EVERY Stage Origin in Super Smash Bros. History

[@Aaronitmar]

What is your favorite stage in ALL of Smash history?

[@marplatense31]

King of Fighters Stadium

[@cravonomire9971]

Minecraft. Just because it represents the Smash community rioting over Steve.

[@luigirocks132xd8]

64: Mushroom Kingdom,Hyrule Castle and Peach’s Castle Melee: Big Blue,Temple,Pokémon Stadium and Fourside Brawl: Tie between Delfino Plaza and Bridge of Eldin 3DS/Wii U Donkey Kong Returns Stage and Pyrosphere Ultimate: Dragon Quest Stage and Minecraft Stage Excluding Battlefield,Metal Mario Stage Final Destination etc

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

Rainbow Road, Pac-Maze, and especially Yoshi’s Island (Melee)

[@WinterDHX]

Pizzascape

[@mukomaryan4919]

2:32:17 An extra thing to note about Mario Maker on Smash 3DS is that if you play on the Omega form, it will cycle through all four styles since it doesn't have to worry about randomization and whatnot.

[@Superemie401]

Nintendo: How many Easter Eggs discussions do you want for Star Fox? Sakurai: Yes.

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

Hey, they might as well if they're not going to focus on Star Fox at all otherwise.

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

Some corrections: (PictoChat 2): The Wario nose drawing is actually based on the WarioWare Touched title screen, as those same jumping noses scatter around the screen in that game. (Pac-Land): Ms. Pac-Man's design in the international version is based on the Pac-Man cartoon at the time, as with all the other character designs in that version.

[@SilverAegis39]

Also, he mentions the smash 64 mario bros stage only returning in ultimate, but it was unlockable in melee too

[@hoom63]

that's a different stage with the same name

[@biondigiacomo7176]

​@@SilverAegis39no, despite the stage having the same origins, the stage and his hazards are quite different

[@потлистьев]

And pow block was smb2 USA version

[@reddie1705]

came back to rewatch this as an anchor during some mental health stuff, saw this comment and you just pried my skull open and pulled out a crisp memory: THE 3D PAC-MAN GAMES. I used to play this platformer with that exact version of Pac-Man in it, had a crazy story of Pacs getting kidnapped and stuff. Good times

[@toonpik7]

One thing I love about Mushroom Kingdom 64 is the Buzzy Beetle jumping in the spring in the background. It looks like it’s having so much fun, it even does a flip :D

[@gv82089]

Apparently its inclusion was an idea from Sakurai's wife!

[@mukomaryan4919]

@@gv82089 That she included in the game secretly without telling anyone, and nobody on the dev team noticed.

[@YellowpowR]

Any sources on this?@@mukomaryan4919

[@corenasue]

It's surprising to see Ridley in SMASH64 on the Metroid level in the background and you can see he's in his Super Metroid look.

[@angelmunoz34]

Idk how I even missed that as a kid.

[@Silly-ne9td]

that means that Ridley is in every smash game in some form

[@corenasue]

@@Silly-ne9td Maybe.

[@LesbianCacodemon]

⁠@@corenasue definitely Edit: Just remembered he wasn’t a boss in melee

[@richpleh8695]

@@LesbianCacodemon he was in the trailer for melee

[@VOAN]

Kraid appearing in Brinstar Depths in Melee is a nod to his appearance in Super Metroid where he was also fought at Brinstar Depths since Kraid's Lair was destroy in the first game.

[@ExtremeAce]

Brinstar Depths IS Kraid's Lair. Just different names used in different games. The areas are the same because Kraid's Lair was not destroyed in Metroid 1, only Tourian exploded. It looks different in Super Metroid to not reuse the same rooms from Metroid 1 and add more variety.

[@miss-tessbess]

On my hands and knees begging for Meta Crystal to become a full-on stage one day. It would just have to be made bigger.

[@TwilightLink77]

Can you imagine if they added that in ultimate as a free dlc on the 20th anniversary of Super Smash Bros?

