I'm writing this on July 18th, 2017, one year after posting this video and the exact 30th anniversary of the opening day of Yume Kojo! In one year this video has had over 13,000 views, over 500 likes, has brought in 1600 subscribers and has been featured on Nintendo Life, Den of Geek, Polygon and Kotaku as well as other sites that don't publish in English! Its great to see so many people have learned the true story behind Yume Kojo and now have an all new anecdote for whenever someone pulls out Super Mario Bros. 2!
I absolutely love that you were able to cobble together so much research on the Expo on top of it's ties to the game. In my opinion, you left no stone unturned. So i'm wondering, could you do the same for All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.?
Wow this is amazing! Mario 2 has been my favorite game since I got it when it came out. For YEARS people loved to throw "you know it's not a real mario game" snark at me. and I have to sigh and say "YEAH DOKI DOKI PANIC I GET IT," but no one ever seems to know more than the cursory story from your intro. This is so much more than that. It's beautiful. And it makes me happy it became a Mario game so that the spirit of such a positive event getting a whole country excited about creativity, the arts and technology, could endure beyond it's original span. Thank you!
Tom, thanks so much! It’s guys like you that I made this video for. But I always had the curiosity of what the event was. Especially when everyone talk about that but no one knew anything! I’m going to be Malta follow up video next year about how Fuji TV and Nintendo became partners before this game and it’s all interesting history. It’s also not the only switcharoo game video I’ve done. So take the knowledge of Yume Kojo and really really impress everyone with what you know. Thanks so much for watching!
Honestly if the game didn’t get reskinned into Mario 2 the game would have been forgotten. Seems like Nintendo had a love for this game and didn’t want to see it die.
This is genuinely one of the best videos I've seen in years. I learned a lot of things I never knew about. It was very easy to listen to and digest and it kept my attention the whole way through. Keep up the great work!
This mini-doc does a fantastic job not just of explaining this big awesome festival, but also of evoking another time & place. I love hearing about ephemeral experiences like these that can never truly be recreated. Wonderful job, thank you.
Thanks! It's the best comment I've gotten in a long while. That's the feeling I was trying for. It's a bit frozen in time and lost, and I kind of like it that way.
Ah!!!! So satisfying! Also, with your info about the Italian inspiration for the mask designs in the festival I am certain I can add one more piece to the Doki Doki Panic puzzle: The likely inspiration for the beak-like mask, that some have likened to a plague doctor mask, on the bouncing birdlike enemy "tweeter." That mask is a dead ringer for the mask for "Zanni," a character type from the tradition of early Italian theater called "Commedia dell'arte"! Thanks for making this thorough and well produced video!
+Disrupt the Imaginary hey thanks! I had a friend raised in Italy tell me the same thing. Of course after the video when I can’t change it!. The masks sold at Yume Kojo were imported directly from Italy and had Italian and German text on them. They were wrapped in a paper that said Yume Kojo. And without that paper, you wouldn’t know they were sold there. So I assume that they just imported a ton of them and sold them that way. Glad you liked it! Be sure to spread the word as this video only had 16000 views, yet every other “story of super Mario 2” that doesn’t tell us anything has a million or more
Haha, I almost didn't write my comment because i can understand the reaction: "Dangit, I wish I had included that in the video!" but luckily you already had that frustration! All the same, I'm glad to have my theory confirmed by a genuine Italian raised person! It's very interesting to think a lot of those masks must still be floating around with most people not knowing their original inception, they are pretty cool looking!
This video was a blissful bit of nostalgia in an alternate universe kind of way for me since I never got to experience this in Japan but this video really made me feel like this was a part of my childhood. Also, your serene narration style paired with the soothing renditions of the SMB2 OST really made this a joy to watch. Subbed.
Thank you so much for taking the effort to delve into this mystery. I, and probably many people like me, never would have imagined that there was such a phenomenal story behind that game.
+Plasma Captain you're welcome. I'm the same as you, I think we all feel the same way. It was fun to make and the book that I used was about 100 pages and I promise you, I used as many images as I could and as much info as possible. Tell a friend who is a Mario 2 fan as well!
Came in here expecting yet another tired ass "sekrt gaemin secretz: did u know that mario2 is rly doki donkey picnic in china!?!" amateur hour video, left pleasantly surprised, having learned new things about one of my favorite games. Have a sub.
Was just watching the new "Shesez" video about Super Mario Bros. 2, and I had to know more about Yume Kojo so I stumbled on your channel. Thank you so much for pulling all this information and footage together!
Thank you very much! Viral would be exciting yea? This won't be the last video of this type. There's lots of secrets locked in old Japanese books and videos yet to be discovered!
I found this video literally because I was looking over the Super Mario Bros. 2 sprites and was like, "Is there some kind of mask theme the designer of these enemies liked to use or something?" Great video and I'll have to watch the more in-depth historical 2022 version sometime soon!!! Amazing videos from just this one I've seen of your work! Thanks for posting it!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. This one is getting old now but it all come from every other channel and website out there constantly repeating the same line about Doki Doki Panic being tied to Yume Kojo but no one having any information at all beyond one sentence. So I did the research and found every piece of info! It wasn’t hard. It taught me two things. One the answer is always out there if you try and two all the supposed “experts” and “historians” just read wikis and repeat each other! 😂 Anyway that lead to this years video when people who were at Yume Kojo offered home movies and recordings to help give even more to the story. 🍒
Holy, that's a lot of information! I remember reading in a book about the history of Nintendo that mentioned Yume Kojo, but just as a children's show, not a work this massive. Also I can confirm about the masks, they are inspired from the Venice Carnival masks.
Thanks! The book this information came from was over 100 pages and there's so much in there, I could have gone on for over an hour! I wanted to ask you about that but I was nonstop busy getting this done. The back of the mask in the video says MADE IN ITALY on the back! The box it came in has a lot of Italian text on it too, it's pretty unique
I only knew that the main characters were Arab inspired, but I learned so much more about the cultural references in this video. The game and whole phenomenon around it is an amazing fusion of styles.
Subscribed. As a massive fan of Super Mario Bros. 2, you don't know how much it means to me to finally have all my Yume Kojo questions answered. Thank you so much for making this video!
HOW do you only have 331 Subs?! This video was AMAZING, and about something that even most people into retro gaming don't even know about! Regardless, you have my respect. Amazingly impressive, and I hope you get the Subs you deserve!
Thanks I appreciate it a lot. As for how many subscribers, I have not been doing TH-cam for very long. Actually when the video was new I only had about 120 so it's really gone up since then. Keep in touch, I'll me making more like this soon
From the description of Yume Kojo, it sounded like a very fascinating event. I wish I could have been around to learn about it when it was first being advertised. Some of the technologies conceived at that event are being utilized today, which is mind-blowing, to say the least.
Nearly all of them are in mainstream use today, while very few of them had been used by the general public then. Also they had zero failed predictions! Talk about a good job!!
Super Mario Bros 2 holds a very special place in my heart, since it was the first game I had on my NES and also the first game I ever finished. I even cried in the end credits with that lullaby music and the image of Mario sleeping, having dreamed it all. This whole video is gold to me. I'm amazed at the scale of this event and I feel nostalgia for it without even knowing so much about it until your video. Thank you, once again, for your work!
Thanks Jordi! I felt the same way as you. I looooooove Mario 2. This video is almost three years old now but I’m still searching for goods from Yume Kojo and finding a lot 🍒
Well...that's what an economic bubble with seemingly unlimited resources will do for ya'. I'm so happy your research yielded so much info and pictures because it seems Japan is always bent on keeping these fascinating secrets all to themselves in these tiny little time bubbles riddled with, but all connecting to, multiple facets of their popular culture at the time. What a bizarre event with so much money behind it considering Japan's usual nationalistic approach. Not to diminish the positive message of such a fantastic event, but how strange in contrast. No surprise romance language nations are at the heart of it all, but I strangely see a lack of gaijin around... Either way, absolutely amazing presentation bringing light to such a nagging oddity tied closer to our gaming hearts than we know, and thank you again Gaijillionaire (two years later!)
