Mario has had so many jobs! In this video alone he’s been: A Carpenter, Plumber, Packer at a Bottling Plant, Demolition Specialist, Gorilla Trainer (He was bad at this one), Bomb Delivery Soldier, Tennis Referee, Pinball Machine Operator, Professional Golfer and a Cement Truck Filler! What a busy guy! 😄
@donmakaveli22272 жыл бұрын
Wow, I am early! :D
@plusah12682 жыл бұрын
And a practitioner of opening a can of whoopass in smash bros
@omh202 жыл бұрын
The video was good but you did miss one game. ( yea I’m gonna be that guy). The arcade version of Donkey Kong 2.
@itsgruz2 жыл бұрын
@@omh20 Nah I'm only doing official Nintendo games in this video - not ROM hacks.
@omh202 жыл бұрын
@@itsgruz oh ok never mind then the video is perfect, p.s. big fan of your stuff
@CiCaruana2 жыл бұрын
It's heart-warming that Donkey Kong took a chance on letting an unknown talent be in his game to help kickstart his career, what a great guy
@Rydonittelo2 жыл бұрын
It's not unlike what Dr Dre done for Eminem 👍🏻
@Haganeren2 жыл бұрын
Before actually having success, Mario had to go to a lot of part time work just like a normal human being ! How inspiring.
@lilylopnco Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, blue collar gigs leading to success, truly the escapist fantasy the medium of gaming was made for.
@Haganeren Жыл бұрын
@@lilylopnco Maybe that's what happened. Mario had been isekai'd into some strange world named "Mushroom Kingdom" and has become a VERY good friend of the princess. That's the only way he could climb up in the society...
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
That even inspires me. I am autistic, and I can't seem to hold a job. Outside of my program, I've worked at GameStop during the holiday season, and I'm hopefully gonna do that again. But in my program, I've packaged food for poor people, dusted furniture at a thrift store, and recycled cans and bottles for money. If Mario can do it, then I can!!
@emilyapricot13132 жыл бұрын
Wrecking Crew @ 20:30 was criminal underrated. It was easily the most advanced of Mario’s arcade style classics, with a 100 puzzle rich levels.
@rashidisw2 жыл бұрын
The NES/Famicom version of Wrecking Crew ware indeed better than its arcade version. It also has its own custom-level editor.
@SalivatingSteve2 жыл бұрын
Disney ripped off this game with Wreck-It Ralph and Fix-It Felix.
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
@@SalivatingSteveI think they were ripping off Donkey Kong more.
@OtakuUnitedStudio8 ай бұрын
@@SalivatingSteve They were meant to be an homage, not a rip-off. The gameplay is kind of like Wrecking Crew, but also similar to Rampage but with only one building at a time.
@EpicGamer_SansheeFreddy6 ай бұрын
I know, right?
@RetroArcadeGuy2 жыл бұрын
Ironically, Wrecking Crew was gonna be an original game with original characters, but the devs worried it wouldn't sell much, they reached out to Miyamoto and asked for advise. "Just put Mario in there. People will recognize him" he said.
@SGMayuriKurotsuchi2 жыл бұрын
Like many people, Mario had to cycle through several jobs before he finally found the one meant for him: professional princess saver and turtle killer.
@globingoblin2 жыл бұрын
I love Wrecking Crew, the G&W Mario Bros and Cement Factory so much, thanks for giving them some well-deserved exposure!
@N1ntendog24 күн бұрын
Fun fact: Luigi’s first appearance was actually Mario bros (G&W)
@lafcursiax2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I've been a Mario fan since 1988 and didn't know about most of these! Who knew Mario was a veteran?
@YuukiTakemoto1996 Жыл бұрын
Cree knew about most of these, since she's been a Mario fan since 1981 and a Pac-Man fan since 1980.
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
I knew about alot of these, thanks to the power of the Web.