[@dankaroos]

​@@TwilightLink77 Smash is already far older than 20 years old

[@DamperCoast]

​@@dankaroosis a nerd 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉😂w42f😂😂😂😂😂😂😂r😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂and 😂😂😂😂😂😂is😂 3😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂is 😂😂3😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂is a $?p😂😂😂😂3333777😂>77777 I 7777777>77ii I u i7>7i7>7>>7777 I i7 I ii7 I 88763myy1yrr😮werdddededeffffff7ffffffffffffffffffffffff7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff$fcfffffffffffffffffffff9 7th😂😂

[@ailahmashod]

@@dankaroos 30th anniversary then

[@Acedafox]

Same

[@taxithao1]

You gotta love how Masahiro Sakurai put care into every stage. The man will forever be a legend among video games history.

[@linkums28]

Fun fact! The Shiekah runes that appear on the platform that appears after you break the tower on The Great Plataeu Tower stage spells out "Smash Bros".

[@marplatense31]

My favorite stages from each game are: Smash 64: Hyrule Castle Melee: Rainbow Cruise Brawl: Green Hill Zone (even though I'm kind of sick of the stage thanks to Sega reusing it over and over) Smash 4: Wily Castle Ultimate: King of Fighters Stadium

[@SquidwardTentacles-jl6me]

no one likes willy castle from smash 4 lol and no one asked so shut ur mouth

[@ZyrusSmith]

You picked the worst level in each game. Lmao

[@marplatense31]

@@ZyrusSmith Or you're just full of shit.

[@marplatense31]

@@ZyrusSmith Or you just suck at these stages.

[@marplatense31]

@@ZyrusSmith Or you just don't know how to play in these stages.

[@Sp3ctralI]

3 hours? BUCKLE UP EVERYONE

[@SwitchyWinner]

Wow didn't even realize

[@apolmedrano3914]

Banger

[@Mrgatterson]

I’m not watching The whole thing

[@BTM_notBTS]

@@Mrgatterson im not watching 1 minute

[@getinthevan9958]

Putting on my seatbelt

[@omarmendez0402]

Now do "EVERY Newcomer (A.K.A. the fighters themselves) origin in Super Smash Bros. history" from Mario to Sora, please.

[@scribblecloud]

yesss

[@supergamingwarriorgamerult4705]

Technically the Don't move microgame is in Warioware Twisted where you can't move your GBA to avoid cracking an egg

[@pi2082]

Yes, but it's design in Smash is unique

[@supergamingwarriorgamerult4705]

@@pi2082 I did say "technically"

[@theriddled214]

I wish there was a nether portal for every stage variation in minecraft. Maybe when someone damages the portal it brings the stage into the nether, which has 3 settings. The soul sand valley, warped forest, and crimson forest.

[@buciallstar]

Funny story: a week before the star wars force awakens movies would premier, and I already had my ticket, the miiverse stage spoiled me on the ending of the movie. I was like "what the actual f". I was so pissed at the stage I refused to play on it every again.

[@Wiiguy1606]

Your anger should not be at the stage but at the person who chose to spoil it

[@HerbyRuths]

Holy moly! Same. The Han thing right?

[@buciallstar]

@@HerbyRuths I think it was something like "han gets killed by his sith Lord son" or something (it has been quite a few years) but quite the coincidence it happened to you too

[@Scoobydoo-tu4hd]

I'm fairly certain that happened to everyone who played the miiverse stage i also saw such comments around the time. I would have been upset but I'm more of a star trek fan anyway

[@boks02_]

Can't believe he called it "pit of doom" and not "Hyrule Fight Club"

[@skybricksgaming8392]

Fun fact: the trees in the backgrounds of the Minecraft stages don’t actually all sit on real blocks. At one point I planned to build all of the Minecraft smash stages in a world, but as that world was unfortunately deleted, I only ever completed the omega version of the stage, which always uses the village appearance. If I’m remembering correctly, neither of the background trees sat on an existing block, but instead were placed in between where two blocks normally would be. The best I can assume about why they did this is that I guess it might look slightly better placement wise, although I only noticed the difference when actually placing the blocks in game, so I don’t think it actually changes much in the visual aspect

[@starfoxsmash7002]

