GTV Japan | The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3: A Retrospective Gaming Documentary @GTV-Japan | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
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 youtu.be/zwwhz5dd6HA
Super Mario Bros 2 Acoustic Soundtrack youtu.be/IXpzUlTpNxk
What Was Yume Kojo? (AKA Not The Story of Super Mario 2) youtu.be/KL9o9zzCUsQ
Super Mario Bros Wii Coin World Arcade youtu.be/99soQZW4tDc
Super Mario Bros 2 Manga youtu.be/32y2jyLaPLY
Super Mario Bros 2 Music Bug youtu.be/z5Tyo6rDEsU
Dr. Mario Manga youtu.be/Oln2adHrUY4
The Perils of Pauline youtu.be/DKmJmAVXHgg
Super Mario Land Manga youtu.be/cUBmBWGMcMo
The Story of Super Mario Bros Too (AKA The Great Giana Sisters Story) youtu.be/s1wOfDat6rA
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. youtu.be/oPYfqJbkXfw
Donkey Kong Manga youtu.be/vTp3IuiDHJY
Super Mario Land 2 Manga youtu.be/k0H_OJX81b8
Super Mario Land 2 Manga Part 2 youtu.be/k0H_OJX81b8
Super Mario All Stars 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 chrismcovell.com

Super Mario Wiki and The Mushroom Kingdom, who research and archive tons of Nintendo and Mario data mariowiki.com themushroomkingdom.net

Kazuya Games and Japanesecommercials4U2 channels who archive all the retro commercials. youtube.com/channel/UCWZPMtLKlUr3A-BhjoFfL8g
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