Mario Bros. Retrospective Part 1 - Of Pipes and Plumbers
Welcome to Part 1 of our Mario Bros. retrospective!
In our first episode, we cover the origins of Mario, and how he evolved from a carpenter chasing a giant ape in Donkey Kong, through his various early day careers including factory worker, demolitions expert, and of course, plumber.
In this series, we aim to tell the story of the Mario Bros. series as it unfolded for North American audiences. As the overall Mario franchise is impossibly large, doing a complete retrospective on the character's career would be a herculean task, so the focus of this series is going to remain on games that derived in some way from the Mario Bros. formula. This means no Kart, Tennis, Dr., or any of that. This also means that aside from the character's arcade origins, no Donkey Kong games will be covered. (We hope to do a Donkey Kong retrospective someday, but whoo boy is THAT a big undertaking, especially in the early days!)
But back to this, we are not only looking at the games themselves, but the historical context surrounding them, and what it was like being a fan as these games were being released.
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Donkey Kong
03:40 - Mario Bros. (Game & Watch)
05:14 - Mario Bros.
09:29 - Mario Bros. Special & Punch Ball Mario Bros.
10:10 - Wrecking Crew
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More invaluable sources that this project wouldn't have been possible without:
The Super Mario Wiki: https://www.mariowiki.com/
The Gaming Historian: https://thegaminghistorian.com/
Leonard Herman: http://www.rolentapress.com/
Supper Mario Broth: https://www.suppermariobroth.com/
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