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!



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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.    / channel  
   / 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