@MacInTheBox2 жыл бұрын
Seems like you're really taking these more seriously now and giving it more structure and polish. Would be lying if I said I didn't miss the more offbeat Gruz myself but this new style is definitely going to be a bigger draw. Really hope it works out for you, because you deserve it!
@christianb89002 жыл бұрын
I feel like he's changing this for the better because of the competition of similar video's.
@jacquespaught Жыл бұрын
He literally got 50m and 75m mixed up in the first game covered.
@Metalwario642 жыл бұрын
Always nice to see someone who enjoys Game & Watch games. I grew up on them with the Gallery games in the late 90s and early 2000s so I just love them.
@YuukiTakemoto1996 Жыл бұрын
Same! I also had the tabletop Cement Factory game.
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
I had G&WG2 on my 3DS.
@RoninCatholic2 жыл бұрын
Donkey Kong Circus is a prequel explaining the bad treatment Mario gave Donkey Kong before he breaks out in the arcade original. Donkey Kong Jr. is a prequel to that, showing Mario capturing Donkey Kong from the jungle in the first place.
@notsyzagts79672 жыл бұрын
Citation needed or else it's all just speculation.
@RoninCatholic2 жыл бұрын
@@notsyzagts7967 It's because it's obvious from the context. You don't need an "official source" to officially spell things out like this, especially not in things with a loose canon anyway. Besides which, when Nintendo _do_ "clarify" the continuity in a series that wasn't released in a strictly linear order, their "clarification" makes less sense than just about any fan theory anyway.
@greenknight9000 Жыл бұрын
You're correct, except for the Jr. part - it's confirmed the Donkey Kong in the original Donkey Kong became Cranky Kong, thus Donkey Kong Jr. was actually the Kong that'd grow up to be the more friendly and social Donkey Kong you see today
@OtakuUnitedStudio8 ай бұрын
Donkey Kong Circus is a prequel, but Donkey Kong Jr. is not. The instruction booklet for DK Jr. for NES says Mario caged DK to punish him for kidnapping Pauline.
@cobracommander4774 Жыл бұрын
Mario's military background explains his proficiency in battling the Koopa forces. He has seen so much combat he no longer fears danger; so much bloodshed it no longer shocks him. This explains why he always seems so happy despite constantly being in situations where he is at risk of being killed and has to take the lives of countless Koopas and Goombas. His experiences have hardened him; his carefree demeanor is not a coping mechanism, but is present simply because he no longer feels the fear of death nor the weight of having to take a life.
@marcoworlds7681 Жыл бұрын
Huh.. that’s a very dark turn on Mario, but what about Luigi? He still has to face those enemies and save his brother
@Stuffies2022 Жыл бұрын
@@marcoworlds7681 because Luigi didn’t go to war
@CHMernerner Жыл бұрын
@@marcoworlds7681 luigi's physical ability is matching with mario but he is no soldier material. Too Kind and Values Life....
@masterfarr8265 Жыл бұрын
Mario: Luigi pass me the mg42
@LostSoulSilver Жыл бұрын
This is the most unnecessarily edgy thing I have read all day
@mcasias332 жыл бұрын
The Game & Watch handhelds felt like magic at 8 years old. I LOVED playing them.
@bidoofenshmirtzevilinc.43692 жыл бұрын
This right here ladies and gentlemen is a man who uploads true quality videos. Great video Gruz! I'll be watching this over my break!
@broox4192 жыл бұрын
Our first 4 games for NES: Duck Hunt, Gyromite, Wrecking Crew and DK Jr. Wrecking Crew was my favorite of them.
@lovescarguitar2 жыл бұрын
You have an excellent voice for doing documentary-type videos. I enjoy watching these videos as it is, but the voiceover just pushes it over the top.
@realizedvisions2 жыл бұрын
It's why I subscribed.
@repyukJC2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gruz, you're awesome. I've actually been watching a lot of these retrospective type videos on yt lately and it was awesome to see you post one in the midst of my obsessive period. It was very well done and interesting, thanks again for doing what you do
@tkayube2 жыл бұрын
I have Mario's Cement Factory on DSiWare. I didn't know that there was a full color version of that game. I'm surprised they didn't go with that one for the DSi version.
