Why the Super Mario Series Has Been so Successful - Retro Bird
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2020
- I go through Mario's history and talk about some of the most notable Super Mario games that ever came out, focusing on why each game was so important, influential, popular, iconic, flat out good, well liked or however you want to describe them!
Why The Super Mario Series Has Been So Successful / Why are the Super Mario Series of Video Games So Popular and fun to play? / Why Nintendo fans get so excited for Super Mario Games
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That was the best throw away comment. "I can confess that I actually wasn't"
Haha glad you liked it :)
Just have to say, I laughed out loud at 1:45. My son is 11 years old and a passionate Mario fan. He recently discovered that there were separate cartridges for these games and bought me Duck Hunt with his own allowance money. After it arrived, he wanted to buy Mario Bros for me as well but I insisted we split it 50/50. I showed him this video and he got a huge smile on his face when you made that joke. He said "I guess we're weirdos too, huh?"
You had me going for a second with that Mario commercial. I would say Mario World is my fave with Mario 64 as a close second. I’ll also add that the music in the games are almost as memorable as the actual games!
Haha glad I was able to get ya! Yes, the music is always great and so many different styles used throughout all the games as well.
Bro you made me laugh with the "now that you've had time to sink in I can confess that I actually wasn't" 😂
Glad that one landed with you :)
In retrospect I'm not that big of a Mario fan. However, he is the poster child for the platforming genre...
why not?
Since I've been collecting again for the last several years I'm more looking for obscure/collectible games. I'm not saying they aren't good games but I may never play the early Mario stuff ever again.
I literally cannot believe your amount of subscribers😳 You have a top notch channel with so much good content yet your name isn't really out there. I really hope this channel eventually blows up😅
Thank you. That really means so much to hear compliments like that. I've actually heard that from quite a few of my viewers. Just gotta keep at it and see how things go moving forward :)
I 1000% agree with this statement. I feel like it's just a matter of time at this point.
They chose to release Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1990, so as to not overshadow the Game Boy's release in 1989...
Here we go!! So for me Super Mario world takes #1. As for what character I’d like Nintendo to get a hold of...I’m gonna cheat and use one of their flagship characters. I want to see Samus again... fighting mother brain 🧠 Ridley, and Kraid.
Yeah, Retro Studios has made some respectable games but it would be interesting to see how Nintendo would handle it if they made a game themselves.
Glad to see mario 3d world get some love. Top 3 mario games.
3. mario world
2. mario 3d world
1. mario 3
That's a fun little list the way the names all share similarities :)
I love how you show gameplay when you talk =D and the jokes are funny :D
Hey, I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it.
The Wizard was an amazing film and I think it's still worth going back to! And seeing Super Mario 3 in it for the first time was truly something special.
Oh, I always have a blast watching The Wizard and it gets me in the mood to play some NES every time!
I love The Wizard! California?
@@j.dwillesen7063 I love the power glove. Its so bad.
@@jons9239 AVGN: Try doing the Contra Code with this f@*%ing thing.
The GBA release of SMB3 will always have a special place in my heart. The Super Mario series does a great job balancing action platforming vs puzzle platforming to create a pacing enjoyable by many.
I was a SEGA kid in the 90th and still love the Sonic franchise, but Super Mario games are just another level. Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 3D World are two of my favorite video games of all time.
Super Mario always reminds me of my Grandmothers house. She had Nintendo back in the early 90's, and I played it as a kid. I want to collect all 5 variants of the game. Many people may not know there are 5 variants. There are 5 screw and 3 screw versions. There are also 3 multicarts. The most famous one is the Mario/Duck Hunt cart. There is also another one that adds World Class Track Meet, and a Pal cart that includes Mario/Tetris/World Cup.
This is your best video presentation imo man for real! You reignited my LOVE for Super Mario that was sorta getting dimmer lol. Thank you. Sincerely.
Glad to hear! Nothing better than hearing about someone enjoying certain games!
