much better than any TV shows. I wholeheartedly support this!
This was such a treat to watch. I was born in 1994, but right before my mother realized it was time to go to the hospital because I was on the way, she was playing Super Mario World on the SNES. As such it ended up the first game I ever played, and has remained a favorite of mine all this time. It holds so much nostalgia, fun, and overall good memories for me. Out of all the things I stupidly sold for money when I was younger, I'm happy to say my SNES and Super Mario world were not among them. I hold them, and the rest of my SNES stuff, to this day.
Excellent Retrospective! I really enjoyed this a lot! You know, SMW vs SMB3 will probably never have a full consensus. Personally, I lean towards SMB3 despite actually playing SMW more. I was born in '93 so I was late to the start of the gaming scene but I had an SNES around '97 or '98, and actually started with All-Stars rather than World. Both are truly fantastic, but honestly I personally give the win to 3, even if we consider the NES release. The thing that seals the deal for me is the cape vs leaf. I feel like in their respective games, the cape trivializes more stages than the leaf does and to me that made me lose a little love for the game as I got older. Seeing the bigger SMW worlds was really cool initially, but as time went on, I started having the opinion that less is more. The smaller, more concise stages of SMB3 not only make it harder to abuse the leaf (in part due to smart ground placement making it somewhat tricky to get P-speed everywhere) but also encourages more focus on tighter platforming in my personal experience. I also just enjoy the variety of power-ups more in 3 compared to the more traditional power-ups in World (though Yoshi definitely compensates for this, his koopa abilities are usually time limited and satisfy a different itch than traditional power-ups). Even if I feel 3 is the better game though, I agree with the sentiments that World is the comfier game, and like you mentioned it's much easier to pick up and put down. Keep up the great work!
Thanks I’m glad you liked the video! Even though 3 and 4 and not “the same” in a way they kind of are from a casual point of view and for me it is the graphics which includes the interaction with backgrounds and more enemies on screen plus the battery make it better. 🦖
Just started playing again on Nintendo Switch (March 2024) and this game is just as fun as when I first got it in elementary school. Absolute classic game!
I had saved up and earmarked money from the previous years seasonal part-time work and bought the machine on its European launch day. I "completed" the game on my first sitting and my buddies mocked & ridiculed me for having spent all that money on the machine, only to finish Mario World on my first try. The joke was on them of course, took me awhile to 100% the game.
A few others have commented that it was a little too easy compared to Mario 3. But the only game I ever beat on the first play was Ninja Gaiden 2 and Riot Zone. Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
Oh boy its time... You know when you clear the ghost ship and the giant rock statue of Koopa comes out of the water? That legit scared the shit out of me as a kid that I turned the console off after it happened lol
One of the very few games I feel never ages. I play through and enjoy every second and don't touch it again for a few years. I pick it up again and it feels completely new every time. Very good memories which take me back to when I was like 6 or 7. Great video!
Thanks! Yea that’s what everyone says but wether it’s 100 or a million I’ll keep making the same videos! I appreciate all newcomers though! Thanks for the support
Great video man! Since Super Mario World is my favorite game of all time, I already knew a lot of this stuff. But you've compiled the information in such a good way, that even I found compelling to watch.
My very first game. Super Mario World remains firmly in my list of all-time favorite games! To this day, there's no other Mario game like it. A masterpiece.
Happy 30th birthday to Super Mario World and the Super Famicom/SNES! Please leave a comment about your best memories of Super Mario World, or about the day you got a SFC/SNES.
The very first time I ever seen this Super Famicom was when my mother took me to NYC Bellevue Hospital and at there news stand she got me a gaming magazine to read as I was waiting for my mother's check up and on the issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly Presents The 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide. And after I got the SNES in 1991 I found a Super Famicom in Chinatown sometime in 94 with a bunch of game carts cheap. My back story on the SNES was when I gone to an high school in Pennsylvania call Devereux Mapleton School I've stay there for 4 years from 91 to 94 in fact my after we came back from our the prom night on June 17, 1994 we all came back on the TV news we all was watching OJ being chase from the police cars in the highway live. Anyway in 91 as a me and my school friends gone to the King of Prussia's Electronic Boutique there I got the SNES with the Super Mario World Pack-in game.
Let me get this straight. SMW has more cons and yet it won? What did I miss? Levels in SMW are just like the music, repetitive, that's another con to consider.
@@OM19_MO79 I did not think of it as a running score! But i defend my decision that short stages and no battery are the low points of mario 3. anyway i had to pick a winner and what I hope for is a rigorous debate over it in the comments.Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@atariboy9084 Pretty cool story! I was already on vacation by then, but I remember Up In Smoke was on HBO after the bronco chase. Thanks for watching! 🦖
The first time I had a Super Nintendo is when I was in Elementary School. I had an SNES and I remember playing Wheel of Fortune Deluxe Edition for that system. I saw Mario is Missing, and the person at the information desk was Princess Daisy but with her NES Open Tournament Golf Colors in the SNES version.
This was the most played game of my childhood. I only learned today that those "thank you" eggs (15:44) at the end of each castle were us rescuing the dino's from bowsers minions. Never even thought of it before.
As much as i loved Super Mario World, Mario Bros 3 just had more to it...more levels, more interesting enemies, the most amazing stage design, more varied music, more interesting items from power ups to warp items etc, and it did it way ahead of its time too. Mario Bros 3 will always stand as the greatest platform game ever made.
Another thing as well, that made super Mario Bros 3 awesome, was that it was on the NES and overall Super Mario World as good as it was X it just wasn’t as impressive as Sonic but looking back now, Super Mario World is by far the better game.
SMB was my first Mario. I was extremely excited for each one, but while 3 was great, nothing felt like SMW, and all these years later, I still feel it is far superior. They're both awesome though.
Hey, just wanted to say I'm blown away by the production of this retrospective. It's top-notch, something I could imagine being on PBS, The BBC, Netflix or Hulu. Informative, professional and very cohesive. A really good job.
Thanks! I really left everything on the field for this one. If you have time why not check out some others and tell me what like. Thanks for watching and see ya later 🦖
After what felt like an eternity waiting for SMB3 to come out I wasn't all that interested in SMW at release. Yeah a neighbor got a SNES at launch and we spent many great afternoons playing through SMW but by that point my gaming tastes had drifted more towards RPGs. These days I appreciate the title a hell of a lot more.
Agreed. And the Mario 3 vs.4 part, the pro mario 3 part was written from the heart. I was in high school during 16 bit and not only did I have other interests, but there were more games and better games to play. And after Mario 3, some of the magic was just gone. Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@GTV-Japan never thought about it like that, but that's probably exactly why I never got into Mario Sunshine or Mario Kart Double Dash like I did the N64 titles. In the sixth gen, I got into different kinds of games so the N64 (and previous) Mario games remained the "magic" titles for me. Excellent video btw.