@GShumway1322 жыл бұрын
I always loved Wrecking Crew. I could never get past a certain level in the 20s because I'd lose the golden hammer and then just get slaughtered.
@blackenedheart95922 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered why eggplants we're used as enemies in Nintendo games back in the day. Lol. They were in kid Icarus as well and also parodied later on in the Hyperdimension Neptunia games since each of those characters represent video game companies or consoles and one of their biggest fears are eggplants! Lol. Funny but weird 🤣 ???
@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden Жыл бұрын
Whenever Donkey Kong is lifted up and pushed to the side by two Marios, the one that goes offscreen is rumored to actually be Luigi wearing red.
@elijahoreli2 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic info! Time to rewatch Super Mario Bros. The Movie 🍿
@ridureyu Жыл бұрын
Mario’s Bombs Away: “If I’m going down, I’m taking you with me!”
@MCastleberry19802 жыл бұрын
I love the color LCD ones. I dunno if I'm easily impressed, but just having color makes them feel more like a "real" game for some reason
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
Black and white video games from the '70s scare me. IDK why, but I feel like something's gonna pop out at any moment.
@rockerteen83002 жыл бұрын
You have to be joking, before Mario was famous? Donkey Kong was huge, he was a superstar from that point, he even had a Saturday morning cartoon because of it, if that didn’t mean he was already famous then nothing would.
@Sly88Frye2 жыл бұрын
Surprisingly I knew about every game here, but not every port of each. Well except for one game. I had no idea there was a Donkey Kong Hockey game.
@GhostyMallow2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! A Gruz video, just the perfect way to round off the day. :D Nicely edited and put together, as always. :)
@reapergrim324 Жыл бұрын
This was really cool! I watched from beginning to end. I was 12 when NES came out, I played Super Mario constantly.
@puppiesarepower36822 жыл бұрын
Who would of thought that the image of a hairy, moustached Italian man from Brooklyn, and his brother, would rival Mickey Mouse in fame. The power of Mario.
@_The_Worst_2 жыл бұрын
You did manage to pull out some stuff from the depths of middle Earth...💯✔️
@costincommamike2 жыл бұрын
I love this video SOOOOOO much.. I've probably seen it 6 times since you made it. I love this kind of content keep up the amazing work!!!
@teknix12 жыл бұрын
How great is this content! Always happy to see you post a new video, this one is especially great, I love these lesser know subjects, thank you!
@DouglasFish2 жыл бұрын
I am honestly surprised you aren't more popular than you are. I've loved most of your recent videos!
@itsgruz2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@notsyzagts79672 жыл бұрын
KZbin algorithms are the key. If you don't meet certain criteria with traffic and upload frequency, you won't get noticed as much.
@ibrachaka8727 Жыл бұрын
You sound so much happier in these videos. I'm really glad!
@YuukiTakemoto1996 Жыл бұрын
The owner of my local comic shop, Cree has been a Mario fan since 1981 and can remember every game you mentioned on this list (minus the Japanese ones.) Mario's Bombs Away had me dying. I myself had Mario's Cement Factory, the tabletop version. It was my parents'.
@ParanoidThalyyMVS2 жыл бұрын
I find it pretty interesting that Nintendo actually released the G&W version of Mario Bros. before the arcade one.
@kumada842 жыл бұрын
Killgruz, your videos are always awesome 👏👏👏 Entertaining, interesting, and well-made. BTW, 12:27 - most people don't know that this was originally developed as a Laverne and Shirley game. (I don't care that literally no one will get that joke.)
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
I get it. My mom watches Laverne & Shirley.
@chrismurray58462 жыл бұрын
I had the tabletop Donkey Kong Jr. game as a kid! I wish my parents didn't give it away when they decided I was "too old" for it.