@@GTV-Japan Lol, just one as far as I know. Yes, you have responded to a couple of my comments on various videos in the past. In one of them I asked if you had heard of certain rare prizes given away in Famicom contests, and I left you a link which spammed my comment. I'm actually in the process of making my first few videos for a new channel I'm starting myself relating to a whole range of different gaming topics such as concept artist profiles and industry oddities, but mostly Japan exclusive 8-16 bit games and multi-media relating to them such as rare pack-ins and alternate versions. Lots of research! You're indeed an inspiration to me and I love your work! I hope you visit when I'm all done, and I'll let you know :)
GTV GTV Nice! He has linked me some interesting Mario VHS tape listings. I hope to rip those and put them up on my TH-cam like the Terebikko SMW and all the Bomberman/Hudson Soft stuff. Speaking of which... I don't know if this might be something you would cover, but a video on the strange relationship between Hudson's Bomberman and Takara's B-daman might be something to look into! ... and if you want to do something in the Satellaview, let me know! :)
+gigaganon there are smaller events each year in Japan but nothing big like this. Maybe around the time of the Olympics someone will make something like this again?
It's a crime you only have 4,600 subscribers. Channels like Watchmojo thrive on plagiarised listicles that don't teach me anything new, and your content has so much original research, and thorough exploration of the topic. Basically everything beyond Mario 2 being a localisation of Dokidoki panic was new to me, and THAT is a serious achievement.
Thanks! I understand you’re frustrations! The whole reason for making this video is because of mainstream game journalists never actually doing the work to search what this was all about and just recycle the same stuff forever. I never thought much of what Yume Kojo was but I kept hearing about promoting a “fall TV lineup” and after being in Japan so long, I knew it wasn’t true because TV shows aren’t run on the schedule here. There was some unique info on Japanese blogs but then one day I found the book where all the info came from and here we are! Thanks for watching. I appreciate every comment but especially ones of this kind and for this video. 🍻
Oh and about the subscriber count. When I wrote this script I had zero! And by the time I finished it I had about 120. So yeah I’d like a million but that wasn’t going to stop me!
Videos of this depth, even for bigger TH-camrs, seem to be a slow-burn. Instead of being a viral hit, you could say they're the TH-cam equivalent of what becomes a "cult classic" in movies. Chasing clicks on the current hot topics might get the views, but not the sustained audience.
Yeah I know! But that’s ok. I’m doing it my way! At least this video will still be fresh 20 years from now while the “PS3 yellow light of death OMG” videos are already long forgotten
Thanks for uploading! What I can't understand is how such a large event spanning over 40 days and with over 5 million people attending, and 45% of the population knowing about it, that it completely disappeared and there are almost no traces of it on the internet. I can't even find pictures or old merch. online anywhere.
That is a mystery. I searched forever just like you but literally there’s nothing. Except the game. There are a few sites in Japanese but they still don’t say much. Anyway now we know! Thanks for watching
Truly a fascinating video. I never thought that the Yume Kojo event was this big, awesome and carefully planned. I already knew the story behind Super Mario Bros. 2 but having someone talk about the thing that spawned the game that would later become Mario 2 really is something I didn't expect. By the way, now I want one of those Imaginia masks.
Thanks! The masks were made by an Italian company so they may still exist out there. Though the one in the video is the only one ive ever been able to find in Japan. It came in a box with Italian writing on it and wrapped in a paper with Yume Kojo artwork on it
This was extremely thorough, very well constructed, and it finally makes all the pieces come together. I've read a bunch of stuff more recent than when this video came out about how Miyamoto and Tezuka were experimenting with "verticality" for their next major project, and it turns the standard American view on the subject upside-down: The original "All-New Mario Sequel" was this game all along, and it ended up being built around Yume Kojo to fit the all-consuming mass media event. Thank you so much for such a carefully researched story. This and the extremely thoughtful look at Club Nintendo have blown me away in surprised. Well done! By the way, I love the commercial breaks. They really add flavor.
@@GTV-Japan The one that has been dogging me for years is the Dreams Come True X Sonic connection. Most Sonic fans these days know Nakamura-san got hired by Sega to write the songs for Sonic 1 & 2, and Sweet Sweet Sweet on The Swinging Star is the Sonic 2 ending theme with lyrics, but there's a story about Sonic being first revealed on a dorikamu tour bus that keeps being brought up, and I'm wondering if there's a deeper story on their collab, specifically with regards to Sonic stuff explicitly being shown at Dorikamu concerts and the like. Lots of little fact snippets but I don't think anyone has done a comprehensive look at it.
Wellp...Imma bite. This was a truly informative video. Also makes you think that there is a real possibility that someone, somewhere, Working at Atlus, Capcom, Square Enix, or any other game company today, was once a kid who attended this event long ago in 1987 with their family. I think that that's probably the most amazing part about Yume Kojo '87.
Thanks! Yea I think about that too! The new head of Nintendo is like what 44? I’m sure he at least played DDP or Mario USA and it’s funny to think the influence it had yet nobody really knew about it. At least in English
Aside from DDP, the Current chief of Nintendo could've been inspired by the Gaming Exhibit at Yume Kojo '87. Same with anybody involved with the creation of Nintendo Switch.
awesome video. I learned so much that I didn't know before - I've known for years that SMB2 was Doki Doki Panic in Japan, but that was it. Just the music alone takes me back to being a kid, stuck in a hospital bed playing Super Mario Bros 2 on a donated NES in the pediatrics wing of my local hospital, helping me feel happy in a time of sickness.
Terrific video. I'm a huge fan of Super Mario Bros. 2, and while I knew a little about the ties to Fuji TV and Yume Komo, never to this extent. Thanks for putting this together. =)
You're welcome. I just put up about 20 pictures of some of the souvenirs on twitter. I found a whole bunch and are pretty neat. As for the event, I don't think anyone in the English world ever reported on it. There's a few old Japanese homepages that have some info but not much. But Fuji Tv all along had the chronicle in print. If I ever get to America sometime soon I'll make sure the book is given to the right people
I just watched this video a couple of days ago, and I'm shocked to learn that one of my favorite video games on the NES as a child was repurposed from a late '80s Japanese summer festival tie-in video game. You learn something new everyday. I sure as hell wish I could have gone to Yume Kojo as a kid. Keep up the good work.
I know I'm extremely late to this video, but finally I have been given the in-depth details about what the 'event' actually was. I was under the impression all this time that the family characters were just mascots of a TV channel/show. Thanks again for making an awesome video. Haha, you ended up mentioning 'that' page in Mario Mania I was on about on another video's comments, I totally didn't have to look up the page number. PS: Osaka rules :)
Fantastically well-researched and informative video man, it was really eye-opening to learn where all the weird motifs in Doki Doki Panic/SMB2 come from, thanks a lot for taking the time to make and share it!
It's so weird you would suggest this. I just played through the nes, famicon, and gba versions of Mario 2. Awesome job!!! This is the most in depth dive into this ive seen in the internet! Amazing!
I thought it was like a weekend special kind of affair, but it turned out to be more than an anime convention weekend-type event or a county fair-type event. It was more like if Japan did a World's Fair with the Brazilian Carnival in mind.
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. Don't forget to give Super Mario 2 or Doki Doki Panic a play on July 10, it'll be the 30th anniversary! And tell your friends about the story as well
Whoa… This explains a lot for me. For a start, this explains what the heck that blimp was in Doki Doki Panic's title screen. I can't believe I've known of Doki Doki Panic for so long (since 2008-ish, when I was in Year 5) without knowing this much of its backstory…nor can I believe I was misled into thinking that Lina was Imagin's sister, rather than his girlfriend, for this long. Mind = blown. (And this event was back in 1987. Sheesh… Life must've been really simple back then, back when events and conventions like those weren't about paranoia of receiving more StreetPass data than you can handle all at once. But then again, I wasn't even born until December 1998, so…I wouldn't know.)