I'd say my favorite stages for each game are: Melee: Pokemon Stadium, Mute City, Temple, and Brinstar. Brawl: Pokemon Stadium 2, Spear Pillar, Port Town Aero Dive, Norfair and Lylat Cruise Smash 3DS: Rainbow Road, Unova Pokemon League, Prism Tower, and Mute City SNES Smash Wii U: Kalos Pokemon League Smash 4 DLC: Midgar and Umbra Clock Tower Ultimate: New Donk City Hall and Dracula's Castle FP1: Mementos, King of Fighters Stadium, and Garreg Mach Monastery FP2: Northern Cave, Cloud Sea of Alrest, Mishima Dojo, and Hollow Bastion

[@Royblade90]

No 64 stges 😢

[@Gamingraptorpro]

You forgot about the Neckies (the vultures) that fly over Kongo Jungle 64; and the Goonies (Seagulls), Happy Flowers, and Chain Chomps of Brawl's Yoshi's Island.

[@Ikine557]

I'm not sure how much of a reference it is or if it's just coincidence, but I think it's neat how in Sky World you can't go down through the platforms until you smash them and then you can. Just how like in Kid Icarus there are some tiles you can go through and some you can't and it REALLY matters sometimes.

[@omegasteve2666]

Some extra things: 1. In the background of Onett, there is a large excavator. There are no excavators in Onett, BUT there is one in Dusty Dunes Desert. This is probably just a little reference, as an excavator still fits well into a city setting. 2. During the Distant Planet segment, you talk about The Forest of Hope, but accidentally show footage of The Impact Site instead. Whoops! 3. It is true that Buzzbombs don't appear in Spiral Mountain, but they do appear in the game's opening. This is why I assume Buzzbombs appear in Spiral Mountain besides the usual vegetable enemies.

[@rheeeeeee2011]

Wow I didnt know that!

[@rheeeeeee2011]

The buzzbomb thing

[@brandonwilliams6119]

If I had to choose 1 favorite stage from every game: N64: Hyrule Castle Melee: Temple Brawl: Castle Siege 3DS: Pac-Maze Wii U: Jungle Hijinx Ultimate: Yggdrasil’s Altar Here’s my favorite Battlefields throughout Smash: 1. Brawl 2. Melee 3. Wii U Favorite Final Destinations: 1. Melee 2. Wii U 3. 3DS

[@gojithecringe]

By owning one of Smash Bros games, you basically own the "Best of the Best" of features series

[@theawemazingcrew9702]

It's so cool to see over time how much detail they put into each stage. I'm a huge smash fan and there are so many things I had no clue about.

[@Envux]

Ok, now do every stage on stage builder for brawl, wii u and ultimate

[@solinkdc2645]

😨?

[@TheElementsAreWithMe]

Wow you pointed out a lot of details I never noticed about the ultimate stages. Thanks dude, now I can keep playing this game on full throttle.

[@jorklersfandom]

I think Castle Siege is most closely based on Path of Radiance, since the flags are those of Daein (the enemy country in that game). I remember people speculating that Ashnard was going to be in Brawl because of this.

[@snbks4ever]

This video is awesome!!! Great job to detail and time taken, thanks

[@ngillis5540]

My brain can only focus on either 30-second clips or 2+ hour video essays. There is no in between, and this video was amazing!

[@jennifergriel861]

Since they changed the name of Super Happy Tree in Ultimate, I was hoping they’d also change Mushroom Kingdom II’s name to Subcon. But no such luck.

[@wlliamson53]

27:16 I KNEW IT! I knew it was a reimagining of 64!

[@JeremiahDawson-v4d]