@DissociatedWomenIncorporated2 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard that Donkey Kong was originally envisaged as a Popeye game, but they couldn’t get the rights so they just created original characters. In another universe, perhaps Super Popeye Odyssey is a bestselling Switch game.
@chestercastaneda4920 Жыл бұрын
Wait, wait, wait. On top of being a plumber, Mario is also a soldier, a construction worker, a zookeeper, and a hockey player?
@EsmeAmelia Жыл бұрын
For some reason that Mario bomb game brought that famous moment in the Adam West Batman movie to mind: "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"
@halfbakedmedia2 жыл бұрын
5:04 Those are eggs? I've spent 25 years thinking they were defecating!
@yopachi2 жыл бұрын
Now these are some rare Marios! Thoughts... Soldier Mario reminds me of a 1991 knock off Mario for MS-DOS, "Aldo's Assault". The "Punch Ball" looks like the mii brawlers projectile in smash bros -- probably no relation.
@Mordecrox2 жыл бұрын
Now I have to look that up, only knew Aldo's Adventure and Aldo Again. I was amused at its game over prompt, which was just "All Gone" in a deranged font
@mityace2 жыл бұрын
Donkey Kong was also the pack-in launch title for the Colecovision. It is IMO almost as good as the NES/Famicom version. However, the cement/pie factory screen was left out due to memory constraints. They released a version on tape for the Adam that was complete, Donkey Kong Junior was also released. Coleco also released versions for the Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision but those versions were awful. Atari released the original Mario Brothers for the 2600, 5200 and 7800. The latter two were faithful ports. Due to Nintendo holding on tightly to the rights, these games are not available on retro collections or systems. You can only play them with the cartridge on the original or clone hardware or getting a ROM image and using it on an emulator.
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
I love the commercial for the Atari Mario Bros port.
@duceduce5392 Жыл бұрын
The first time I seen Mario and Luigi was on the Atari 2600. The game was entitled "Mario Bros".
@ETBX12 жыл бұрын
I think they should say the second Mario who hoists Donkey Kong at the beginning of DKJr is the first appearance of Luigi, though at that time wearing the same colors.
@singingcoyote13702 жыл бұрын
nintendo and their commercial campaign was one of the biggest i ever seen back in the day. it was literally nintendo and mario (and zelda) everywhere. they sold their games even in tabacco stores in my city. they had free monthly subs for nintendo power i believe. other companies didnt even really stand a chance, except maybe sega.
@FranklinDelanoDonut Жыл бұрын
I love your thorough descriptions and explanations of the games you review.
@geodaet832 жыл бұрын
well, I'd say it's debatable wether Mario ever really was the good guy... I mean if you think about it in later mario games most of the enemies just walk around, minding their own business, and Mario pretty much murders everything in sight. Maybe the whole kidnapping thing was only staged because he was constantly stalking the princess, who knows? 🤔
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
That's why I like Sonic better. He saves the animals.
@blackenedheart95922 жыл бұрын
Gruz, awesome video man! 🤘🤘 You're so knowledgeable and informative! you're right, most of those games I have never heard of before. it's mainly the game and watch ones. II've heard of a couple but not all of them. Love your channel bro!
@MotherKojiro2 жыл бұрын
I actually did know about a few of these! I used to be really into the Game & Watch Gallery titles, but otherwise wouldn't have known about Game & Watch until Super Smash Bros. Melee.
@Noobmaster-ic7kh Жыл бұрын
Surprisingly I'd played most of them when I was young but at that time I didn't know it was Mario. In fact I didn't know Mario yet.
@theskyybay4208 ай бұрын
Always knew Wreck it Ralph was a parody of Donkey Kong and Fix it Felix as Mario, but now I know that Felix and the Wreck it Ralph title was also inspired by Wrecking Crew. Pretty cool!
@ouackstrax73562 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly thorough, can't believe some of these I've never heard of. Watching this almost felt like one of those dreams I have where I discover all kinds of things from my childhood era that I never knew existed. Looking forward to being a new subscriber.