+Ben Roberts thanks for commenting! That was a big surprise to me too about Rina/Lina (it's actually not spelled in English) one scene that got cut was a special coin set you could buy with your name on it. One had Rina on the face and said in English "I love Imajin" ! Then the masks, the bands, it's amazing how much Nintendo related stuff people know but this was just hiding.
Gaijillionaire By the way, Nintendo Life led me here. www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/07/feature_happy_birthday_imajin_the_characters_from_doki_doki_panic_turn_30_years_old
Actually, her name is spelled "Lina" in English. If you beat Mamu with her, but before you beat him with all four characters, the rescued Muu say "THANK YOU LINA".
Tubewings interesting point! I never knew that. I'll have to correct that! If we all know that usually リ is written as RI so thanks for letting me know ^_^
You sir, are amazing. Every vid I watch that you made, I learn something based on a culture I know little about. All the easy stuff is known, but you add an insider knowledge.
Thanks! I’m happy you enjoyed them! I always insist in including at least one never before heard of fact, though often there’s more. Otherwise why bother making it?
Absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for the tireless work that must have gone into this! I can't imagine how much you needed to translate to find all of this information! Truly phenomenal work! I'm really looking forward to watching all of your other videos past and upcoming!
Thanks! If I hadn't found the book, the video couldn't have been made. I plan to make something similar to this with different games in the fall and winter. Pass the info of this book on to any game fan who might be interested
Phenomenal - I'm really looking forward to it! I really appreciate videos like yours, that add something new to the vintage gaming information that's available. Nintendo seems to be so tight-lipped with their own rich history, so I'm glad there are devoted fans like yourself filling the void!
You did amazing job picking up the information and digged way deeper than the others. The video was very interesting. Good luck with further projects and greetings from Russia!
Thanks. The book at the end had ALL the info and was printed in 1987. The best source. Just happened that no one knew of it. I’ve seen the Far East coast of Russia near Hokkaido before and some towns have Russian signs and food! See you again I hope neighbor!
@@GTV-Japan oh yes I saw the book in the video - it seems like it was very well published. So many colorful (and unique nowadays) photos! Looks like you discovered the source which hasn't been available before because of the border of Japaneese langauge. The things you do is close to what I do here because many people in Russia won't read English sources so I make an adaptation for them in simple and fun form (as you did in the video). Subscribed on you for the further interesting material!
That’s cool. But the thing is even in Japanese there was no record of all that. The pictures are not online. I found the book at a store and there’s no trace of it. Kind of got forgotten
@@GTV-Japan You did amazing job restoring the lost (and important) piece of puzzle. Even I back in that era was wondering why SMB-2 so doesn't look like the 1st and the 3rd ones and what was the deal with all those masks? Only yesterday I was watching another review for this game where the author was explaining it like: "the developpers wanted it to be something new not repeating the previous version but still keeping many familiar stuff". And I believe that's how they would explain it for ever if you wouldn't find the book. I think it would be interesting for everyone who's interested in Japaneese pop-culture history because the topic you started is way wider than just one videogame. That impressive 40-days exhibition so worthed the entire video by itself!
For me what got me interested in finding out the truth is that so many websites said Yume Kojo was to promote Fuji TVs fall schedule. But this doesn’t make sense because it’s not done that way in Japan and so I know supposed journalists (ahem nes works) were full of it
Is there a chance you could do the 'Oddworld Vs Microsoft Scandal: The Full Story (OddPortal)' one of these days? I definitely know some sort of schism between the two tribes happened (also with publishers GT Interactive, and Just Add Water)
Amazing video!! As you said, it is incredible to see to which extend a festival influenced the Mario franchise! Really really interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Greetings from Spain!
+Mc Pato thanks! It's funny to think that even before Mario 2 was made all of this was done and finished, that they made a book about it and for almost 30 years that info was just sitting there waiting to be found
13:25; For those wondering who that is, that is Yui Asaka, a popular idol from that time period. She was best known for her role of Yui Kazama, the main heroine of the third "Sukeban Deka" TV series, which aired on...you guessed it, Fuji TV.
Holy crap! This was an OUTstanding video man! Yume Kojo honestly, legitimately, seems like it was bloody AWESOME!! :D I would have been absolutely spellbound if I went there as a child... heck, probably as an adult as well! Big cudos for making the video and getting us Westerners in on the legacy and legend that is Yume Kojo 87! : ) The ending also even made me a bit sad, with how two of the big minds of the event passed away far too soon from this world. We need more people willing to do cool stuff like Yume Kojo! : (
I’m glad you liked it. I searched a long time for info mainly because there isn’t any! And I wanted to know about it myself! Happy to share it with everyone. Thanks for watching!
Something like this in 2017 or at least soon would be awesome! Of course, I'd have to go to Japan and everything, but this event is completely unprecedented. I wish something like this was annualized, or at least a recurring event like the Olympics. The technology would be even more impressive, too! And to think that this long gone month-long festival is only remembered as a footnote in the history of Super Mario Bros. 2 is a total shame.
Bro, seriously... you have attained god tier level. This was the most informative video on the event ever (if anything its the only video). You stuck gold on getting that book and footage for the event. If I happen to find a copy of that book on my travels, and I know they're rare, I'm gonna have to nab it. Again, great job on the video dude!
What a wonderful event with a good story. I'm Brazilian and I can say that this was a magnificent Carnival! Here in Brazil we already have several cool game events and also our Carnival as mentioned, but they should do something more magical here, just like Yume Kojo was. This event is even a little reminiscent of Disney in a way.
I have watched this video of yours more than any other. I loved learning about the actual event so much. It just seems like an amazing time to have been there when all this had happened. Thank you for putting the time, effort and research into such an amazing and informative video. I'm sure I'll be returning to it many times in the future.
Absolutely fascinating! SMB2 is my goto NES game when I can't think of anything else. I've long known about Doki Doki and even played it abit. No idea it was part of something so massive!
It’s in my top 5 too but the question of “the event” the game came from was making me crazy so I did research and actually hit gold pretty easily. It was all in one book. Thanks for watching 🍒
The reason why no one mentions "the event" is because of fight club rules, Gaiiillionaire..... one must never talk about "the event" outside the event club.
This event reminds me a little bit of what Expo 86 was in BC (though expo left a real lasting mark). I wonder if any inspiration at all was taken from Expo 86 or any other "worlds fairs"
Nintendo seriously needs to make a successor to SMB2 that takes advantage of all this potential lore. Either it be a New Super Mario USA or a Super Mario 3D Dreamland, I don't care, it needs to be done. Imajina Masks would be an awesome new power-up!
This is an outstanding piece of cultural detective work for us Westerners. I knew nothing about anything related to this event, which seems like it must have been a hugely significant part of the '80s pop culture milieu for the Japanese population. Seeing this video genuinely made me have a better day, which is probably the first time I've been able to say that about a TH-cam video! Thank you!
Well not just being fashionable the end of the 80s was like 1929 for Japan. Every was super rich and money was falling from the sky but in the 90s it all came down
Yup, funny I recently played Yakuza 0 on PC and its funny to see how everyone has the latest tech and can afford to go to fancy upmarket disco clubs and spend a fortune in pachinko parlors!
I had a friend who was here in the 80s tell me when it was bonus season, the time of year where salary man gets about $10000 extra in a monthly pay, you could pick up almost new stereos, TVs, etc off the street corner. because everyone just bought a new one every year and threw the old ones out! So I guess even poor people had nice stuff. It also kind of explains why for so long there was new hardware not just for games coming out year after year
This was super interesting. The other aspect of the Doki Doki Panic videos that seems neglected is the step by step design process and how much input Shigaru really had in developing it. Could you research this for a sequel documentary?