I was born in 1991 and my family didn't own a NES. We did have a SNES though, and Super Mario World was my first Mario game. I have immense nostalgia and fondness for SMW because it sparked my love for video games. Thank you for taking us along for an in-depth look at this wonderful game.
This game blew my mind as a kid. I really didn't get to play much of SMB 1-3 prior to playing SMW, so it was probably my first real introduction to Mario platforming games. But all the colors, the character designs, and especially the secrets were absolutely magical. The first time I realized you could actually start a new game and beat Bowser within an hour was crazy.
Super Mario world has a special place in my nostalgic heart! 🎮 In the mid 90’s, I remember coming home from elementary school excited to fire up the SNES and play either Super Mario world, Paper Boy 2 or Winter Olympics 😂 Even in my mid twenties I was paying Super Mario world again but online. Oh the childhood memories 😢 My son is 3 and I was telling him about the SNES and Super Mario World. I wonder if he’ll like it?!
this was the second Super Mario game I played after the original. It was at a friends house and I enjoyed the heck out of it. Even when I couldn't get past the charging chucks. They were so annoying. Today I own my own SNES with Super Mario World. Kinda was jealous of my cousins who had a SNES at the time. All I was playing was Donkey Kong Classics, Super Mario Bros and Nintendo World Championship. They had Super Metroid, F-Zero, Mario World... even before that they had a larger NES libary with Zelda, Kid Icarus, Metroid and whatnot. Many games I didn't get to play until adulthood. SNES commercials were amazing here in Germany especially for the Super Gameboy. I hated commercials back then but those really got me exicted to know more. I didn't have many expectation for Mario World after playing Mario 3 years later since I liked the games about equally. But the limited amount of power ups were a negative to me. The fire flower despite being buffed in turning enemies to coins feels a bit underwhelming. Probably because the cape power up is so insane and you can't use it while you are on Yoshi. Nostalgia may be a reason I like 3 more than World. But World does rank very close to Mario 3 for me alongside 64 and Galaxy 1. Pretty good game where I still have to beat the Special World. I am still far away from being a true SUPER player
That’s a great story! I like hearing how people games on in other areas. In my family I was jealous of my cousin for having an Apple 2! Oh well. Life goes on.
A true classic, even if I'm more of a SMB3 guy. You actually didn't mention the main deciding factor for me: The challenge. SMW is a terribly easy game due to the power-up holding on top of the ability to potentially re-mount Yoshi indefinitely after every hit you take. I tend to get bored easily playing it. I'd argue that it's at the opposite extreme of the difficulty spectrum from the Famicom SMB2 (aka Lost Levels). I prefer something closer to the middle. SMB3 threads that needle for me with its "goldilocks" level of challenge.
Ah now that is a good point. You can get through a stage with 3-4 hits while the older games, you didn’t have that luxury. Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
Yeah imagine how hard Mario 3 would be of you only had three lives and couldn't get any 1 ups? It would be almost impossible to beat as a beginner gamer. At least Mario World, you have yoshi to take more hits and the cape feather to cheese the levels.
The Mario games got easier and easier as they went on. It's a shame, really. I miss them being hard. After Yoshi's Island, I haven't played any mainline Mario games. They've gotten too easy.
I’ll be 40 next month and I have so many memories of Super Mario World. Seeing that TV commercial and being blown away by giant bullets, bright colors, Mario riding a dinosaur. I read that Mario strategy guide cover to cover. My uncle bought me an SNES with SMW as a gift and I was so excited.
That’s a cool story. I had all those guides too. Can you believe Nintendo was generous with NP guides and extras back then? It really made us feel kinda special. My favorite was the super nes guide. Each game had a trivia note. The one for final fantasy 2 said something about the song the wanderer and how long it would take a chocobo to flytrap the moon. Thanks for watching 🦖
I wonder, is a glitch that happens everytime you whip Yoshi's tong close to a red/pink/green apple that he actually ends up eating two because Yoshi gulps twice when we do this? It gives us double the points.
Banger episode. You never disappoint. Thanks for all the hard work and continuing to be a comforting source of nostalgia in a world that feels like it's constantly worsening.
Another excellent video! The very first video I saw on your channel was your video on All Night Nippon; what I especially appreciate about all of your videos is that there is a tremendous depth of substance presented in a very engaging manner. Keep up the excellent work!
No. No Patreon. No sponsors. No PO Box. No partnerships. I’m glad you like the channel!! I’ll keep making videos till I run out of ideas. Thanks for watching 🦖
I just played this game for the first time this week and I am blown away. I have always thought platformers were dull, but this game has opened me up! It was only by chance that I found this excellent documentary.
Brilliant video, such a fun watch. I’m in my late 30’s and was in that age range where both SMB3 and SMW were the most important things in my life for a while. Nothing will ever beat the nostalgia these games give me!
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Hands down, the Nintendo systems were the best things of my childhood. Growing up mostly poor, working from the age of 5 on the road with my Pops on a carnival, I didn't have too much to look forward to, possession wise. My dad made sure that every year, every birthday and Christmas, I had some new videogame or the new Nintendo as it as it came out. This is the first year without my Pops, as he died from Covid complications on Fathers Day. The holidays are coming up quick, and nothing brings back the happier times than thinking back to my Pops--having busted his ass to obtain whatever Nintendo product was available--watching me play. Super Mario World was one that he himself picked up, time and time again. The game holds a pretty special place in my heart. Those were good moments.
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. The rest of the story is great and I enjoy hearing how others grew up. Thanks for watching on November 21!!🦖
Hey my name's John also so that drew my eye to this comment. Can't believe the pandemic situation has lasted so long. Although it seems like it's finally slowing down a bit. Its been a year since this comment and i hope you're doing well.
I hope you still have that game since it held so many great memories surrounding it. Sorryt for your loss I have great memories of my dad and Lionel electric trains he got for me in 70 71.
i grew up very middle class and my dad was a tight git who didnt buy me a SNES in 1992.
Sorry to hear that. I'm from a working class background without a lot of money but in a stable situation. My grandpa also built a house from the mid 60s on. He died last October.
My classmates often thought my parents must have much money. But we (my older brother and me) didn't. We just saved money on other things and our relatives gave us money or games of our wishes on holidays.
Using old Nintendo ads during your "commercial breaks" was a nice touch.
Thank you. The main reason for that is because especially in this case, some ads have dates. So for everyone who was here especially before 11/21 they could see that and kind of replicate the feeling of what it was like back then. Thanks for watching 🦖
Ya know, it's sad even when commercials and ads start to go downhill, too, like everything on TV and in gaming. Never lose your sense of youth, people; otherwise, you become a cranky old person reminiscing on the past, clinging to it like a bad tune.
It's a beautiful and unique touch!
Aye it was
Thanks for bringing my youth back to life...2022
The Super Nintendo and this game specifically meant the world to me when I was six years old. It holds up to this day.