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
I HAVE THOSE DREAMS TOO. In fact, I just had one last night.
@robertskitch Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to think that before Super Mario Bros. Mario wasn't really a hero. A protagonist yes, but not really a good guy. Really I'd say that he was the bad guy of the original Donkey Kong series. In Donkey Kong he's just cleaning up the mess that he made after abusing the big ape; in Donkey Kong Jr. he's an out-and-out villain; and in Donkey Kong Circus there he is pointing and laughing at Donkey Kong's misfortune. One thing I wonder about is how much of an affect Mario had on Sonic. Like I know that Robotnik/Eggman took some design cues from Mario (rotund; moustachioed; etc) but the fact that the Sonic games are an animal protagonist fighting through a level to rescue captives from the bad guy with the moustache at the end takes me right back to Donkey Kong Jr. Just look at the fact that Sonic games always start in natural levels and then the later levels are mechanical.
@nabhagrawal672 Жыл бұрын
I have played 85-90% of those. Thanks for the memories
@AnimationMaster1672 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I love Mario! I mean, I have Classic Mario Games on every emulation I've got including the Japanese Home Computers.
@KaiRubix Жыл бұрын
Maybe in the movie he starts as a construction worker, until his pet gorilla escapes and destroys the whole site and gets fired over it. Theres a short montage where mario and luigi get different jobs only to fail at them and get fired. At this point mario feels incompetent and wants to prove hes worth something, he then finds a job as a plumber where he finds the warp pipe to the mushroom kingdom.
@emilyapricot13132 жыл бұрын
Great Production Value on this One, Gruz !
@GameplayandTalk2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I never realized Nintendo had so many variants of Game & Watches like featured here.
@bewearstar94622 жыл бұрын
47 were made 49 if you included the new mario and zelda ones
@derekbinelli96912 жыл бұрын
#LongLiveTheSuperMarioBrothers!
@alanyuppie2 жыл бұрын
I had DK2 as a child and used to hack the game by intermittently depriving the game of power via fancy fingerworks on the battery compartment. All the sprites went nuts , behaved erratically . chaos ensued!
@nevergonnabesilent Жыл бұрын
Never heard of Mario Bros Watch. That looks fun! Great video btw
@latran15782 жыл бұрын
nice video like always
@itsgruz2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, thank you!
@heyyobuddy2 жыл бұрын
gruz, donkey kong, Mario was a carpenter.
@MicBain2 жыл бұрын
I still have my original Mario Bros game and watch. It's actually really fun and you can even play it with two players. I had no idea those colour screen panorama games even existed!
@riversarcadereview3852 жыл бұрын
technically, Luigi made a cameo appearance in Donkey Kong Jr. He is wearing the correct colors in Donkey Kong Jr. REMIX
@stadiumking3282 жыл бұрын
Finally you're back😭😭
@theunknownandunsolved69632 жыл бұрын
Lol i remember in elementary school (80s) if you had marios cement factory or the bottle factory game you were a popular kid. XD i had the orange dkjr arcade game as a kid, it was a really fun game actually. I still have it on emulation on my OG Xbox.
@TheZelda3602 жыл бұрын
Mario's Bomb's Away looks really fun
@AnthonyL04018 ай бұрын
Donkey Kong ends in a TBI... never realized haha. And the journey continues with a vengeance for his daddy
@bspep32 жыл бұрын
Great vid, boss. Had no clue some of those existed.
@RiverRiceRansom2 жыл бұрын
Very well put together video. I can tell you worked hard on it. Well done!
@itsgruz2 жыл бұрын
Yeah this one was a lot of work! Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
@michaelturner28062 жыл бұрын
I thought I knew Mario's history but a few of these escaped me!