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. I have no more information beyond that list but later I made a “prequel” of sorts that explains how Fuji TV and Nintendo got together in the first place. So look for my video on all night Nippon Super Mario for that. I have an idea for one more Mario 2 video but it’s on the drawing board I may or may not make it because I don’t want to repeat the same info so it all depends on what I find. Thanks for watching 🍒
10:09 Coincidence Oh I come from a land from a faraway place where the caravan camels roam Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face It’s barbaric but hey it’s home
4:49 I was playing SMB2 as I was watching this video and I won the bonus game just as this sound effect played so both played at the exact same time. What a weird coincidence.
The history behind this event is absolutely fascinating. I have new appreciation for the set of circumstances that lead to the western release of Super Mario Bros. 2. I can't imagine such an undertaking occurring anywhere else in the world with the level of passion and detail it took to create this event.
Very well-detailed video. Your in-depth analysis on Yume Kojo is reminiscent of the Gaming Historian's video titled "The History of Super Mario Bros. 2."
Thanks! Actually we had a little friendly exchange when he saw this video. After that I realized it should be called "not" the story of Super Mario 2 because every Mario fan would like this but it's not about Mario 2 at all. Anyway it was a question I've always had about how the event behind the game and was lucky enough to find the book that explained it all. Thanks for watching and I hope you check out some other things I've found in Japan game related or not ^_^
@@GTV-Japan Just a suggestion but maybe you can look into the rumor/myth that the prototype that predated Doki Doki Panic, was a Mario game, when it was only described as a "Mario-like platforming game". It seems like there's a lot of disinformation out there from people who are trying to say that Mario 2 USA was the true Mario 2.
I'm amazed whenever I think of how much time and effort goes into these type of events. The planning alone (including all paperwork to be filled out) must be maddening!
I cant believe I havent found this video sooner! Super Mario Bros. 2 is one of my favorite games and Shy Guys are my favorite characters, so after learning about how SMB2 came to be I was curious what everything kept referring to about some kind of event Doki Doki Panic was based on. This video finally explained things to me years later! And I agree with the last part - Ive never looked at Shy Guys, Snifits, Bob-Ombs and Pokeys the same since learning where SMB2 came from. Especially Shy Guys since theyre my favorite characters! It's so impossible to imagine the Mario universe without them, and hard to believe one of my favorite games and characters would never have been if it wasnt for the japanese SMB2 overdoing it with the difficulty and the rest of the world wanting a much funner, better experience for a Mario sequel!
I'm writing this on July 18th, 2017, one year after posting this video and the exact 30th anniversary of the opening day of Yume Kojo! In one year this video has had over 13,000 views, over 500 likes, has brought in 1600 subscribers and has been featured on Nintendo Life, Den of Geek, Polygon and Kotaku as well as other sites that don't publish in English! Its great to see so many people have learned the true story behind Yume Kojo and now have an all new anecdote for whenever someone pulls out Super Mario Bros. 2!
IT HAS BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE YUME KOJO OPENED WHOOOHOOO
GTV you should take a look at my TH-cam channel
ok, i did. thanks
GTV you're welcome
I absolutely love that you were able to cobble together so much research on the Expo on top of it's ties to the game. In my opinion, you left no stone unturned. So i'm wondering, could you do the same for All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.?
You know this really makes Mario 2 being a dream really awesome! Mario is having a dream that he and his friends are a part of Yume Kojo 87.
Wow this is amazing! Mario 2 has been my favorite game since I got it when it came out. For YEARS people loved to throw "you know it's not a real mario game" snark at me. and I have to sigh and say "YEAH DOKI DOKI PANIC I GET IT," but no one ever seems to know more than the cursory story from your intro. This is so much more than that. It's beautiful. And it makes me happy it became a Mario game so that the spirit of such a positive event getting a whole country excited about creativity, the arts and technology, could endure beyond it's original span. Thank you!
Tom, thanks so much! It’s guys like you that I made this video for. But I always had the curiosity of what the event was. Especially when everyone talk about that but no one knew anything! I’m going to be Malta follow up video next year about how Fuji TV and Nintendo became partners before this game and it’s all interesting history. It’s also not the only switcharoo game video I’ve done. So take the knowledge of Yume Kojo and really really impress everyone with what you know. Thanks so much for watching!
Honestly if the game didn’t get reskinned into Mario 2 the game would have been forgotten. Seems like Nintendo had a love for this game and didn’t want to see it die.
I agree. We’d be looking at it on rom lists and maybe liking the game but not caring much about it.
This is genuinely one of the best videos I've seen in years. I learned a lot of things I never knew about. It was very easy to listen to and digest and it kept my attention the whole way through. Keep up the great work!
Thanks glad you liked it! I will continue researching things in Japan unknown to English speakers
That sounds amazing! I can't wait.
This mini-doc does a fantastic job not just of explaining this big awesome festival, but also of evoking another time & place. I love hearing about ephemeral experiences like these that can never truly be recreated. Wonderful job, thank you.
Thanks! It's the best comment I've gotten in a long while. That's the feeling I was trying for. It's a bit frozen in time and lost, and I kind of like it that way.
Ah!!!! So satisfying! Also, with your info about the Italian inspiration for the mask designs in the festival I am certain I can add one more piece to the Doki Doki Panic puzzle: The likely inspiration for the beak-like mask, that some have likened to a plague doctor mask, on the bouncing birdlike enemy "tweeter." That mask is a dead ringer for the mask for "Zanni," a character type from the tradition of early Italian theater called "Commedia dell'arte"!
Thanks for making this thorough and well produced video!
+Disrupt the Imaginary hey thanks! I had a friend raised in Italy tell me the same thing. Of course after the video when I can’t change it!. The masks sold at Yume Kojo were imported directly from Italy and had Italian and German text on them. They were wrapped in a paper that said Yume Kojo. And without that paper, you wouldn’t know they were sold there. So I assume that they just imported a ton of them and sold them that way. Glad you liked it! Be sure to spread the word as this video only had 16000 views, yet every other “story of super Mario 2” that doesn’t tell us anything has a million or more
Haha, I almost didn't write my comment because i can understand the reaction: "Dangit, I wish I had included that in the video!" but luckily you already had that frustration! All the same, I'm glad to have my theory confirmed by a genuine Italian raised person! It's very interesting to think a lot of those masks must still be floating around with most people not knowing their original inception, they are pretty cool looking!
+Disrupt the Imaginary yea, the company still exists as far as I know!
This video was a blissful bit of nostalgia in an alternate universe kind of way for me since I never got to experience this in Japan but this video really made me feel like this was a part of my childhood. Also, your serene narration style paired with the soothing renditions of the SMB2 OST really made this a joy to watch. Subbed.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it and could feel young again with this video
Thank you so much for taking the effort to delve into this mystery. I, and probably many people like me, never would have imagined that there was such a phenomenal story behind that game.
+Plasma Captain you're welcome. I'm the same as you, I think we all feel the same way. It was fun to make and the book that I used was about 100 pages and I promise you, I used as many images as I could and as much info as possible. Tell a friend who is a Mario 2 fan as well!
Came in here expecting yet another tired ass "sekrt gaemin secretz: did u know that mario2 is rly doki donkey picnic in china!?!" amateur hour video, left pleasantly surprised, having learned new things about one of my favorite games.
Have a sub.
+Saga Saga haha I know the feeling! Glad you gave this video a chance. Thanks.
I love Doki Donkey Picnic! lol
Was just watching the new "Shesez" video about Super Mario Bros. 2, and I had to know more about Yume Kojo so I stumbled on your channel. Thank you so much for pulling all this information and footage together!
You’re welcome I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🍒
Love it! Now I'm going have to go back and check out your other videos. Well done, my friend.
Thanks! I like your cart fix em ups that I see on skirmish frogs
I love when I see my favorite tubers @johnriggs liking others videos.