My favorite stages from every game are: From Super Smash Bros. 64 Dream Land, Kongo Jungle, Saffron City, and Hyrule Castle. From Super Smash Bros. Melee: Princess Peach's Castle, Rainbow Cruise, Kongo Falls, Great Bay, Temple, Corneria, Venom, Yoshi's Island (Melee), Brinstar, Brinstar Depths, Green Greens, and Fourside. From Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Mushroomy Kingdom, Delfino Plaza, Rumble Falls, Frigate Orpheon, Yoshi's Island (Brawl), Halberd, Port Town Aero Dive, Pokémon Stadium 2, Spear Pillar, Pirate Ship, Castle Siege, New Pork City, Summit, Warioware Inc., Skyworld, Mario Bros. Shadow Moses Island, and Luigi's Mansion. From Super smash Bros 4, the stages shared between both versions: Boxing Ring, Duck Hunt, Wily Castle and Gaur Plain. And I love all the DLC stages. From Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: 3D Land, Rainbow Road, Paper Mario, Golden Plains, Spirit Train, Gerudo Valley, Unova Pokémon League, Prism Tower, Mute City SNES, Magicant, Reset Bomb Forest, Arena Ferox, Pac-Maze, Find Mii, and Balloon Fight. From Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Mushroom Kingdom U, Mario Galaxy, Mario Circuit (Wii U), Skyloft, Jungle Hijinxs, Kalos Pokémon League, The Great Cave Offensive, Flat Zone X, Palutena's Temple, Gamer, Garden of Hope, Coliseum, Pilotwings, and Wuhu Island. From Super Smash Bros Ultimate,: New Donk City Hall, and Moray Towers. And finally for the DLC stages: Mementos, Yggdrasil's Altar, Spiral Mountain, King of Fighters Stadium, Garreg Mach Monastery, Spring Stadium, Northern Cave, Cloud Sea of Alrest, Mishima, Dojo, and Hollow Bastion.

[@TBustah]

It should be noted that the music in Onett not only isn’t from Onett, it’s not even from the second game. It’s an arrangement of “Bein’ Friends” from the first game. It plays on the overworld when Ninten has somebody in his party, and is one of several songs that had lyrics written for it on the soundtrack album.

[@jamieellis1094]

Thank you for pointing this out!!!! It bugged me for the longest time

[@larvasupershow]

Thank you for the time and dedication you took to make us this amazing video 🙏

[@BrowncoatBC]

Still kind of cool that there’s a small nod to PokéFloats in Detective Pikachu. May not get it as another stage, but it’s nice that it’s remembered. (Pikachu Vs Mewtwo fighting on top of the Pokémon floats)

[@TylerA52903]

Props to you man. Great video. Watched the whole thing from start to finish 💯

[@SaddieMoon]

2:39:30 Fun Fact: This mistake appears because the Odyssey is based on it’s render. As this same issue can be found in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020)

[@Fvckerovhope]

Thank you for your time and dedication on this video!

[@awesomecarguy9897]

Can you make a victory pose reference video for all the 3DS/Wii U fighters? It's been a while since you made one.

[@Acedafox]

I would love a way to pick skins for different final destinationss over the years since their aesthetics are so different

[@yahaha_99]

FAVORITE STAGES FROM EACH GAME : N64: ZELDA 64 CASTLE MELEE: TEMPLE BRAWL: FINAL DESTINATION WII U : BATTLEFIELD ULTIMATE: SHEIKAH TOWER

[@louisfontanarosa-yq2in]

I would never have the patience to do even half of this video how do you do this 💀

[@Handington]

What a wonderful, comprehensive look! Thank you very much!

[@YellowpowR]

It's sad to hear about StreetPass in past tense and in a historical context... Bring StreetPass back!

[@francisnguyen6349]

All Stages from Super Smash Bros. 64, Melee, Brawl and Smash for Wii U/3DS to Ultimate with DLC Stages.

[@SeaOfPixels]

Smash 64's final destination looks so nice

[@SirDavidAsher]

The fact you say brothers instead of bros validates my childhood. I was already in my mid twenties when I heard people calling it 'bros' and thought it was really strange, lol

[@Mushrooms683]

I LOVED playing on miverse just because of how basic it was. I never knew there was anything special about it.

[@cookiecreeperplayz]

It's also important to point out that the shadow moses island stage is a very faithful recreation of the outside of the actual facility, which is the second area in the original game, after the water entrance room. The spotlight is from that area, and the layout of the stage is basically straight from the game, with the gate shown on the stage being the entrance to the facility (although in the game, you are only able to enter through the vents)

[@darkpit456]

I watched Chuggaaconroy let’s play of Skyworld Sword recently. It was amazing! Now I know about Skyworld Sword

[@CJ_IceCissalc]

Been marathoning your smash references videos! Congrats man! This is what smash means the most! How rich those games are! So glad for your videos this way more people can get to know how incredible the contents in smash are and you keep the Sakurai and team work alive. Do you by any means have plans to do with all the spirits too? Thanks again!

[@jameswallace3439]

Reminds me of those History Behind Super Smash Bros. videos we had fron 2007 through 2011.