Very good retrospective! Quality as always
Thank you sir! Glad you enjoyed it :)
This man is a treasure that needs to be protected at all times.
Mario 3 was revolutionary. I love the game and just can't put it down. I never get sick of it. Only thing that sucks is the hands that grab you in world 8. Love the video man.
Yeah, Mario 3 just never stops being fun. Glad you loved the video! Thanks :)
Great video, I'd also say Super Mario Land 2 is one of my favorite Mario games, loved getting to take my gamboy on family trips and car rides back in the day.
Love your content bud. As for the Nintendo A Team on another IP, before they even consider a 3rd party game, I want them to make a full 3D Donkey Kong, because as much as I do like DK64, DK needs another attempt at a full 3D platformer.
Funny you say that, because there's a rumor that's exactly what Nintendo is up to right now with a full 3D Donkey Kong. We'll see if that comes to fruition or not.
You totally trolled me saying you were in the mario commercial haha. Also i see you have your wii u pad plugged in... #deadwiiupadbattery
My favorite mario game is a hard toss up between mario bros 3 and super mario world. However they are all really great!
Great video as always man
Haha thanks! Yeah, I intentionally showed that the Wii U Pad was plugged in because I feel like that's indicative of how I am normally using it :) Also, I was definitely too young to have been in that commercial so my wife immediately called BS, especially since I would've mentioned it before :)
My favorite 2D Mario Game at the time of this video was The NEW Super Mario Bros Game on the DS. U had Kaiju Mario! I'm glade Super Mario Land 3D got an honorable mention as that is my favorite 3D Mario Game. However nothing can take away 1986 when you saw Mario just keep on running! Arcade Games at the time hardly did that as everything was played on a stationary screen. So 4 that reason alone the original Super Mario Bros game on the NES is awesome & no one even cared Luigi was not in it. It should have just been called, Super Mario!
To me its because they are designed with the console in mind and crafted to be the killer app on their respective consoles. They are fun, creative and charming. Not to mention, they are simple to jump in and hard to master, meaning there's something for every skill level to enjoy.
I like that's RetroBird has vootage of himself played games
Miyamoto is brilliant, no doubt. Japan's living national treasure.
I haven't played any Mario games since Super Mario World. That being said:
A) Super Mario 2 (outside Japan version)
B) Super Mario 3
C) Super Mario Bros
Nintendo developing a Resident Evil game would be interesting.
Fun Fact: In Japan the version of Super Mario Bros. 2 that we got is called Super Mario USA. Resident Evil, very interesting. I wonder how they would tackle the gameplay mechanics.
@@RetroBirdGaming I own the disk for Super Mario 2 (Japan) and two Famicom Disk Systems. I haven't finished it though because my disk system's drive belt keeps failing before I can finish the game.
My favorite is actually Super Mario Bros 2 (USA). My problem with SMB3 & World is that you could cheese a lot of levels with flight or Yoshi. I really liked how you could play SMB2 with four different styles of play. If I could have Nintendo's A-Team work on another franchise, it'd have to be Kid Icarus. I loved the original NES title as a kid and really enjoyed Uprising on the 3DS.
Fun choices! It would definitely be cool to see what they could do with Kid Icarus. Could be flying around or perhaps more grounded like the NES title.
Loved the video, your channel will only get bigger.
From Game Boy until Switch there is at least one Mario game that I love on every Nintendo console.
Super Mario World all the way! I still remember being blown away seeing it for the 1st time. My buddies stinky older brother let us watch him play it in his basement room that smelled like gym socks. Couldn't wait to own it myself!
I like your commitment to checking out the game despite the circumstances! Yeah, finally getting it for yourself must have been pretty sweet!
Hah! It was that good! Snes was the first console I bought with my own money so obviously the nostalgia is huge!
He's the most successful and popular because he's the best. 'Nuff said.
