The apex of the 8-Bit Era and for many the greatest game of all time! (Chapter Markers and More Below!)
On October 23, 1988 Super Mario Bros. 3 was first released in Japan. It would go on to be regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.
0:00 GTV ID: Simply Great
0:06 Intro: The Greatest Video Game Ever Made
0:43 Act 1: The Road To October 23, 1988
11:38 CM1 Super Mario Bros 3. for Family Computer (1988) Super Mario Furikake (1987)
12:40 Act 2: Coming to America
22:18 CM 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 for NES (1990) Happy Meal Toys (1990)
23:20 Act 3: The Legacy of Super Mario Bros 3.
29:06 CM 3 Super Mario Bros 3 in France and Mexico (1991) Super Mario Advance 4 (2003)
30:14 Act 4: Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight
Episode information
GTV 59 "The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3" Season 3 Episode 17
Original Airdate: October 26, 2018
Produced October 1-25, 2018
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.
Produced with Final Cut Pro and Photoshop, which my job paid for!
Here are other GTV episodes set in the Mario Universe
Luigi’s Mansion Arcade https://youtu.be/zwwhz5dd6HA
Super Mario Bros 2 Acoustic Soundtrack https://youtu.be/IXpzUlTpNxk
What Was Yume Kojo? (AKA Not The Story of Super Mario 2) https://youtu.be/KL9o9zzCUsQ
Super Mario Bros Wii Coin World Arcade https://youtu.be/99soQZW4tDc
Super Mario Bros 2 Manga https://youtu.be/32y2jyLaPLY
Super Mario Bros 2 Music Bug https://youtu.be/z5Tyo6rDEsU
Dr. Mario Manga https://youtu.be/Oln2adHrUY4
The Perils of Pauline https://youtu.be/DKmJmAVXHgg
Super Mario Land Manga https://youtu.be/cUBmBWGMcMo
The Story of Super Mario Bros Too (AKA The Great Giana Sisters Story) https://youtu.be/s1wOfDat6rA
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. https://youtu.be/oPYfqJbkXfw
Donkey Kong Manga https://youtu.be/vTp3IuiDHJY
Super Mario Land 2 Manga https://youtu.be/k0H_OJX81b8
Super Mario Land 2 Manga Part 2 https://youtu.be/k0H_OJX81b8
Super Mario All Stars https://youtu.be/ZOfKjEa-MGw
A lot of this video would be impossible to make without the work of:
Chris Covell, who tirelessly preserves and rediscovers lost gameinfo https://www.chrismcovell.com/
Super Mario Wiki and The Mushroom Kingdom, who research and archive tons of Nintendo and Mario data https://www.mariowiki.com/ https://themushroomkingdom.net/
Kazuya Games and Japanesecommercials4U2 channels who archive all the retro commercials. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZPMtLKlUr3A-BhjoFfL8g
https://www.youtube.com/user/Japancommercials4U2
Gameplay by World of Longplays. And about 3% of the rest was recorded be me! Mostly Super Mario USA stuff..
If I forgot anything or anyone, please let me know and I will amend it