[@shinesoul7472]

25:14 to be completely fair, the head of Smash is also the head of Kirby, so he would totally go ‘im keeping this’

[@soraandkairi1194]

Honestly find it very strange that we never got a stage based off of Gyromite, just remixed music. It also makes ROB The Robot the only playable character that has never had his own stage which just doesn’t seem right to me. I mean, I guess Delfino Plaza, Mario Bros, Pictochat, Pictochat 2 or Wrecking Crew can work but it’s still odd. I have always found it cool that ROB is the only character that was a toy before becoming a video game character though.

[@YellowpowR]

Port Town Aero Drive should have been a R.O.B. stage at some point, too.

[@TheRealBatabii]

The "sinewy" things in brinstar are a reference to Zebetite

[@Hollul]

The cat picture at 53:50 🐈

[@whyheytor]

this is one of the best videos i ever watched thank you

[@rickdaniel7341]

2:12:39 “Defiant Statement: There is nothing you can do to me! Do your worst!”

[@SaddieMoon]

5:18 That Buzzy Beetle apparently was added by, I think Sakurai’s partner, without anyone noticing.

[@reedhendges2094]

I appreciate all the work that goes into your videos

[@darkpit456]

Hey Aaronitmar! How about you do an items origin? I am very curious on some of the various items that are in Smash bros, like where they come from and the references. Like the Super Scope is from a real Nintendo controller of sorts. That would be really interesting to learn about, even if I’m a competitive player who doesn’t play with Items

[@SwaggyG_2102]

The stages of the Smash Bros series are such a huge staple for the franchise. Without them and unique mechanics, Smash Bros would just be another fighting game, but with Nintendo characters.

[@ricardocano2268]

Please don’t be a jerk and just be a good friend and I love that you have been there and I’m so glad you have been here for us us all and your dad

[@sharkyyy134_bs2]

IT MADE ME SO SO SO SO SO MAD THAT YOU DIDNT SHOW BATTLE FIELD AND FINAL DESTINATION FROM Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3Ds

[@olsmellyknuckles9653]

I’m going to listen to this in the background to distract myself from the thoughts of loneliness and ending it.

[@BriannaBow]

Hope your still here.

[@olsmellyknuckles9653]

@@BriannaBow yeah things still aren’t great

[@drycoughforte]

Metal Gear Rays first appearance was in Metal Gear Solid 2 not in brawl.

[@PipesTheVlob]

just watched this because i cant seem to find the smash 4 video anywhere else a few mistakes with pac-land the ms pac-man design in the american version is not based on artwork for older arcade machines, but rather the hannah-barbera cartoon, which pac-land was based on but the american version was even closer to you also missed the morning pallete of pac-land, which is a different shade of blue

[@manuknight6475]

FUN FACT: the QR code in the mii verse section just leads back to Aaronitmar channell

[@beelovedteehee]

the qr code at 2:30:37 being to your channel is really cute

[@RenoDojima]

52:11 it's so weird to see that the crowd isn't made of cutouts, like the seats and everything is just animated panels.

[@mustard_96]

For Mushroom Kingdom II, I like to think that it’s more so based on Super Mario Advance, as that was a launch title for the GBA, which launched the same day as the GameCube. Something that has always bugged me is that Sakurai said Smash 3DS was supposed to represent the “handheld history” of Nintendo. And by that, they meant that of the 20 original exclusive 3DS stages, 12 were based on 3DS games, 3 based on DS, 1 original GameBoy, 2 based on SNES, 1 NES, and 1 Arcade.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

For Spring Stadium there's also the arches at the top of the stage that bounce anyone that was knocked into them downard and also the monitor screen in the background showcasing all the different fighters of ARMS when in the home game it of course only showed Spring Man exclusively.

[@slippahmastah]

Fun fact: When the stage first got released; the display of Spring Man on the moniter had an error where Springtron’s emblem was displayed instead of Spring Man’s. This got fixed in a later patched.

[@littlebigb5370]

I have no doubts in my mind that the reason you can't use your own minecraft world for Smash is because roughly all of them would have many, many "body parts" that they were having a hard enough time censoring with stage builder.