Loved Mario as a kid, can not be bothered with him anymore as an adult. If I have a craving for 3d platformer, American Mc Gee's Alice is the one to play. However, good video. Your points were well made.
Mario is my favorite video game franchise I been playing Mario ever since I was a little kid.
Mario odyssey is the most fun I’ve ever had playing a video game in my entire life
I've been playing Super Mario Bros since I was a kid. I continue to play the Mario Bros games from NES and SNES emulators. I haven't played a Mario Bros game from N64 in a long time. As for the newer Mario Bros games, I have them for my Nintendo GameCube (Dolphin) emulator, but I haven't touched them at all. Never played them at all. I guess I'm still stuck on the Mario Bros games of old. Perhaps one of these days, I'll try some of the newer Mario Bros games for my Nintendo GameCube.
I have the Shout Selects special edition Blu-Ray of The Wizard with the pixel art of the film's three main characters.
The Wizard is Rain Man meets Tommy meets Karate Kid disguised as a Nintendo advertisement.
A few things.
1. You forgot to include Super Mario 3D Land and the NSMB games.
2. You didn't mention a single time that both galaxy games took place in outer space.
Now with that out of the way you made a pretty good video now I'll sub to you.
He did kind of mention 3D land but not lots of others smaller titles, and you're right about nsmb games which I thought were great. One could assume Mario Galaxy takes place in space, no? Haha
Great job R.B.
I’m glad that I grown with Mario and not with Sonic.
It's the day after the first weekend of the Mario Bros movie release. I wanted a recap of why the critics were so wrong after the movie made over 350 million in that short time.
god damn i love video games
I always liked Luigi's Mansion and Super Mario Sunshine. But, I guess I was a kid when they came out, and I have nostalgia for them now. I could see how teenagers would be put off by them.
Game for the a-team- a Zelda OOT like decap attack in 3D
Oh wow!
i remember we played with the cartridge that had duck hunt and the running pad game also with SMB. pretty sure that running pad was responsible for our NES dying early.
What makes it World for me is that the design and gameplay is perfectly in tune with the SNES's more dynamic (and comfortable) controller compared to the NES trilogy. They ALL have my attention though, any time. And to put the A-Team to work (and to put a fork in Doki Doki Panic, haha), I'd love to see a 2.5 Klonoa style remake of Mario 2/USA.
I'm the one that's going to give some love to Mario Sunshine. It just expanded Mario 64 on everyway imo. Some criticize Jet but I felt it gave great abilities to Mario. I also liked cleaning the mess, I'm not a maniac but it feels satisfying to me. And the technical jump between Mario 64 and Sunshine omg. I remember seeing the game and being amazed by the water visuals and physics, it was crazy. The game is also quite difficult, I would even say one of the toughest if not the toughest Mario Game to complete.
But if I had to highlight one thing about this game it would be its MoOd. The visuals, setting, story and ambiance are just a step above Mario 64. Delphino Island feels very tangible, you can see the locations and zones you will visit on the distance, you can see the sunshine light coming back on the island as you collect more and more shines. Some environments are just super cool like the hunted hotel, the Nori Waterfalls or the theme park. You also had the ability to ride Yoshi for the first time in 3D, feeding him with fruits and giving even more abilities to Mario. For sure this Mario Game feels very unique, more "grounded" in a way. That's why I love this entry in the serie.
8bit mario always looks off too me. i know its the orginal but not seeing these games in 16bit is always weird.
I want another Pilotwings from the big N. 👍
Yeah, seems like they could come up with something pretty awesome these days.
Awesome video man!
Thank you!
"we are making a sequel to mario 64; now it will feature more options and gimmicks on the levels for Mario to interact with and use"
"like what"
"like a water pack in the first level and..."
"make the whole game water pack"
"but..."
"whole...game...water...pack".
