How Nintendo modernized Pauline

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Super Mario Odyssey
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Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
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For decades, Pauline was almost forgotten. She appeared only in obscure Mario puzzle games on the Game Boy Advance and DS. But then, in 2017, Pauline was rocketed to newfound fame with Super Mario Odyssey. Not only did she sing the game's theme song, Jump Up Super Star, but she took on a new role as mayor of New Donkey City!

In this video I want to look at how Pauline was originally created, how she fell into obscurity, and how Nintendo modernized her for Super Mario Odyssey!

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SOURCES
https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/pauline-donkey-kong-nintendos-first-leading-lady Early history of Pauline
https://www.acriticalhit.com/hidden-influences-mario-how-popeye-game-became-donkey-kong Extremely detailed early history of DK
   • Mario Origins: New Details About The Makin...   Video version of above article
https://www.ndw.jp/mario-220913-2/ Origin of Peach's name
https://shmuplations.com/dk1994/ Interview with DK '94 dev team
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/6h9s6l/hi_im_mr_koizumi_producer_of_super_mario_odyssey/ Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi 1
https://www.4gamer.net/games/368/G036836/20171018071/index_2.html Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi 2

CREDITS
Research by Norman Caruso, Drew Mackie, and Kate Willaert proved invaluable in making this video
Circuit board icon by Surang via Flaticon

MUSIC
"Fossil Falls" and "Jump Up, Super Star" from Super Mario Odyssey.
All other music composed and arranged by me.

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Part 1: The original Pauline
5:14 - Part 2: Pauline, overshadowed
10:08 - Part 3: Jump Up, Super Star!
17:57 - Outro



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