Thank you for this! If I could go back in time, I would love to attend this event!
Since I made the video people have sent me more info and I’ll revisit the topic this year. So get ready for more.
@@GTV-Japan Awesome! I'll be on the lookout!
This is an awesome video with information not found anywhere else. Keep up the good work, and I hope your channel gets lots of subscribers!
+Game Grammar thanks! In glad you found it. Pass it on if you think someone would enjoy it
Yume Kojo really seems like an amazing once in a generation event! Thank you so much for putting together such a well documented video!
Thanks for watching I’m glad you liked it! 🍒
FANTASTIC video!!! i hope this goes viral! you gave the Gaming Historian a run for his money!!!
Thank you very much! Viral would be exciting yea? This won't be the last video of this type. There's lots of secrets locked in old Japanese books and videos yet to be discovered!
On that note, are you a fan of the Gaming Historian?
Well as some comments show, Gaming Historian liked the video and shared the link on Twitter. Nice guy for sure!
I found this video literally because I was looking over the Super Mario Bros. 2 sprites and was like, "Is there some kind of mask theme the designer of these enemies liked to use or something?" Great video and I'll have to watch the more in-depth historical 2022 version sometime soon!!! Amazing videos from just this one I've seen of your work! Thanks for posting it!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. This one is getting old now but it all come from every other channel and website out there constantly repeating the same line about Doki Doki Panic being tied to Yume Kojo but no one having any information at all beyond one sentence. So I did the research and found every piece of info! It wasn’t hard. It taught me two things. One the answer is always out there if you try and two all the supposed “experts” and “historians” just read wikis and repeat each other! 😂 Anyway that lead to this years video when people who were at Yume Kojo offered home movies and recordings to help give even more to the story. 🍒
Holy, that's a lot of information!
I remember reading in a book about the history of Nintendo that mentioned Yume Kojo, but just as a children's show, not a work this massive.
Also I can confirm about the masks, they are inspired from the Venice Carnival masks.
Thanks! The book this information came from was over 100 pages and there's so much in there, I could have gone on for over an hour! I wanted to ask you about that but I was nonstop busy getting this done. The back of the mask in the video says MADE IN ITALY on the back! The box it came in has a lot of Italian text on it too, it's pretty unique
Proud to be one of your (potential) assistants, feel free to ask me anytime you need something to know about my country!
Sure. I'll put up some more pictures of the mask on Twitter
I only knew that the main characters were Arab inspired, but I learned so much more about the cultural references in this video. The game and whole phenomenon around it is an amazing fusion of styles.
Subscribed. As a massive fan of Super Mario Bros. 2, you don't know how much it means to me to finally have all my Yume Kojo questions answered. Thank you so much for making this video!
You're welcome!
HOW do you only have 331 Subs?! This video was AMAZING, and about something that even most people into retro gaming don't even know about! Regardless, you have my respect. Amazingly impressive, and I hope you get the Subs you deserve!
Thanks I appreciate it a lot. As for how many subscribers, I have not been doing TH-cam for very long. Actually when the video was new I only had about 120 so it's really gone up since then. Keep in touch, I'll me making more like this soon
Now 10k!
I’ve heard when you reach 11,110 it turns into four crowns
From the description of Yume Kojo, it sounded like a very fascinating event. I wish I could have been around to learn about it when it was first being advertised. Some of the technologies conceived at that event are being utilized today, which is mind-blowing, to say the least.
Nearly all of them are in mainstream use today, while very few of them had been used by the general public then. Also they had zero failed predictions! Talk about a good job!!
Super Mario Bros 2 holds a very special place in my heart, since it was the first game I had on my NES and also the first game I ever finished. I even cried in the end credits with that lullaby music and the image of Mario sleeping, having dreamed it all. This whole video is gold to me. I'm amazed at the scale of this event and I feel nostalgia for it without even knowing so much about it until your video. Thank you, once again, for your work!
Thanks Jordi! I felt the same way as you. I looooooove Mario 2. This video is almost three years old now but I’m still searching for goods from Yume Kojo and finding a lot 🍒
@@GTV-Japan Sounds really exciting :D
It is. Mostly cups and keychains but I do have some masks and I think they are still made in Italy or would be easy to
Find
What a SUPER through explanation for what Yume Kojo was all about. This is *exactly* what I was looking for.
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. I might update it this year with more info I’ve gathered since then 🍒
EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE and interesting. Great job.
Thank you!
Well...that's what an economic bubble with seemingly unlimited resources will do for ya'. I'm so happy your research yielded so much info and pictures because it seems Japan is always bent on keeping these fascinating secrets all to themselves in these tiny little time bubbles riddled with, but all connecting to, multiple facets of their popular culture at the time. What a bizarre event with so much money behind it considering Japan's usual nationalistic approach. Not to diminish the positive message of such a fantastic event, but how strange in contrast. No surprise romance language nations are at the heart of it all, but I strangely see a lack of gaijin around...
Either way, absolutely amazing presentation bringing light to such a nagging oddity tied closer to our gaming hearts than we know, and thank you again Gaijillionaire (two years later!)
I’m glad you liked it ! Haven’t I seen you here before? Unless there’s 2 Gene Stawinds
@@GTV-Japan Lol, just one as far as I know. Yes, you have responded to a couple of my comments on various videos in the past. In one of them I asked if you had heard of certain rare prizes given away in Famicom contests, and I left you a link which spammed my comment.
I'm actually in the process of making my first few videos for a new channel I'm starting myself relating to a whole range of different gaming topics such as concept artist profiles and industry oddities, but mostly Japan exclusive 8-16 bit games and multi-media relating to them such as rare pack-ins and alternate versions. Lots of research! You're indeed an inspiration to me and I love your work! I hope you visit when I'm all done, and I'll let you know :)
That’s cool! Sorry if I missed a comment. I’ve gone thru at least 20,000 here! Let me know when those videos are online. I want to see them
Wow, I was just linked your channel a bit ago, and this particular video is great! :)
Thanks! I been talking to ESM and I'm working on the lost mario film vid this weekend.
GTV GTV Nice! He has linked me some interesting Mario VHS tape listings. I hope to rip those and put them up on my TH-cam like the Terebikko SMW and all the Bomberman/Hudson Soft stuff.
Speaking of which... I don't know if this might be something you would cover, but a video on the strange relationship between Hudson's Bomberman and Takara's B-daman might be something to look into!
... and if you want to do something in the Satellaview, let me know! :)
Kiddo Cabbusses | サテラビュー好きの外人さん I appreciate that. I'm back logged on ideas for the whole year as of now though
This channel is great! Love the 'ad break' interludes! MJ
Glad you do. So far no ones said knock it off
@@GTV-Japan Very good indeed!
wow what an amazing event! Would love to see something similar today!
+gigaganon there are smaller events each year in Japan but nothing big like this. Maybe around the time of the Olympics someone will make something like this again?
same
i'm so glad to have been educated on this topic, thank you!
You’re welcome! Go and spread the word! If you liked this video I have others in the same style so go check them out when you can. Cheers
It's a crime you only have 4,600 subscribers. Channels like Watchmojo thrive on plagiarised listicles that don't teach me anything new, and your content has so much original research, and thorough exploration of the topic. Basically everything beyond Mario 2 being a localisation of Dokidoki panic was new to me, and THAT is a serious achievement.
Thanks! I understand you’re frustrations! The whole reason for making this video is because of mainstream game journalists never actually doing the work to search what this was all about and just recycle the same stuff forever. I never thought much of what Yume Kojo was but I kept hearing about promoting a “fall TV lineup” and after being in Japan so long, I knew it wasn’t true because TV shows aren’t run on the schedule here. There was some unique info on Japanese blogs but then one day I found the book where all the info came from and here we are! Thanks for watching. I appreciate every comment but especially ones of this kind and for this video. 🍻
Oh and about the subscriber count. When I wrote this script I had zero! And by the time I finished it I had about 120. So yeah I’d like a million but that wasn’t going to stop me!