Nintendo's A team making a game I like? Let me go out in left field and say
MYSTICAL NINJA!
hahah
You mentioned all the home console Mario platformers except New SMB Wii and New SMB Wii U. Hmmm
Mario is a quality game that is marketed & geared towards kids when they 1st started. It was popular at the time. If this game was geared towards Adults, this game wouldn't last. I noticed things that are popular of quality that are geared towards kids become huge successes for decades to come. I am going to say I would like to see a better Golden Axe game that would allow you to play 4 player coop online.
There are many Mario games I like, such as the super mario bros series, super mario 64, 3D land, 3D world, and all of them are amazing.
But NONE of thesde will ever be as great as galaxy 1 and 2. And it's not jus the nostalgia, but the quality of these games, the amount of fun, the design, the plattformer functions, the storyline.... Everything! Is just PERFECT!
Luigi's Mansion is now regarded as a Classic in it's own right . I don't think it deserved the hate it got.
Yeah, it's a great game.
I know what you mean how the original Super Mario game mechanics can feel a little wonky to go back to. Though I really liked the changes they did to the game mechanics in Super Mario 35. That felt like how I thought I had "remembered" it, and then playing the original again on with Switch Online, it was a little wonky. I wished they'd put out a Super Mario version with the Mario 35 game mechanics. Except for the high jumps they did when jumping on enemies as that was only done for competition purposes.
Though one other thing, after playing Super Mario 35. When I went back to the original regular version, that game felt totally empty. When you are used to a screen full of enemies, and then going back to the regular version where an entire level would only have a handful of enemies, it felt rather boring now. I'd also like a version of Super Mario where Nintendo doubled the enemy count.
Yeah, it really does feel a bit wonky if you're not used to it. The way I see it they wouldn't have changed it for Super Mario 35 if they didn't think it needed it.
Super Mario Bros 3 & BRING BACK F-ZERO
Ahhhh yes, F-Zero. Funny enough, Sega developed the last proper F-Zero game (GX).
Retro Bird I know I’ve just got a second hand copy for £45.00 which is about 54$ 🤦🏻♂️
Mario games make me miss having Nintendo consoles. I used to love my Nintendo games.
Waiting for the Scott the Woz collab.
correction at the beggining, nintendo has been making consoles since the 70s
I was done with mario after mario 64. Havent played one since.
good sonic 3D game. hopefully its frontier!
After i lost my interest in video games for a couple of years, i bought a Wii and an Xbox 360 when they already where on the market for quite some time. And i found more creativity in one Mario Galaxy level than in the whole Gears of War 2 game. Played lots of Mario games since the NES and Gameboy era, but Jump and Runs are simply not my favorite genre. But sure, Mario is always fun and quality stuff...
I too would love to see Nintendo give a 3D Sonic a shot. I’ve always loved both Sega and Nintendo and Sonic 2 will always be my favorite game. But as the years go by Sega never consistently delivers when it comes to their most important franchise. For every Generations or Mania they release 2-3 average to bad games. Outside of Nintendo, Sega has the best and deepest original IPs yet they never utilize them in the way Nintendo does. I really love Streets of Rage 4, but why did we have to wait so long to get a sequel to part 3 and why did Sega not even care enough to develop it themselves. Sorry for the rant, I just feel Sonic deserves better than Sega gives him.
Yeah, I totally get where you're coming from. What's even worse is that it gives the impression that Sega never had any good IPs to begin with because more casual gamers have forgotten about all the great IPs they used to have or perhaps missed them to begin with. Sega has been saying lots of things lately about trying to respect their older games more, but we'll have to see. I wonder if they didn't make Streets of Rage 4 themselves because they felt like they couldn't have done as good of a job on it as the developers who did. Same with Sonic Mania.
My favorite main Mario game is for super Super Mario World, but it's real close all across the board. As for a game that the Nintendo EAD (A team) do... Let's have them do a new proper 2D Mario game. The "New" Super Mario Bros. Games are alright, but don't capture the same magic of the classics or the modern 3D Mario games.