Thanks for watching 🦖
I got the NES at 6, in 86 for my birthday. It is probably the best memory of my life. I freaked out, I couldn't comprehend how amazing it was to have this boz with this SMB game.
Such powerful memories and times.
You were pretty lucky!
Wait you were 6 years in 1990? Whoa you look way older lol no offense
@@armando7257 I'm not sure if you understand what no offense means. 😜🖕
1990 was also the year Yoshi made his debut. Nintendo should be celebrating Yoshi's 30th Anniversary. He has been around for 30 years.
Yea! The year of Yoshi!!!! 🦖
Yeah, because his debut game was... Super Mario World
Definitely a missed opportunity. I'd love to see Super Mario World 2 remastered, and maybe even expanded upon.
Yoshis island is so well done I think it’s fine as it stands. But I get your point. Thanks for watching 🦖
Yes, 30yrs ago was indeed 1990, and that is 30yrs since super Mario world, Yoshi first appeared in that game, 30 years ago, meaning Yoshi is 30yrs old, and has been around for 30yrs. They should be celebrating his 30yr birthday as he is now 30 as that's when he first appeared, in 1990, because that's how long he has been around for.
I remember when I first got a snes.i was 7 or 8 years old and I woke up and my mother and sister had hooked it up for me with the game in the slot.i was so immersed in this game.i most likely played this game more than any other game I ever played by far.cant believe it's been so long.super mario world will always hold a special place in my heart forever.
What a great memory! Thanks for sharing 🦖
How are your mom and sis doing these days?
Ironic that the gap between both games release was so small. When we were young, one year felt like 3 years. Now for me, 10 years felt like yesterday. Excellent video!!
And 5-6 years is the average wait for a new Mario game! Yikes. Thanks for watching on November 21!!
Thats because when you're little your whole life is that just a few years. Its hard to explaim but you have nothing to compare it to. Idk
Yeah. It’s like waiting half your life for something Really seems like forever
Ironic? How is it ironic?
@@famousbowl9926 When I got my NES a year was like 1/10th of my life. Today a year is closer to 1/50th. This difference profoundly influences my perception of time. Is that what you are getting at?
I was born right at the very end of the SNES era so I didn't own a SNES or SMW as a kid but I did enjoy the game through the Super Mario Advance release on GBA and to this day it's still my favorite 2D mainline Mario game.
Some people have also said that, either way both versions are fun Thanks for watching! 🦖
You’ll live to see 2080. Maybe. I won’t!
1996 kids STAND UP
@@comeonman7290 96?! You could be my son! Great icon and name. Made me laugh
@@GTV-Japan I was born in 95
I still remember getting a Super Nintendo, just few days after it was released. It was sold with Super Mario World included. I have spend the previous years playing on the NES... When I started Super Mario World for the first time, it was a slap in my face! It was magic... First level I play, there was those gigantic Banzai Bill!! I was able to find 95 exits out of the 96 by myself. I was so frustrated I couldn't find the last one (it was one of the last Ghost Houses) I had to look in a magazine for the solution. What a game...
Oh yea, that was actually the worst part of the game to me, i hate ghost houses, even though graphically they were probably the best. Thanks for watching! 🦖
Yeah someone had to show me the last exit at the ghost house.
Good job 👍
That last ghost house secret exit is legendarily difficult to find...and even if you do find it, you have to hope you get the coin chain correct to get up there
I was born in 1990. My mom got my dad a snes with Super Mario World included in 1995 because it was all the rage. My dad despises video games. However, I picked up on the action real quick with my cousins. Next, came super Mario kart and donkey Kong. Followed by super Mario all stars. Thanks for making the video. Super nostalgic. I still have my system and games, along with n64 and Wii U.
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. You must have a pretty cool mom too!
You have to love how UA-cam is the closest thing to a time machine we have
It is a personal wabac machine! Thanks for watching 🦖
Books, magazines and books old news papers have been doing this work forever.
But UA-cam has footage
Movies and before that books, paintings and carvings and even word of mouth. Were the original time machines
I'll never forget June 1992 I got an SNES Super Set for good grades. I absolutely loved Super Mario world as a 7 year old and still do!
Thanks for watching!!🦖
I was 1 year old and we had a Super Famicom with Super Mario World and Super Metroid.
My mom would let me watch as she played, and as I got older, migrated to America, and with the help of my brothers, finally started playing games myself.
Super Mario World is a game I always go return to. Always brings me back to more humbling and simpler times.
That’s really cool! Thanks for sharing your memories 🦖
Best Mario game ever. No other Mario game ever allowed you to have a cape that can fly unlimited time and you can ride and take Yoshi after you finish the course. AFTER you FINISH the course you get to keep and RIDE the Yoshi you got in a level. Really think about that! Not one other game allowed that and it's 2020!!!!
Yea that’s true. You could in theory have the same Yoshi all game long till the end! Thanks for watching 🦖
I think there were mods made that let you take a Yoshi from level to level on later Mario games. Not to mention cheat device codes. There are even mods to New Super Mario Bros. Wii that made you play AS Yoshi. It's a bit weird to see a Yoshi riding on the back of another Yoshi, but you could imagine it as a "tag team" effect.
Wow really. That would be cool
Wrong, Mario 3 is far better.
@@tideguychandler1733
It's slightly better.
Most excellent video Sir!!! The Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario World had a few changes, main one being Luigi now had his own sprite, rather than just being a re-colour of Mario this time!
Nice little info from you. Hello you :D
I like that little change. Good to see you back again Larry! 🦖
@@GTV-Japan Thanks, yeah UA-cam decided not to notify me when you had a new video up >.>
BTW I got Mario 3 at launch in the UK, well, my Mum did as I was at school, But no problems getting it here. Then again it didn't come out till 1991 here either.
Wow cool! I had it “day one” here. It was not February 90 but I called every toy store literally every day for 6 months and asked if they had Mario 3 this was about October 89- April 90 when one store finally said yes we have it I almost said ok and hung up out of habit.
@@Larry I also got super Mario 2 on day one. That was the first or second weekend of October 88. We just happened to be in the store as they were putting it out and like lightning they were all gone as fast as they came. I remember clearly it was October 88 because that night I had to leave for a boy scout fall jamboree and we had patches with that said October 88 on them so I always called it the Mario 2 weekend. Oh and none of the kids there believed I had a copy of Mario 2
i don't think kids today will quite grasp the advancements in console content. kids who grew up with xbox and later consoles will pretty much see similar graphics as time goes on, just more refined and higher resolution. for us in the 80s going into the 90s, we went from literal limited pixels and pallets and grinding square waves (chip tunes) to some really fancy visuals and SFX/BGM with the SNES. we all love the music in mario 3 on the NES, but for us to be presented for the first time ever with the castle music in Mario World (the bass lines) and the boomy sfx, was nothing short of breathtaking. we were wow'd by pilot wings, sim city, ghouls n ghosts, castlevania etc... that kind of experience will never be experienced by anyone again. when i went from KH2 on PS2 to KH3 on xbox x, the wow factor wasn't as dramatic, still impressed, but nothing close to how i felt going from NES to SNES.