@L_Train2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for calling them Mario Brothers and not "bros". Brothers was and is the correct pronunciation because the period in bros. Signifies an abbreviation. Also, saying "bro" wasn't common when the Mario Brothers bacame popular. It didn't get popular until well after 2000. Asking someone to say the title of the game Super Mario Bros. Is a surefire way to tell their age.
@gl68069 ай бұрын
The fact that Mario Bros has 99 stages is scary
@captainunload2 жыл бұрын
I like Donkey Kong 4, when Mario digs a deadfall for Donkey and lets the ape impale himself on various bamboo poles.
@Kyleeeeeeeee2 жыл бұрын
The foreman spike is returning in the Mario movie!
@JYGamingGuys Жыл бұрын
I always thought of DK in the 2023 Mario Movie would tell Mario that he’ll retire to the jungle where his family lives and that’s how he spends the rest of his life as Cranky Kong
@TheAbsoluteCYNical8 ай бұрын
20:33 Ohh, so basically Wreck it Ralph. 😂
@geodaet832 жыл бұрын
What about the Super Mario Bros LCD game (not sure if that was G&W)? Where you travel with auto-scrolling over platforms from left to right and some of them are vertical which you have to avoid... I had a version of the game, which had nothing to do with Mario (in Germany they made a rip-off, I think it was called "Schatzsuche"), which is my fondest early Videogame-memory and after playing the original over MAME, it is still fun and challenging.
@kazemizu2 жыл бұрын
In short, Donkey Kong became a game thanks to people enjoying the rescue of father Kong as baby Kong.
@hismario123 Жыл бұрын
must be a big mario fan becasue I knew about all of them (BUT AMAZING VIDEO!!!!!)
@LinkRocks2 жыл бұрын
You have a cool voice. I really enjoyed this video. Mario is a legend.
@daplaya88 Жыл бұрын
Tank you for saying Mario and not Merry-O as most of people say.
@TomFury33102 жыл бұрын
Awesome, finally another Gruz episode!
@claybaxter32022 жыл бұрын
This was awesome! I appreciate the great video and information. I had no idea about some of these bad boys.
@michael12342522 жыл бұрын
6:59 that was actually a Coleco tabletop game system. It was part of a series of multiple tabletop versions of popular Arcade titles of the time. It included both Donky Kong games, Pac-Man, Frogger, Zaxxon, Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, and a few others.
@BigAL68xyz7 күн бұрын
Luigi's first appearance was actually the intro screen of Donkey Kong Jr. I know he looks identical to Mario and is even dressed exactly like him, but if that's not Luigi, who is it? The brothers were identical twins until Super Mario 2 decided they weren't identical and the 1993 movie gave them a big age gap.
@cqis78202 жыл бұрын
I knew about most of those. Thanks for a trip down memory lane
@mr.zuniga67129 ай бұрын
The very first arcade I saw as a kid... It was a 24/7 drugstore in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1988, when I was 5 🥺
@novustalks7525 Жыл бұрын
Beyond mario bros and DK I didn't know he had any other games before 1985. Also surprised people don't talk about the game and watch anymore it was a big deal for Nintendo
@unwelldanny710811 ай бұрын
Mr. Game & Watch lives on in Smash.
@jdiluigi2 жыл бұрын
SM1, first game I played on NES. SMworld, first played on SNES. M64, first played on N64. Mmaker, first I played on my sons Switch.
@justkeylimeyogurt3929 Жыл бұрын
Ty. This is helping me prove Mario ain’t on drugs.
@LuisEduardoBraschi2 жыл бұрын
I loved DK Junior. Now I noticed that many features are present in DK Country series as well.
@enemyofvirtue2 жыл бұрын
great video, gruz!
@iiiiiifggffggffgfgfg2 жыл бұрын
Gruz is the bestest mario youtuber
@OscarGomez80 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video
@iUseAndroid20242 жыл бұрын
I have heard of all of these except for Donkey Kong Circus and Hockey
@fahriakalin59362 жыл бұрын
mario just needed to occupy his time so he got a bunch of jobs after vietnam in marios bombs away