What about Rocket Knight Adventures. Speaking of which did you like it's sequel?
Didn't even bother to give a shout out to the number #1 Pitfall 2 fan. Aka ME!
I will try to make up for it. Everybody give it up for the #1 Pitfall 2 fan in the building here!
Off topic but what kind of CRT do you use and what kind of cables?
I use a Sony Trinitron Wega and I use RGB cables that I convert to component video. The NES is actually just hooked up with basic composite though. Doesn't look too bad for composite, right?
Retro Bird yeah your NES footage looks really great. I love those RGB converting cables (I have the genesis version HD retrovision cables)
Mario set the standard for 2D plaformers, Mario set the standard for 3D platformers, and Mario will set the standard for VR platformers. I go back and forth between Mario 1 and Mario 3 as my favorites.
Nice! I feel like I don't see as many people saying Mario 1 is their absolute favorite anymore so good to hear you mention it.
@@RetroBirdGaming For 35 years it continues to be the go-to game for new gamers getting into the NES as well as old ones wanting that nostalgia fix. That's quite the legacy.
The biggest thing I never understood about Mario, and I don't believe Nintendo has ever explained. Is that Mario was created in Japan as we all know. So I didn't get why they made him a plumber in Brooklyn, USA? I'm guessing the reason is maybe Nintendo was making most of their money on video games in the USA back in the day, and so just had Mario be an American instead of from Japan.
I've also wondered how people in Japan have always felt about that? Like I'd find it weird if an American company made their mascot be someone who is from Japan that got teleported to the Mushroom Kingdom instead of being from the USA.
I’ve always hated Mario 64 since it’s launch and never had a desire to play it mostly due to the fact that Luigi wasn’t in the game...
I really do not like Mario Sunshine. I remember back then there were promotions for the Gamecube and the Playstation where they said you could buy them and then return them in a week or something and get your money back if you didn't like it. But we got the Gamecube and Mario Sunshine and I hated that game, and so we returned the Gamecube and thus I got out of video games until the Wii.
I was thinking nintendo should make a superhero game since it's all the rage right now.
PlayStation has Spiderman
Xbox has meh
Nintendo?
one for the algae
What about the Sonic for ps4?
Which one? I really like Sonic Mania but that's classic 2D.
Anyone who says, "I hate Mario" is basically saying, "Yeah, I hate video games".
Sunshine is my bae.
Nintendo's games are great but I don't know that they are the right pick for Sonic.
Sonic's strengths are how "un-nintendo" he is in terms of game design. He's the yin to the yang.
I have to say, I find it a little creepy watching your hands play Super Mario 3 in the dark.
Never heard this one before, but anything is possible in the TH-cam comments I suppose :) It's the best way I've found to get contrast so that both the controller and the CRT are in good focus.
To be honest I've ne or been a big fan of mario games, they are good time wasters and SMB3 will always carry nostalgia for me but the series was never a big deal for me.
I really never understood the appeal. I won't say the games are terrible, but I have yet to find one I really like. My favourite is probably the first arcade Mario Bros. It is just not my thing I guess.
Yeah, nothing is for everyone. So, it makes sense some people wouldn't be into Mario.
Why is galixy 2 a bit like odasy
NSMB
Great multiplayer games!
Little big planet bc the creating features are way better than mario maker want to see them go hog wild with that
@3:00 you're doing it so wrong... why
I have a cautious personality! ;)
Is it weird that I’m a gamer and I don’t like Mario games? I don’t like the character I don’t really care for anything about the universe of characters either. Like Zelda they are well-made, top of class, but I don’t identify with Mario as a character I don’t find him interesting at all therefore I don’t care for playing the games.
I find Mario games similar to well written books that I have no interest in the subject matter.
People who don't like Mario are some of the most miserable people in the world
Mega Man >>>>>>>>>> Mario for me on NES. Mario Bros 2 > Mario Bros 3 as well lol, better gameplay, and the levels had more pleasing art. You say it was creative, I say it was just a cheap gimmick, don't see the appeal of anything after 64.