Honestly I see no need to go beyond PS3 and modern games just look like a Pixar movie not a game. The on screen colors multiplied by 10-20-50 times over with a new generation and it was amazing! But these days. No more. Thanks for watching 🦖
Im 13 and i like 8 bit stuff
Everybody’s welcome here!
@@nintendofan022that’s great. But you merely adopted it, we were born in it, molded by it.
I don't know if I've commented this in the past but I absolutely love the way you do your ad placements. I have premium so I don't get the ads the same way but the overall feel of the way you place the cards and actual topic-relevant advertisements in there too are top notch. What makes it so good is you use the breaks as natural topic jumps and it all just works. I hate nothing more than having actual content interrupted by an ad but since you build around them and place them logically it's really nice.
Your channel is criminally underrated and as such one I recommend to everyone I know that likes stuff like this and its the attention to detail like that that is why I do.
You're fantastic. Seriously. Great video like always.
Thank you! If there is ever an ad mid-video, it means google put it there and I didn’t know it. I used to be a TV director actually and I guess it's just a natural urge. I think to actually stop the video and take a break helps divide up long videos into topics, I always write videos in outline first, so each break starts a new roman numeral. I also think for the viewer it's good to switch it up because people's attentions naturally go up and down. After each fake ad break I lay 3 seconds of black and if you see a youtube ad, it looks very smooth. Thanks for watching! It means a lot 🦖
@@GTV-Japan Hey, that's cool kinda cool. I used to be a TV director too. Maybe that's why my attention goes to how well you do that kind of thing. Anyway, I think your channel is fantastic, you put so much effort into your videos and it shows.
Yeah, I agree. The way the segments are bookended by relevant period commercials is both clever and illuminating.
Yeah the breaks makes his videos almost seem like a TV produced video and not a UA-cam video, theres something familiar and nostalgic about this format that I dearly missed
@@exonymat1471 what’s weird to me is no one else (that I’m aware of) has tried this!!
Best console ever!
It's certainly up there! Thanks for watching! 🦖
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Yay!!!! Someone said it!!!!! awesomegames.miraheze.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System
I have loved lots of consoles over the years, but I've never had as much affection for one as I do the SNES. Just such a landmark machine that felt like really moved gaming forwards. And it had such an amazing library of games that made me realise that games could do more than I had thought possible. I had really enjoyed many games before, but none immersed me in the game like all the great adventure and RPG games. Its even better now that we can access the Japan only releases with translations. I've recently been playing the fairly new translations for Ganbare Goemon 2 and 3. It's fantastic getting to enjoy these games.
I still play SNES at least a couple of times each week.
100%. It has an unmatched charm and is timeless. It has aged incredibly well too
I like how the video felt like an actual TV program with the little title cards placed before and after the little clips of SMW commercials. It's a nice touch to the video!
Thanks I’m glad you liked that. Kids shows in japan have commercial breaks that are only about the show. So like if you watch Pokémon the ads are for Pokémon toys snacks and games. Nothing else. So I tried to carry I’ve that feeling. Thanks for watching 🦖
I found a place to watch Japanese tv so I noticed that pattern in one channel that was airing Kamen Rider. Loads of Kamen Rider toy ads.
SMB3 is characterized by freewheeling creativity. World rests on its laurels more. It's just comfortable. It's comfortable with itself and it's comfortable to play. Even all the music being variations on a single theme contributes to this comfortable, stable feeling. SMB3 will blow you away, but World just feels like home. I prefer the latter.
I agree with this statement! But looking back now, even by Mario World, the concept of how Mario or any game series should exist was not yet "set" There just had not been enough time to allow for enough games to build up a standard of rules that each game will follow. If you look at the NEW Mario series, they are all essentially the same, but nowadays we are fine with that. Thanks for watching! 🦖
World is not the most consistent feeling SMB, the ghost houses are more like a puzzle with extremely annoying enemies than a simple course from point A to point B and I don't like this format. I think Yoshi's Island was more comfy, it had a better balance between variation and consistency.
I dislike ghost houses
I would rather do ghost houses all day than anything on world 7 in SMB3
Not me. I hate the ghost house. Even today
I'll never forget the first time I saw Super Mario World in a gaming magazine and was absolutely confounded by the weird tomato looking Goombas. The article even said "we'll have all the juicy details" and somehow my mind connected the dots that he would be fighting vegetables in the game. I still don't get why they changed the overall look of the most iconic mook and then just changed it back the second they had another game that used the characters. I know now that they're technically different characters, sure. Also, the grainy, ultra-bright pictures made it look like swimming Mario was actually riding a little boat. I'll always in the back of my mind be a little disappointed that Mario wasn't fighting salad monsters in his little tugboat when I finally got to play the game.
I always felt the same, why are they so round? they are mushrooms!!! it was weird. I thought the dry bones were the most detailed enemy, too Thanks for watching! 🦖
They changed a lot of things in the game if you knew where to look.
And a lot of them they changed back. I will never understand the round Goombas or rather Galoombas. I guess they just wanted to change the squishy, mushroom like Goombas that you stomp on to something you carry and throw like a Koopa shell. Seems in recent years they decided to make them a different species. Then they were never seen again until some more recent games because squishy Goombas are more iconic to the game series.
Ya. That’s weird!
I remember thinking woah this game looks 3d from magazine pics, i guess all the shading that we didnt get on NES made it look 3d in comparison. Definitely 16bit next gen graphics.
Excellent video, thank you. I remember on Super Mario Bros 3 crouching down on the white block that put you behind the scenery to obtain a warp whistle - This absolutely blew me away at 11 years of age.
Yea same here. Same age and all. Thanks for watching 🦖
An hour long video from GTV on Super Mario World? What did we do to be so blessed?
Stay blessed my friend! 🦖
I bless the rains down in Africa
I would have got my Mario World SNES bundle Christmas 1992 in the UK. I was 10 years old and probably the best Christmas ever.
I can imagine! It pays off being good all year. Thanks for watching! 🦖
I still remember unwrapping an SNES on Christmas Day. Super Mario World is one of the greatest games ever made. Mario Kart as well. Thanks for the memories.
Glad you liked it thanks for watching 🦖
A new console generation just started and here I am being dazzled by a 30-year old game.
That's the power of MODE 7!!! Thanks for watching! 🦖
The new generation isn't exciting- there's no variety in games like back in the day 😀
@@MrCalverino nope 👎 even the PS3 era was still showing some signs of originality but any more. No
@@GTV-Japan I'm a retrogamer and the only current game I play is Gran Tourismo 6
@@MrCalverino yea. I’ve given up on new stuff too. They don’t feel like games to me
I loved playing this game. SMW still feels like a game that would come out today with it's bright colors and spectacular music. Truly one of the GREATEST games on the SNES/SFC!