[@helix2331]

also wanted to point out that the stage onett has a bulldozer in the background, which is taken from the desert section of the game, even though there's no bulldozer in onett

[@XAEzl]

2:30:36 Sneaky little self-insert with that QR code

[@juliah1001]

i just woke up to this video playing. it’s 4am and i have no idea how i got here

[@boa_firebrand]

so for corneria and venom they both appeared in the original star fox for the SNES as well, in the same positions as first and last level

[@vaporterra]

Star Wars movie length and entertainment

[@davidanderson5939]

mementos is not completely optional in persona 5 there are several points in the story where you have to go there Spoilers: most notably when it is first introduced you go in, and use what you learn there to discover the crimes madarame committed, after morgana temporarily leaves your party, you ambush him there to try to convince him to rejoin, and at the very end of the game, you are required to fully explore mementos to get to the very core of the collective unconscious in an attempt to change the hearts of the public as a whole(leading to another dungeon at the very bottom of mementos) if you dont explore mementos throughout the game, you have to go through the entirety of it in one day

[@HockeyJokerit]

I came for the information, but also the music. Ah, so freakin nostalgic, but also genuinely great soundtracks.

[@AndrewIthink328]

Smash bros predicts future game’s design is because sakurai literally just asks the creators: “Hey whatcha working on?”

[@metacob]

4:33 I wonder how this looks to kids today. I started gaming around the time Super Mario World came out, so Super Mario Bros already looked a bit old. When Smash Bros came out, that stage looked super trippy because it was the first time you would see those ancient 8-bit graphics in 3D. But now that 3D must look ancient to anyone who grew up with a Switch!

[@jorklersfandom]

I remember playing the Miiverse stage when The Force Awakens came out and learning “Lucina killed Han Solo”.

[@utuberz123456789]

Did my man just say Ray is from Metal Gear Solid 4? I know you aren't a Metal Gear guy, I'm just surprised you got this wrong since I'm assuming you googled it and I don't know what source would get that wrong. (Ray is from 2, btw, but it does reappear on Shadow Moses in 4, so, half point)

[@utuberz123456789]

Also you can hookshot across Guerudo Valley since getting Epona is actually optional in Ocarina, sorry, I'm being pedantic.

[@justinalicea1590]

24:49 Can't believe Kirby's Up-B Meteor Smash is so weak that, even at over 100%, the CPU could Meteor Canceled instantly.

[@jacksonlovesnintendo]

man I could consume Smash content for the rest of my life

[@n-xeno]

Video idea: Smash Character Origins Covers the orgins of a character's move and references. (Ex: Mario's side B uses his cape from Super Mario World)

[@TramiNguyen-oi3kp]

I love these Super Smash Brothers stages!

[@samyb4566]

I don't think you can defeat the Dark Lord in Find Mii. He's invincible.

[@darkpit456]

Fun fact! Tomodachi means friend in Japanese

[@Natsu25100]

The Banzai Bill Hazard in Peaches Castle has been referenced in the Super Mario Bros Movie where Bowser summons the Banzai Bill to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom only to be stopped by Tanooki Mario.

[@luigirocks132xd8]

Lit Video BTW What GameCube Game would you want to see on Switch!

[@spensirmclife6549]

Slight correction with Castle Siege, the guy on the on the throne is inspired by the Black Knight but not him since there are noticeable differences in design

[@TheNoodlerNoodleASMR]

What a phenominal video!

[@WinterDHX]

What if Pizzascape from pizza tower is on ultimate - Aesthetic changes in the stage - appearance of the original enemies - Background references

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

Oh damn, glad they nerfed gold mode in ultimate. Could you imagine xernias?

[@redhoodprince5455]

The background of the pokemon floats stage kind of gives me vibes from the Pokemon Snap stage where you find Mew

[@SaddieMoon]

On the Super Mario Maker stage, slopes appear. This two wasn’t in Mario Maker, but it was added to the sequel. Weirdly becoming more accurate to that version.

[@GigaBowserNS]

I'm only a little bit into the video but I'm already wishing there was WAY more visual representation for the origin of things. Ie, for the Smash 64 Mushroom Kingdom stage, you show like 2 seconds of NES Super Mario Bros. and that's it. Why not a quick shot of how the Balance Lifts work in that game? Or showing what the castle looks like. To talk about the "Origin" of stuff, it really helps to actually SEE the origin instead of just listening to you talk about it...