The Story of Super Mario 3D Land & 3D World: A Modern Gaming Retrospective Documentary
Since 1996 there have been two sets of Mario fans: those who grew up on the NES/SNES and love 2D and those who grew up with an N64 (or later) and love 3D. In 2011, Nintendo finally merged together the worlds of 2D and 3D gaming, and did so in a wonderful way (Chapter Markers and more below...)
0:00 GTV ID
0:04 Act 1: Two Roads Diverged…
6:10 CM 1: Super Mario 3D Land (Japan, 2011)
6:37 Act 2: The Best of Both Worlds
17:37 CM 2: Super Mario 3D Land (U.S., 2011)
18:09 Act 3: The Cats Meow
29:22 CM 3: Super Mario 3D World (Japan, 2013)
29:54 Act 4: Once More, With Fury
39:22 CM 4: Super Mario 3D World + Fury World (Japan, 2021)
39:52 Epilogue: Lost to the World
44:17 NG Scene!
Episode Information
GTV 156 “As Super As Ever" Season 8 Episode 13
Original Airdate: November 2, 2023
Produced September 25-October 31, 2023
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 14” MacBook M1 Pro! Edited and produced with Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and Topaz AI. All paid for with Gainful Employment™
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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. 3 https://youtu.be/eHxlok5cDtA
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 Part 1 https://youtu.be/k0H_OJX81b8
Super Mario Land 2 Manga Part 2 https://youtu.be/CvSxSHzK4dQ
Super Mario All Stars https://youtu.be/ZOfKjEa-MGw
The Year of Luigi https://youtu.be/MnoczHYxOoQ
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Justin Bailey https://youtu.be/x-e3BPF-qzw
The Perils of Pauline https://youtu.be/DKmJmAVXHgg
Evets Kainzow https://youtu.be/wJdlZUmZ_n0
Famicom Wars https://youtu.be/hv4tly0zWY0
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From B To A https://youtu.be/ZjZH9abJy0w
StarTropics: The American Game https://youtu.be/65F7xNqiZVA
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Full Color Kirby https://youtu.be/4f2RSAm60iM
Game footage compiled from multiple Nintendo Direct videos, commercials and trailers. Some gameplay assistance furnished by LongPlay Archive. Miyamoto footage courtesy of Game Escape.