To my that was part of the magic of new games. Like Xmas day in a small package. I think games today lack this entirely. For many reasons
thank you for such a beautiful documentary for my beloved game...
My favorite Mario of all time, amazing job.
I only miss a mention of how super Mario World keeps very alive nowadays thanks to the speedrun community and some bootlegs, such as Kaizo Mario World that added new the ways of being played, revolutioning the classic gameplay, even inspiring the creation of Super Mario Maker.
well, heh heh you never know what Nintendo will do to censor things they don't like to hear.... Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
Don't forget us ROM hackers!!! Hacking is how we show our love.
Agreed but the eyes of copyright ganon are everywhere
Super Mario World was an upgrade from Super Mario 3, just did almost everything bigger and better. Gotta give it to Super Mario World
Yep! That’s why it’s great. Better than the best! Thanks for watching on November 21!!🦖
I like smb3 better. Better items, better player physics, better world maps. But smw is great
It’s a tough call
It really is. The nostalgia each bring is so great. Thanks, that was a sweet video
You’re welcome!
This game truly encapsulates the snes era. I still play through this game once a year. Have ever since it came out. I literally build emulation boxes just so I always have access to this game on modern displays/hardware. As close to a perfect game as I've ever seen.
Thanks for sharing your story 🦖
Was an awesome time to be a part of in my youth when it came to the US...brings back memories. Which is why I keep mine around.
Amazing to think all these old games still work. I hope they last forever . Thanks for watching! 🦖
All I can say is that is great news for us sentimental old fools. Emulation is close enough as it stands right now, but not quite the same a lot of times.
a local video store imported the Sumer Famicon with SMW, F-Zero and Final Fight and would rent the whole package at $25 for three days. Me and three of my friends would have a phone chain system so we were the only ones who rented it
Ha ha ha that's great! I always wondered how much money stores made from game rentals. I guess at 25 for 3 days, you only have to rent it 8/9 times to make a profit, but that would take a month. If each game is $2 a night you'd need to rent it 20-25 times to break even, so I wonder how it all worked. I guess they made money because rentals were around for a while. After you could get used games for $5-10 I stopped renting. Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
You'd have been better off pooling your money for consoles.
@@stonehorn4641 we were a bunch of 14 year olds, we had no idea at the time. We became importers a few years later
Super Mario World, my favorite video game out of the entire franchise. Truly lucky to have had my childhood in that era.
Yep! I agree! I love the time I lived in. Thanks for watching 🦖
I still get chills when I hear the ending theme of SMW. This was probably one of the very first video games I ever played, and hearing the music and seeing the iconic stylized artwork of SMW transports me back in time to when I was a little kid in the early 90s, discovering a mind-blowing world of technology and entertainment that would forever change my life.
Thanks for sharing your memories!🦖
The ending theme really has such a satisfying feel to it. Emotional, but complete. It feels like the journey is ending and we all witnessed a wonderful quest full of magic. As a 6 year old this was priceless.
That music is very touching. A perfect fit. Thanks for watching 🦖
It touched so many people it is a beautiful work of art
Great video.
For me personally, as a 2000's kid, I don't have much nostalgia bias toward either SMB3 or SMW. My favorite of the two is SMB3. I personally enjoy the art-style a lot more than World's, and the shorter level length helps give the game a faster feeling pace. I also like the greater variety in what's presented. All just my preferences, of course.
Thanks! I’m a child of the 70s and so I feel that gives me a bias towards 3 but I know that’s not everyone. Thanks for watching 🦖
Actually I’ve never played dkc or diddys quest.
@@tixmctivy Shut the frick up. Just because SMB3 improved more it means it's the better game? That's not how it works. SMW has way better level design, better ost, alot more exploration, and of course Yoshi. It's the better game.
@@joaonitro5149 its his opinion. You have yours, and thats ok
Definitely prefer SMB3 as well. It just feels like a more varied and more wonderfully odd game.
Incredible retrospective. I have always thought the other retrospectives capped at 15 mins were not long enough. One hour felt like a dream!
Thank you so much for such a deep retrospective on the most perfect game ever created on my fav system ever.
Thanks! The goal was 1 hour and I got to 58 minutes so I guess that’s ok. The goal was to make the ultimate Mario world video and I hope you liked it. Thanks for watching on November 21!! 🦖
This is by faaar the best video about Super Mario World!
It has everything: The information, the narrative, a clear and friendly voice, the visuals, the music, the exctracs from gameplays, even the full TV spots from those years! and the list goes on...
GTV Japan thank you for this masterpiece, you took me back to those colorful and funny 90's years! 🍄🦖
Hey thanks! I’m glad you could enjoy it. It’s been great hearing everyone’s stories from 91 onwards. Thanks for watching 🦖
I'll never forget opening up a SNES with Super Mario World on Christmas morning. Any time I jump back into this game, it takes me right back to those good old days! An absolute classic!!
Thanks for sharing your memories 🦖
I can still smell the Christmas tree when I play the game.
The video is so nicely done that I watched it several times to catch up with all the details. As you said about Super Mario World, the replay-ability also applies to this video. Congratulations on your good work!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate that!⭐️
Man ... excellent video, the comparison with the colors at the end with Mario in his most powerful version with Yoshi!!!, BAM!!. Thanks for your time for making this special, gracias.
You're Welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 🦖
Funny about that comparison between World and 3, I'd argue that Mario 3 is a much more graphically impressive game. It really shows how well the developers knew the hardware and how to squeeze it's visual limits to the max. Everything feels so carefully laid out with it's colours and palette usage. World on the other hand really shows how the developers didn't really know what to do with the almost endless amount of colours the new system allowed for, making some really questionable decisions like Yoshi's orange arms. While I think the graphic design of the world and it's inhabitants in SMW is super solid, it just doesn't translate to the pixel art in the game itself, making it the uglier game.
That's a good argument. I think the jump to 16-bit and the graphical arms race made 8-bit feel outdated fast. though you're right, and I did say it, the best SNES games came later and the first games for anything rarely beat what comes later when people can max the machine out. Thanks for watching! 🦖
I agree!
Is that why Link has pink hair in A Link to the Past?
@@ncapone87 it could be but I don’t know for sure
@@ncapone87 Most likely, yeah. Though I'd say that the pixel artists in LttP had a much better understanding of colour usage.
Who needs G4 when quality content like this is out there. *slides into chair deeper*
That’s right! G1 is all you need 🍺
30 years... If we haven't felt old yet, then maybe by the 40th we will lol
It doesn't feel like it has been that long, but it is! Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@benisrood you’re only as old as you feel
All of my childhood systems are now over 30 years old. ;__;
And look how revered they are ! ❤️
Or after 50 years we will felt like old, BTW i can’t believe i was already felt myself old once the snes was 20 years, heck i remember the 20th anyversarry of the snes like it was 10 seconds ago.