Videos of this depth, even for bigger TH-camrs, seem to be a slow-burn. Instead of being a viral hit, you could say they're the TH-cam equivalent of what becomes a "cult classic" in movies. Chasing clicks on the current hot topics might get the views, but not the sustained audience.
Yeah I know! But that’s ok. I’m doing it my way! At least this video will still be fresh 20 years from now while the “PS3 yellow light of death OMG” videos are already long forgotten
Thanks for uploading!
What I can't understand is how such a large event spanning over 40 days and with over 5 million people attending, and 45% of the population knowing about it, that it completely disappeared and there are almost no traces of it on the internet. I can't even find pictures or old merch. online anywhere.
That is a mystery. I searched forever just like you but literally there’s nothing. Except the game. There are a few sites in Japanese but they still don’t say much. Anyway now we know! Thanks for watching
Truly a fascinating video. I never thought that the Yume Kojo event was this big, awesome and carefully planned. I already knew the story behind Super Mario Bros. 2 but having someone talk about the thing that spawned the game that would later become Mario 2 really is something I didn't expect.
By the way, now I want one of those Imaginia masks.
Thanks! The masks were made by an Italian company so they may still exist out there. Though the one in the video is the only one ive ever been able to find in Japan. It came in a box with Italian writing on it and wrapped in a paper with Yume Kojo artwork on it
This was extremely thorough, very well constructed, and it finally makes all the pieces come together. I've read a bunch of stuff more recent than when this video came out about how Miyamoto and Tezuka were experimenting with "verticality" for their next major project, and it turns the standard American view on the subject upside-down: The original "All-New Mario Sequel" was this game all along, and it ended up being built around Yume Kojo to fit the all-consuming mass media event.
Thank you so much for such a carefully researched story. This and the extremely thoughtful look at Club Nintendo have blown me away in surprised. Well done!
By the way, I love the commercial breaks. They really add flavor.
Hey I’m glad you liked it! Let me know what else you like. I’m hard at work on new topics for this year
@@GTV-Japan The one that has been dogging me for years is the Dreams Come True X Sonic connection. Most Sonic fans these days know Nakamura-san got hired by Sega to write the songs for Sonic 1 & 2, and Sweet Sweet Sweet on The Swinging Star is the Sonic 2 ending theme with lyrics, but there's a story about Sonic being first revealed on a dorikamu tour bus that keeps being brought up, and I'm wondering if there's a deeper story on their collab, specifically with regards to Sonic stuff explicitly being shown at Dorikamu concerts and the like. Lots of little fact snippets but I don't think anyone has done a comprehensive look at it.
I’m actually working on a sonic video for June and talk about this! You will not be disappointed! At least I hope not
@@GTV-Japan whoa cool! Your videos have been excellent so I'm definitely excited. I'll be on the lookout!
Cool. Should be first week of June
Wellp...Imma bite. This was a truly informative video. Also makes you think that there is a real possibility that someone, somewhere, Working at Atlus, Capcom, Square Enix, or any other game company today, was once a kid who attended this event long ago in 1987 with their family. I think that that's probably the most amazing part about Yume Kojo '87.
Thanks! Yea I think about that too! The new head of Nintendo is like what 44? I’m sure he at least played DDP or Mario USA and it’s funny to think the influence it had yet nobody really knew about it. At least in English
Aside from DDP, the Current chief of Nintendo could've been inspired by the Gaming Exhibit at Yume Kojo '87. Same with anybody involved with the creation of Nintendo Switch.
Sure. I’ve never actually met anyone who went there though but maybe I’ll be lucky and get some first hand account later on
Gaijillionaire yup. It would be awesome to talk to someone who went there. Hear what they think of the event.
awesome video. I learned so much that I didn't know before - I've known for years that SMB2 was Doki Doki Panic in Japan, but that was it. Just the music alone takes me back to being a kid, stuck in a hospital bed playing Super Mario Bros 2 on a donated NES in the pediatrics wing of my local hospital, helping me feel happy in a time of sickness.
I’m glad you liked this video. Thanks for sharing your story happy 😄
Terrific video. I'm a huge fan of Super Mario Bros. 2, and while I knew a little about the ties to Fuji TV and Yume Komo, never to this extent. Thanks for putting this together. =)
You're welcome. I just put up about 20 pictures of some of the souvenirs on twitter. I found a whole bunch and are pretty neat. As for the event, I don't think anyone in the English world ever reported on it. There's a few old Japanese homepages that have some info but not much. But Fuji Tv all along had the chronicle in print. If I ever get to America sometime soon I'll make sure the book is given to the right people
I just watched this video a couple of days ago, and I'm shocked to learn that one of my favorite video games on the NES as a child was repurposed from a late '80s Japanese summer festival tie-in video game. You learn something new everyday. I sure as hell wish I could have gone to Yume Kojo as a kid. Keep up the good work.
Hey thanks! In Japan more we’ll known tie ins are related to music and products but its all around cool
I know I'm extremely late to this video, but finally I have been given the in-depth details about what the 'event' actually was. I was under the impression all this time that the family characters were just mascots of a TV channel/show. Thanks again for making an awesome video.
Haha, you ended up mentioning 'that' page in Mario Mania I was on about on another video's comments, I totally didn't have to look up the page number.
PS: Osaka rules :)
Haha I’m glad you noticed
You went above and beyond ...I will never look at the mario2 and the doki doki story the same again. The hole story is nice to know.
Thanks for watching! Do spread the word!
Man, you TH-cam game historians do the lords work here, uncovering and making available history that would otherwise be lost to time.
That’s my job! Well… not really.
Fantastically well-researched and informative video man, it was really eye-opening to learn where all the weird motifs in Doki Doki Panic/SMB2 come from, thanks a lot for taking the time to make and share it!
Thanks! I’m glad you like it
Not going to lie, this blew my mind. I have a completely different view on Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros 2 now.
So, basically, Yume Kojo was an intentional renaissance? We need one of these.
Pretty much yeah. There are similar events every few years in Japan even up to now. Thanks for watching
It's so weird you would suggest this. I just played through the nes, famicon, and gba versions of Mario 2. Awesome job!!! This is the most in depth dive into this ive seen in the internet! Amazing!
Thanks! Glad you liked it. Now pass it on!
Everything makes sense now! Thanks for this!
You’re welcome 🍒
This is pretty sweet! Must’ve been a crazy big festival.
I thought it was like a weekend special kind of affair, but it turned out to be more than an anime convention weekend-type event or a county fair-type event. It was more like if Japan did a World's Fair with the Brazilian Carnival in mind.
I also see a Disneyland connection with “Imagineers”.
Wow, this was an amazing insightful video. Love this kind of stuff! Thank you so much for making this video. :)
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. Don't forget to give Super Mario 2 or Doki Doki Panic a play on July 10, it'll be the 30th anniversary! And tell your friends about the story as well
This is the video I've been waiting for!
Super informative, I knew bits and pieces but was never able to piece this much of the story together. Thanks!
You’re welcome! At least we all know now
Whoa… This explains a lot for me. For a start, this explains what the heck that blimp was in Doki Doki Panic's title screen. I can't believe I've known of Doki Doki Panic for so long (since 2008-ish, when I was in Year 5) without knowing this much of its backstory…nor can I believe I was misled into thinking that Lina was Imagin's sister, rather than his girlfriend, for this long. Mind = blown. (And this event was back in 1987. Sheesh… Life must've been really simple back then, back when events and conventions like those weren't about paranoia of receiving more StreetPass data than you can handle all at once. But then again, I wasn't even born until December 1998, so…I wouldn't know.)
+Ben Roberts thanks for commenting! That was a big surprise to me too about Rina/Lina (it's actually not spelled in English) one scene that got cut was a special coin set you could buy with your name on it. One had Rina on the face and said in English "I love Imajin" ! Then the masks, the bands, it's amazing how much Nintendo related stuff people know but this was just hiding.