That's all right! Opinions will inevitably differ on this stuff. I do agree with you that the NES Mega Man games are great though!
Unpopular opinion but I don't like Mario games much. Only ones I adore are 64, , Land 1&2, Galaxy and GB Donkey Kong. I honestly like the Sonic games way more (and never grew up with a Sega console, always Nintendo systems). They're not bad or anything but the gameplay doesn't hold my interest plus I HATE the aesthetic and vocal performance of modern Mario games (the NSMB series is disgustingly ugly and I hate the weird noises Charles makes in new games)... least Odyssey had beautiful graphics
Nintendo make game’s for casuals. You don’t need to be a critical thinker to appreciate their simple a wager thin construction. If you have only a passing interest in video game’s or would like to assume the fashionable geek sensibilities of a genuine fan of video games, Nintendo are there to cater for your needs. There’s no need to apply effort when you play a Zelda or Mario game. The colours are bright and bold and story is a none entity. You always rescue a princess and the enemy is always a monster with big teeth.
There is a reason Ocarina of Time is the highest rated game ever. Because Nintendo needed it to be. The N64 was not selling and Mario 64 was not a fun game and people were turning away from the company. So Nintendo did what it always does and reached deep into it’s pockets and found millions, if not billions of dollars to spend on marketing and bribing review publications.
So if you play Ocarina of Time you will find a plodding, fiddly to control, simple game about small shrub removal and going around killing enemies one by one in a convoluted and tedious combat system in a world as sugary as a pop tart in jello. It runs like crap, it’s boring, all the characters are irritating the story is instantly forgotten and progress as painfully slow. Best game ever? Clearly not.
Nintendo trades on superlatives and its self appointed position of innovator and mechanical pioneer. Like Super Mario Bros 1-3 aren’t mediocre platform game’s that already looked old fashioned when they were released. Mario 64 is just ideas stolen from Croc which was that game designers first ever game. It’s a frustrating and slow slog through a bunch of moving hazards and difficult to deal with enemies with, as is standard for a Super Mario game, the difficulty coming from the struggle to control your character.
Sonic ‘06 meanwhile is a brilliant if not perfect action adventure game with a ton of content and interesting, satisfying gameplay. Meanwhile, Mario on the Wii has gone back to 2D to sit alongside Donkey Kong as the gold standard in game design play it safe mediocrity, where it has always been.
Finally Mario Odyssey is released and it’s game design is precisely Mario 64/Croc only now with strange human crossover world and a pacing and difficulty curve that is excruciatingly boring and unrewarding and a plot which is so retarded and strange it leaves a strange and unpleasant aura hanging over the whole experience.
If you like Nintendo, you don’t really like Nintendo. You like the idea that you have a passion for something and are interested in idiosyncratic things and are an interesting person. But all you done is been attracted by the first store at the fayre who hooked you the moment you entered the front gate (of gaming) and wrapped a big blanket around you and proclaimed itself the final word in gaming as you beamed at them, wide-eyes and gleeful as they emptied your pockets for you and force fed you sugar and lollipops whilst paying of reviewers to trash Sonic ‘06 as Sega looks ok agog at the depth of Nintendo-Pokemon Corp’s pockets and lack of integrity.
This has to be a troll post .
I still LOVE to rollerblade!!! It just feels so good. 🛼 after not playing Mario since SNES when getting my switch in 2020 both New Super Mario Bros U and odyssey were fantastic!!! I still need to play through the 3D all-stars collection. Mario 64 doesn’t quite hold my attention anymore. But I will try again.
I have the Shout Selects special edition Blu-Ray of The Wizard with the pixel art of the film's three main characters.
The Wizard is Rain Man meets Tommy meets Karate Kid disguised as a Nintendo advertisement.
Very cool!