I'm more of a 3D Mario guy, but damn, this video was a real treat, and honestly the definitive Super Mario World video I'll ever see. What a fantastic compilation of the game's development, release, merchandise and legacy. Great work as always!
I am mister 2D but that's ok! 😃 Check these comments, I can't believe how many people started with Super MArio World, its quite amazing
@@GTV-Japan One thing I've come to realise is to never doubt the importance that the SNES still has to this day. Not sure how common this is, but my first Mario was All-Stars - the best of all worlds!
Really wow! I loved that game it was one of the 10s I saw in EGM back then
@@GTV-Japan Even now it's a pretty impressive package - 4 games remade, including 1 that hadn't been released outside of Japan before. It even puts modern Nintendo to shame with how they've been handling re-releases..
@@Mikehero69_ yea. We kind of forget how huge that was. An un released game! How easy we have things today
I remember when I was living in the projects back in the day, we had a game room. Inside a cabinet covered in safety glass was a Super Nintendo with one cartridge always inside of it. That game was Super Mario World and I still think the game holds up to this very day.
Thanks for telling your story! 🦖
This was such an amazing nostalgia trip, thanks for bringing back so many wonderful memories! :)
You’re welcome 🦖
Those papercraft-looking 3D renders of SMW maps are amazing! Wish there was some kind of source or credit in the video or description.
We had both World and All-Stars at home during my early childhood, and, with pretty much equal nostalgia for both SMW and the SNES-updated SMB3, World doesn't have that much going for it: the bosses are more interesting, there are some neat rotating platforms and such, and the map screen with secret exits and alternate routes is absolutely fantastic - but the basic platforming gameplay and level design of 3 always seemed more focused to me. The cape being intentionally broken in favor of the player is a bold choice, but I liked the super leaf and having to work for the ability to fly more.
I did give credit! It was made by VrHuman using google vr. I’m not sure about how to play it or anything though. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the game! 🦖
omg, the old ads mixed in is so novel. I love it. Subscribed!
Thanks! Why not check out the back catalogue and tell me what you like!
Hearing about the time scale of the first 4 main Mario games (1985, 1986, 1988, 1990) is making me realize that the wait for Super Mario 64 six whole years later must’ve felt *eternal*
Yeah, it is. Now there were annual gameboy games, all stars and Yoshi's Island, but yea, the main game took 5+ years. Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@GTV-Japan I love your content! I'm a public historian in my early twenties, so hearing about the development, hype cycles, and release for these legendary games in the context of their era is a real treat - you've very thorough!
Thanks! I was lucky to find some magazines at just the right time. I’ll keep it up
GTV retrospectives are always a treat to watch! I love seeing all the commercials from other regions. And I saw so many prototype Super Famicoms in this video that I never knew existed! :D
I am glad you liked it! publicly, The SFC seemed to go through 3 major revisions, I wonder if they still exist somewhere?? Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@GTV-Japan Sounds like a possible subject for the Gaming Historian to cover... Unless GTV gets there first. :)
@@CarletonTorpin Well, I pretty much said all there is, unless working prototypes start to appear. Maybe the SNES CD would be a good story but I have 50-60 topics ahead of that already 😓
I'm really glad your channel is starting to get (a tiny little bit) of recognition. Your content is not only highly-produced, well-written, and downright entertaining - but it also happens to offer a really unique "Eastern" perspective that basically no other channels can claim to be doing.
Thanks! Things have picked up this month. Funny enough while I’m not putting out new material because I’m busy writing it. 😂
@@GTV-Japan That's how it usually goes, I've found, when seeing channels starting to be shared/discussed more frequently. I don't think it'll take took long to hit 100k once you hit 50k.
Yeah I’ve noticed that. It’s starts to snowball. Every channel I paid attention to that kit 100k hit 110k in like a week but took forever to reach the first 10k
Away at college in the UK in 1992, when I should have been busy working, I was completing SMB4 all 96 exits on my friends SNES (thats we called in here in the UK). What a game! As soon as I got some spare cash (being a student, most of it went on beer) I got my own SNES and completed in again on my own copy. Happy days! Mario Kart and Street Fighter 2 were all we played after that... but mostly Mario Kart.
Thanks for sharing your memories 🦖
This video is too good to be just 32k views.
So much effort and information in this one video and it's so much better than any TV shows.
I wholeheartedly support this!
Thanks but 32k to me is a miracle! All my other videos this year got about 2-3k so I’ll take it! Thanks for watching 🦖
This was such a treat to watch. I was born in 1994, but right before my mother realized it was time to go to the hospital because I was on the way, she was playing Super Mario World on the SNES. As such it ended up the first game I ever played, and has remained a favorite of mine all this time. It holds so much nostalgia, fun, and overall good memories for me. Out of all the things I stupidly sold for money when I was younger, I'm happy to say my SNES and Super Mario world were not among them. I hold them, and the rest of my SNES stuff, to this day.
That’s a great story! Thanks for sharing
Excellent Retrospective! I really enjoyed this a lot!
You know, SMW vs SMB3 will probably never have a full consensus. Personally, I lean towards SMB3 despite actually playing SMW more. I was born in '93 so I was late to the start of the gaming scene but I had an SNES around '97 or '98, and actually started with All-Stars rather than World. Both are truly fantastic, but honestly I personally give the win to 3, even if we consider the NES release.
The thing that seals the deal for me is the cape vs leaf. I feel like in their respective games, the cape trivializes more stages than the leaf does and to me that made me lose a little love for the game as I got older. Seeing the bigger SMW worlds was really cool initially, but as time went on, I started having the opinion that less is more. The smaller, more concise stages of SMB3 not only make it harder to abuse the leaf (in part due to smart ground placement making it somewhat tricky to get P-speed everywhere) but also encourages more focus on tighter platforming in my personal experience. I also just enjoy the variety of power-ups more in 3 compared to the more traditional power-ups in World (though Yoshi definitely compensates for this, his koopa abilities are usually time limited and satisfy a different itch than traditional power-ups).
Even if I feel 3 is the better game though, I agree with the sentiments that World is the comfier game, and like you mentioned it's much easier to pick up and put down. Keep up the great work!
Thanks I’m glad you liked the video! Even though 3 and 4 and not “the same” in a way they kind of are from a casual point of view and for me it is the graphics which includes the interaction with backgrounds and more enemies on screen plus the battery make it better. 🦖
Hour long video,damn this will be awesome. I might split watching into two parts. Cheers.
I thought about that myself but, hey let it ride! The first 20 minutes could have been its own video! Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
Auto ad placement was crazy. Ya I might lose money but the complete packages more important
Just started playing again on Nintendo Switch (March 2024) and this game is just as fun as when I first got it in elementary school. Absolute classic game!