Gaijillionaire By the way, Nintendo Life led me here.
www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/07/feature_happy_birthday_imajin_the_characters_from_doki_doki_panic_turn_30_years_old
Thanks, they're cool people over there
Actually, her name is spelled "Lina" in English. If you beat Mamu with her, but before you beat him with all four characters, the rescued Muu say "THANK YOU LINA".
Tubewings interesting point! I never knew that. I'll have to correct that! If we all know that usually リ is written as RI so thanks for letting me know ^_^
You sir, are amazing. Every vid I watch that you made, I learn something based on a culture I know little about. All the easy stuff is known, but you add an insider knowledge.
Thanks! I’m happy you enjoyed them! I always insist in including at least one never before heard of fact, though often there’s more. Otherwise why bother making it?
So this is what the Yume Kojo in the title meant. I didn't know so much history was behind those two words! Thank you for this video
You’re welcome!
So many feels man, so much research you do for these videos, you are amazing. Thank you very much.
You’re welcome! I’m glad you liked it
Aweosome video, idk why, but i waited almost a year to watch this video! And glad that i did atleast, thanks for this.
I'm glad you came back!
Absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for the tireless work that must have gone into this! I can't imagine how much you needed to translate to find all of this information! Truly phenomenal work! I'm really looking forward to watching all of your other videos past and upcoming!
Thanks! If I hadn't found the book, the video couldn't have been made. I plan to make something similar to this with different games in the fall and winter. Pass the info of this book on to any game fan who might be interested
Phenomenal - I'm really looking forward to it! I really appreciate videos like yours, that add something new to the vintage gaming information that's available. Nintendo seems to be so tight-lipped with their own rich history, so I'm glad there are devoted fans like yourself filling the void!
You did amazing job picking up the information and digged way deeper than the others. The video was very interesting. Good luck with further projects and greetings from Russia!
Thanks. The book at the end had ALL the info and was printed in 1987. The best source. Just happened that no one knew of it. I’ve seen the Far East coast of Russia near Hokkaido before and some towns have Russian signs and food! See you again I hope neighbor!
@@GTV-Japan oh yes I saw the book in the video - it seems like it was very well published. So many colorful (and unique nowadays) photos! Looks like you discovered the source which hasn't been available before because of the border of Japaneese langauge. The things you do is close to what I do here because many people in Russia won't read English sources so I make an adaptation for them in simple and fun form (as you did in the video). Subscribed on you for the further interesting material!
That’s cool. But the thing is even in Japanese there was no record of all that. The pictures are not online. I found the book at a store and there’s no trace of it. Kind of got forgotten
@@GTV-Japan You did amazing job restoring the lost (and important) piece of puzzle. Even I back in that era was wondering why SMB-2 so doesn't look like the 1st and the 3rd ones and what was the deal with all those masks? Only yesterday I was watching another review for this game where the author was explaining it like: "the developpers wanted it to be something new not repeating the previous version but still keeping many familiar stuff". And I believe that's how they would explain it for ever if you wouldn't find the book. I think it would be interesting for everyone who's interested in Japaneese pop-culture history because the topic you started is way wider than just one videogame. That impressive 40-days exhibition so worthed the entire video by itself!
For me what got me interested in finding out the truth is that so many websites said Yume Kojo was to promote Fuji TVs fall schedule. But this doesn’t make sense because it’s not done that way in Japan and so I know supposed journalists (ahem nes works) were full of it
This is fascinating. Thank you for documenting all this information!
glad you liked! I did it for everyone who always wanted to know about it! It was sitting in an old japanese book all this time!
I just watched this video and I had no idea all this went on: thank you for making this
You’re welcome
Is there a chance you could do the 'Oddworld Vs Microsoft Scandal: The Full Story (OddPortal)' one of these days? I definitely know some sort of schism between the two tribes happened (also with publishers GT Interactive, and Just Add Water)
Thanks but probably not. I’ve never played that game and I only do things I know about very well
Ah, I understand, but it's been on my mind for weeks and weeks, you see
Thanks, will certainly do so
Amazing video!! As you said, it is incredible to see to which extend a festival influenced the Mario franchise! Really really interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Greetings from Spain!
+Mc Pato thanks! It's funny to think that even before Mario 2 was made all of this was done and finished, that they made a book about it and for almost 30 years that info was just sitting there waiting to be found
13:25; For those wondering who that is, that is Yui Asaka, a popular idol from that time period. She was best known for her role of Yui Kazama, the main heroine of the third "Sukeban Deka" TV series, which aired on...you guessed it, Fuji TV.
You got it!
Holy crap! This was an OUTstanding video man! Yume Kojo honestly, legitimately, seems like it was bloody AWESOME!! :D I would have been absolutely spellbound if I went there as a child... heck, probably as an adult as well! Big cudos for making the video and getting us Westerners in on the legacy and legend that is Yume Kojo 87! : )
The ending also even made me a bit sad, with how two of the big minds of the event passed away far too soon from this world. We need more people willing to do cool stuff like Yume Kojo! : (
I’m glad you liked it. I searched a long time for info mainly because there isn’t any! And I wanted to know about it myself! Happy to share it with everyone. Thanks for watching!
Something like this in 2017 or at least soon would be awesome! Of course, I'd have to go to Japan and everything, but this event is completely unprecedented. I wish something like this was annualized, or at least a recurring event like the Olympics. The technology would be even more impressive, too! And to think that this long gone month-long festival is only remembered as a footnote in the history of Super Mario Bros. 2 is a total shame.
Yes I agree! I'm hoping Fuji will do something for the 30th anniversary but I'm not holding my breath
Dream Factory '17, I like the sound of that.
King Koleyolis III dream machine!
Dream Power Plant '17 lol
Haha. 夢電子力発電所
Bro, seriously... you have attained god tier level. This was the most informative video on the event ever (if anything its the only video). You stuck gold on getting that book and footage for the event. If I happen to find a copy of that book on my travels, and I know they're rare, I'm gonna have to nab it. Again, great job on the video dude!
“God Tier Entertainment!” Like the sound of that! 🍒
@@GTV-Japan You earned that title
Then go forth and pronounce it to the world!! 🎺 👑
What a wonderful event with a good story. I'm Brazilian and I can say that this was a magnificent Carnival! Here in Brazil we already have several cool game events and also our Carnival as mentioned, but they should do something more magical here, just like Yume Kojo was. This event is even a little reminiscent of Disney in a way.
That’s cool! Thanks for sharing your story! 🍒
I have watched this video of yours more than any other. I loved learning about the actual event so much. It just seems like an amazing time to have been there when all this had happened. Thank you for putting the time, effort and research into such an amazing and informative video. I'm sure I'll be returning to it many times in the future.
Expect an update or follow up later this year
Absolutely fascinating! SMB2 is my goto NES game when I can't think of anything else. I've long known about Doki Doki and even played it abit. No idea it was part of something so massive!
It’s in my top 5 too but the question of “the event” the game came from was making me crazy so I did research and actually hit gold pretty easily. It was all in one book. Thanks for watching 🍒
Fantastic research, man. A pure pleasure to watch this history piece, and an unique one on the topic at that.
Thanks Robin!
The reason why no one mentions "the event" is because of fight club rules, Gaiiillionaire..... one must never talk about "the event" outside the event club.
But I already did talk about it doh!!
You have earned a subscribe, thanks to the in-depth analysis you go through together with all the relevant materials in the video. Great stuff!
Thank you! If you liked this one check it some others. You might like them
Too. Have a nice day!
This was amazing!
+Andrew Higgins (Higgins in Japan) thanks! It was the video I always wanted to make
+Gaijillionaire It really was awesome. I had no idea that doki doki panic had such a cool history.