I had saved up and earmarked money from the previous years seasonal part-time work and bought the machine on its European launch day. I "completed" the game on my first sitting and my buddies mocked & ridiculed me for having spent all that money on the machine, only to finish Mario World on my first try.
The joke was on them of course, took me awhile to 100% the game.
A few others have commented that it was a little too easy compared to Mario 3. But the only game I ever beat on the first play was Ninja Gaiden 2 and Riot Zone. Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
@@GTV-Japan "Tweeester!";)
Oh boy its time...
You know when you clear the ghost ship and the giant rock statue of Koopa comes out of the water? That legit scared the shit out of me as a kid that I turned the console off after it happened lol
Ha ha yea it was pretty intense. I loved how the map changed as you progressed. Thanks for watching as always 🦖
@@GTV-Japan My pleasure. Great job as always
One of the very few games I feel never ages. I play through and enjoy every second and don't touch it again for a few years. I pick it up again and it feels completely new every time. Very good memories which take me back to when I was like 6 or 7.
Great video!
Thanks for watching I think your right. I played it last weekend and it was still fun despite knowing exactly what to do
I love how this entire channel is structured like a tv channel with commercials and all! You need more subscribers
Thanks! Yea that’s what everyone says but wether it’s 100 or a million I’ll keep making the same videos! I appreciate all newcomers though! Thanks for the support
Great video man! Since Super Mario World is my favorite game of all time, I already knew a lot of this stuff. But you've compiled the information in such a good way, that even I found compelling to watch.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it 🦖
My very first game. Super Mario World remains firmly in my list of all-time favorite games! To this day, there's no other Mario game like it. A masterpiece.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and memories 🦖
Happy 30th birthday to Super Mario World and the Super Famicom/SNES! Please leave a comment about your best memories of Super Mario World, or about the day you got a SFC/SNES.
The very first time I ever seen this Super Famicom was when my mother took me to NYC Bellevue Hospital and at there news stand she got me a gaming magazine to read as I was waiting for my mother's check up and on the issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly Presents The 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide. And after I got the SNES in 1991 I found a Super Famicom in Chinatown sometime in 94 with a bunch of game carts cheap.
My back story on the SNES was when I gone to an high school in Pennsylvania call Devereux Mapleton School I've stay there for 4 years from 91 to 94 in fact my after we came back from our the prom night on June 17, 1994 we all came back on the TV news we all was watching OJ being chase from the police cars in the highway live. Anyway in 91 as a me and my school friends gone to the King of Prussia's Electronic Boutique there I got the SNES with the Super Mario World Pack-in game.
Let me get this straight. SMW has more cons and yet it won? What did I miss?
Levels in SMW are just like the music, repetitive, that's another con to consider.
@@OM19_MO79 I did not think of it as a running score! But i defend my decision that short stages and no battery are the low points of mario 3. anyway i had to pick a winner and what I hope for is a rigorous debate over it in the comments.Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@atariboy9084 Pretty cool story! I was already on vacation by then, but I remember Up In Smoke was on HBO after the bronco chase. Thanks for watching! 🦖
The first time I had a Super Nintendo is when I was in Elementary School. I had an SNES and I remember playing Wheel of Fortune Deluxe Edition for that system. I saw Mario is Missing, and the person at the information desk was Princess Daisy but with her NES Open Tournament Golf Colors in the SNES version.
This channel deserves more subscribers, great documentary style content and it’s really well done and entertaining.
Th! It’s cruising toward 20k. So we’ll see what happens 🍻
This was the most played game of my childhood. I only learned today that those "thank you" eggs (15:44) at the end of each castle were us rescuing the dino's from bowsers minions. Never even thought of it before.
You kind of don’t think about it unless you play the game in one sitting. Thanks for watching 🦖
As much as i loved Super Mario World, Mario Bros 3 just had more to it...more levels, more interesting enemies, the most amazing stage design, more varied music, more interesting items from power ups to warp items etc, and it did it way ahead of its time too. Mario Bros 3 will always stand as the greatest platform game ever made.
Another thing as well, that made super Mario Bros 3 awesome, was that it was on the NES and overall Super Mario World as good as it was X it just wasn’t as impressive as Sonic but looking back now, Super Mario World is by far the better game.
SMB was my first Mario. I was extremely excited for each one, but while 3 was great, nothing felt like SMW, and all these years later, I still feel it is far superior. They're both awesome though.
I appreciated your opinion! Thanks 🦖
Hey, just wanted to say I'm blown away by the production of this retrospective. It's top-notch, something I could imagine being on PBS, The BBC, Netflix or Hulu. Informative, professional and very cohesive. A really good job.
Thanks! I really left everything on the field for this one. If you have time why not check out some others and tell me what like. Thanks for watching and see ya later 🦖
After what felt like an eternity waiting for SMB3 to come out I wasn't all that interested in SMW at release. Yeah a neighbor got a SNES at launch and we spent many great afternoons playing through SMW but by that point my gaming tastes had drifted more towards RPGs. These days I appreciate the title a hell of a lot more.
Agreed. And the Mario 3 vs.4 part, the pro mario 3 part was written from the heart. I was in high school during 16 bit and not only did I have other interests, but there were more games and better games to play. And after Mario 3, some of the magic was just gone. Thanks for watching! 🦖
@@GTV-Japan never thought about it like that, but that's probably exactly why I never got into Mario Sunshine or Mario Kart Double Dash like I did the N64 titles. In the sixth gen, I got into different kinds of games so the N64 (and previous) Mario games remained the "magic" titles for me.
Excellent video btw.
I couldn’t even tell you what Nintendo made after 1993. I have noooo idea!
29:34 blows my mind that Mario is defying level exit physics in a commercial....like did they really just highlight a glitch?!
It’s not a glitch. It’s a feature! But I’m sure they knew what they were doing. Thanks for watching 🦖
How did he advance past the castle like that. I don't think that's a feature!
@@GTV-Japan How is that a feature and nor s glitch? I don't remember being able to do that. Just curious.
@@MJIZZEL I can’t explain. Sorry
I was born in 1991 and my family didn't own a NES. We did have a SNES though, and Super Mario World was my first Mario game. I have immense nostalgia and fondness for SMW because it sparked my love for video games. Thank you for taking us along for an in-depth look at this wonderful game.
I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for watching 🦖
This was the first video game I ever played. I love it still.
Thats great! I was in high school by that time, but it must have been exciting that first day. Thanks for watching! 🦖
Me too. I was in kindergarden and it is also the first game I played.
The first game I got was new super Mario bros 2 and I got the snes in about 2018
@@Crosby2016 awesome
One of the best documentaries ever created. Thank you for this 🙏❤
Thanks for supporting the channel with your viewership 🦖
This game blew my mind as a kid. I really didn't get to play much of SMB 1-3 prior to playing SMW, so it was probably my first real introduction to Mario platforming games. But all the colors, the character designs, and especially the secrets were absolutely magical. The first time I realized you could actually start a new game and beat Bowser within an hour was crazy.
Thanks for sharing your memories 🦖
RIP Yoshi, thank you for all those times you helped me reach that ledge
F for respect
You killed Yoshi you monster.
Super Mario world has a special place in my nostalgic heart! 🎮 In the mid 90’s, I remember coming home from elementary school excited to fire up the SNES and play either Super Mario world, Paper Boy 2 or Winter Olympics 😂 Even in my mid twenties I was paying Super Mario world again but online. Oh the childhood memories 😢 My son is 3 and I was telling him about the SNES and Super Mario World. I wonder if he’ll like it?!
I’m sure he will! Thanks for sharing your memories 🦖🪶
As a kid who was weened on NES, when the SNES came out it was the most beautiful thing Id ever seen
Super Mario World is, and will always be, my personal favourite game of all time ❤️
That’s great! A good choice. Thanks for watching 🦖
Today is November 21, 2020.
HAPPY 30TH HATCHDAY YOSHI!!!
That’s right!!🦖
Sweet, gonna watch the whole thing and play Super Mario World tomorrow, as I have strong Christmas memories associated with this game.
Awesome. I’m sure there were tons of unwrapped snes every December 25 for at least 3-4 years running. Thanks for watching
I love how u have commercials in between each segment, feels like im watching tv 30 yrs ago ;p
Thanks. It’s the way entertainment used to be. Before , well you know, youtube. Thanks for watching 🦖
this was the second Super Mario game I played after the original. It was at a friends house and I enjoyed the heck out of it. Even when I couldn't get past the charging chucks. They were so annoying. Today I own my own SNES with Super Mario World.
Kinda was jealous of my cousins who had a SNES at the time. All I was playing was Donkey Kong Classics, Super Mario Bros and Nintendo World Championship. They had Super Metroid, F-Zero, Mario World... even before that they had a larger NES libary with Zelda, Kid Icarus, Metroid and whatnot. Many games I didn't get to play until adulthood.
SNES commercials were amazing here in Germany especially for the Super Gameboy. I hated commercials back then but those really got me exicted to know more.
I didn't have many expectation for Mario World after playing Mario 3 years later since I liked the games about equally. But the limited amount of power ups were a negative to me. The fire flower despite being buffed in turning enemies to coins feels a bit underwhelming. Probably because the cape power up is so insane and you can't use it while you are on Yoshi.
Nostalgia may be a reason I like 3 more than World. But World does rank very close to Mario 3 for me alongside 64 and Galaxy 1. Pretty good game where I still have to beat the Special World.
I am still far away from being a true SUPER player
That’s a great story! I like hearing how people games on in other areas. In my family I was jealous of my cousin for having an Apple 2! Oh well. Life goes on.
Using old SNES commercials as 'commercial breaks' was brilliant.
Thanks! I’ve been doing that since 2016! Happy new year!
Best Mario game ever, SMW.
Yea! Many have said so, I think it comes to to personal experiences on which you think is best, but SMW is bigger and better. Thanks for watching! 🦖
Nope.
@@GTV-Japan Objectively you are wrong though.
SMB3 is the best. mario wolrd lol ...
@@karlhanso agreed
A true classic, even if I'm more of a SMB3 guy. You actually didn't mention the main deciding factor for me: The challenge. SMW is a terribly easy game due to the power-up holding on top of the ability to potentially re-mount Yoshi indefinitely after every hit you take. I tend to get bored easily playing it. I'd argue that it's at the opposite extreme of the difficulty spectrum from the Famicom SMB2 (aka Lost Levels). I prefer something closer to the middle. SMB3 threads that needle for me with its "goldilocks" level of challenge.
Ah now that is a good point. You can get through a stage with 3-4 hits while the older games, you didn’t have that luxury. Thanks for watching as always! 🦖
I see what you mean. I didn't think of that! SMB3 is certainly a lot more challenging than SMW imo.
Very true. By the end of the second world in SMW, it's possible to already rack up 99+ lives without even farming them.
Yeah imagine how hard Mario 3 would be of you only had three lives and couldn't get any 1 ups? It would be almost impossible to beat as a beginner gamer. At least Mario World, you have yoshi to take more hits and the cape feather to cheese the levels.
The Mario games got easier and easier as they went on. It's a shame, really. I miss them being hard. After Yoshi's Island, I haven't played any mainline Mario games. They've gotten too easy.
I’ll be 40 next month and I have so many memories of Super Mario World. Seeing that TV commercial and being blown away by giant bullets, bright colors, Mario riding a dinosaur. I read that Mario strategy guide cover to cover. My uncle bought me an SNES with SMW as a gift and I was so excited.
That’s a cool story. I had all those guides too. Can you believe Nintendo was generous with NP guides and extras back then? It really made us feel kinda special. My favorite was the super nes guide. Each game had a trivia note. The one for final fantasy 2 said something about the song the wanderer and how long it would take a chocobo to flytrap the moon. Thanks for watching 🦖
I wonder, is a glitch that happens everytime you whip Yoshi's tong close to a red/pink/green apple that he actually ends up eating two because Yoshi gulps twice when we do this? It gives us double the points.
Yea I’d say it sounds like a glitch to me
Banger episode. You never disappoint. Thanks for all the hard work and continuing to be a comforting source of nostalgia in a world that feels like it's constantly worsening.
Thanks! I’ll keep it up to give you something to look forward too
Another excellent video! The very first video I saw on your channel was your video on All Night Nippon; what I especially appreciate about all of your videos is that there is a tremendous depth of substance presented in a very engaging manner. Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks! All night Nippon was one of my favorites to make. Thanks for watching on November 21!
Let’s get it! 💪🏾
all right!
Truly one of the best gaming channels I’ve discovered on UA-cam. Quality content and I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you for all your hard work.
Hey thanks! Glad to hear it! 🦖
Legendary game. In my all time greatest games of all time.
You said it best! 🦖
Do you not have a patreon?
Your craft is one of my favorite things on UA-cam!
No. No Patreon. No sponsors. No PO Box. No partnerships. I’m glad you like the channel!! I’ll keep making videos till I run out of ideas. Thanks for watching 🦖
Somebody should do that Kirin CM as an homebrew
That would be cool! 🍋
i just realised today after almost 30 years of playing that the levels which have two exits are marked red hahaha... shame on me
Oh it’s ok I won’t tell anyone 😃 thanks for watching 🦖
I just played this game for the first time this week and I am blown away. I have always thought platformers were dull, but this game has opened me up! It was only by chance that I found this excellent documentary.
Hey thanks glad you could give it a try. Thanks for watching 🦖
Not first!
It’s not who did it first, it’s who did it better
No super mario bros 3 was the better game period
Brilliant video, such a fun watch. I’m in my late 30’s and was in that age range where both SMB3 and SMW were the most important things in my life for a while. Nothing will ever beat the nostalgia these games give me!
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! 🦖