Actually that's already been takes about in other videos, which I poke fun at. But yea it's a very cool story and a lot of history there.
+Gaijillionaire well more people need to know!!
I agree. Let's spread the word !^_^
Thanks for taking the time and effort! :-)
no problem!
This event reminds me a little bit of what Expo 86 was in BC (though expo left a real lasting mark). I wonder if any inspiration at all was taken from Expo 86 or any other "worlds fairs"
I’d say no as in 85 most of it was underway. But maybe
At least they planned ahead!
Mcbarge comes to mind
Awesome video. Thank you for all of the great info.
Nintendo seriously needs to make a successor to SMB2 that takes advantage of all this potential lore. Either it be a New Super Mario USA or a Super Mario 3D Dreamland, I don't care, it needs to be done. Imajina Masks would be an awesome new power-up!
+Patch93 I'm in favor of that
I'm thinking a 2.5d platformer crossover game titled "Super Mario Dream Factory."
This is an outstanding piece of cultural detective work for us Westerners. I knew nothing about anything related to this event, which seems like it must have been a hugely significant part of the '80s pop culture milieu for the Japanese population. Seeing this video genuinely made me have a better day, which is probably the first time I've been able to say that about a TH-cam video! Thank you!
Thanks I’m glad you like it! Just hard to believe all this info sat in a book and no one knew about it. Have a nice day 👍
This is fascinating! the disco sounds AMAZING!
I'd be there in my leotard and leg warmers going crazy!
Yes those were the bubble days. They still talk about them in tv as the greatest time to be alive
Well...I DO sleep with my MiniMoog synth next to me in bed! so that counts for something! haha!
Well not just being fashionable the end of the 80s was like 1929 for Japan. Every was super rich and money was falling from the sky but in the 90s it all came down
Yup, funny I recently played Yakuza 0 on PC and its funny to see how everyone has the latest tech and can afford to go to fancy upmarket disco clubs and spend a fortune in pachinko parlors!
I had a friend who was here in the 80s tell me when it was bonus season, the time of year where salary man gets about $10000 extra in a monthly pay, you could pick up almost new stereos, TVs, etc off the street corner. because everyone just bought a new one every year and threw the old ones out! So I guess even poor people had nice stuff. It also kind of explains why for so long there was new hardware not just for games coming out year after year
Thank you so much for putting this video together! I didn’t know any of this history. Your hard work is much appreciated.
You’re welcome! 🍒
Epic video, man! Very well done and informative!
Thanks! It was a lot of work, and it wouldn't have been made without finding that book
Gaijillionaire You did a great job!
Thanks again. Pass it on to any Nintendo fan you know, they might like it too ^_^
Wow beautiful background story, and amazing how random events lead to change mario bros sagas forever
Thanks for watching I’m glad you liked it! 🍒
This was super interesting. The other aspect of the Doki Doki Panic videos that seems neglected is the step by step design process and how much input Shigaru really had in developing it. Could you research this for a sequel documentary?
Thanks I’m glad you liked it. I have no more information beyond that list but later I made a “prequel” of sorts that explains how Fuji TV and Nintendo got together in the first place. So look for my video on all night Nippon Super Mario for that. I have an idea for one more Mario 2 video but it’s on the drawing board I may or may not make it because I don’t want to repeat the same info so it all depends on what I find. Thanks for watching 🍒
Awesome video, congratulations for such a great work!
+Carpevi8 thanks. I'll have one more gaming video of this type by the end of the year
I just learn about this game
2019
No time like the present! Thanks for watching
Have you tried the GBA remake?
Super Mario advance? Yes. And who doesn’t love hearing Luigi say lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky 50,000 times over and over again
Fantastic research, presentation, and overall video - more than earned the subscription
Thanks I’m glad you liked it! I have lots of other videos in the same style so look around and comment on some others that you like. Cheers
13:52 "We arr need rove."
I'm sorry but I just couldn't help myself but imagine what it sounded like.
Ha. That’s ok!
Thank you so much for this. Now I know a bit more about the event that Doki Doki Panic was based on. Thanks so much for going deep into this.
+Julie Riley you're welcome. If I never had found that book, I'd never know either.
Who else came from swimmingbird941's colour splash video? Also, I'm subscribing, this was an amazing video :)
Thanks. I will look up this video. Didn't know anything was sending people here. Glad you found me
Don't worry about it, he just mentioned he watched this video, so I just checked it out.
This is super informative! I always wondered about the Dream Factory Family.
Hey thanks for watching! It was always a long held wonder I had too. Lucky that the answer was out there! 🍒
10:09 Coincidence
Oh I come from a land
from a faraway place
where the caravan camels roam
Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face
It’s barbaric but hey it’s home
I don't get it.
@@jaymanier7286
It's the intro song for the Aladdin movie.
Beautiful video, thank you for showing us this amazing story !
You’re welcome 🍒🍒🍒
4:49 I was playing SMB2 as I was watching this video and I won the bonus game just as this sound effect played so both played at the exact same time. What a weird coincidence.
Awesome 🍒
Fascinating how so much was behind what at first appeared a simple switch of characters.
I know! I searched for a long time to find all this info
Wow it really sucks living in "the rest of the world"
haha yea I've lived there. tell me about it. Thanks for watching 🍒
Fantastic work on the video! I wish I'd found this channel sooner, you've definitely earned my subscription.
Thanks! It’s ok if it took a while. That’s TH-cam. If you liked this one I have about 70 more videos so go check them out when you can
Really enjoyed this! Thanks for the well-researched history lesson
You’re welcome! 🍒
Thank you for this entertaining, informative, thoughtful, well-crafted video.
You’re welcome! Spread the word!
The history behind this event is absolutely fascinating. I have new appreciation for the set of circumstances that lead to the western release of Super Mario Bros. 2. I can't imagine such an undertaking occurring anywhere else in the world with the level of passion and detail it took to create this event.
Thanks I’m glad you liked it! 🍒
Very well-detailed video. Your in-depth analysis on Yume Kojo is reminiscent of the Gaming Historian's video titled "The History of Super Mario Bros. 2."
Thanks! Actually we had a little friendly exchange when he saw this video. After that I realized it should be called "not" the story of Super Mario 2 because every Mario fan would like this but it's not about Mario 2 at all. Anyway it was a question I've always had about how the event behind the game and was lucky enough to find the book that explained it all. Thanks for watching and I hope you check out some other things I've found in Japan game related or not ^_^
I see great things in the future for your channel. Keep up the good work :)
+Gencoil thank you! I hope you come back for the next video too
The amount of research that went into this video is amazing. Fantastic job!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it! It’s 5 years old now so next year I’ll revisit it and make it longer with even more info 🍒
@@GTV-Japan Just a suggestion but maybe you can look into the rumor/myth that the prototype that predated Doki Doki Panic, was a Mario game, when it was only described as a "Mario-like platforming game". It seems like there's a lot of disinformation out there from people who are trying to say that Mario 2 USA was the true Mario 2.
If I can find that
I'm amazed whenever I think of how much time and effort goes into these type of events. The planning alone (including all paperwork to be filled out) must be maddening!
Yea and then it actually gets done successfully!
I cant believe I havent found this video sooner! Super Mario Bros. 2 is one of my favorite games and Shy Guys are my favorite characters, so after learning about how SMB2 came to be I was curious what everything kept referring to about some kind of event Doki Doki Panic was based on. This video finally explained things to me years later!
And I agree with the last part - Ive never looked at Shy Guys, Snifits, Bob-Ombs and Pokeys the same since learning where SMB2 came from. Especially Shy Guys since theyre my favorite characters! It's so impossible to imagine the Mario universe without them, and hard to believe one of my favorite games and characters would never have been if it wasnt for the japanese SMB2 overdoing it with the difficulty and the rest of the world wanting a much funner, better experience for a Mario sequel!
I’m glad you liked the video! I was just like you once. And Mario 2 is one of my favorites too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and opinions 🍒