Mushroom Falls - Opening

Mario & Luigi go on a brand new adventure!
After having saved the Mushroom Kingdom for the nth time, the bros were contacted by Professor E.Gadd to assist him in a scientific expedition to the old and abandoned Mushroom Kingdom (now called Mushroom Falls).
They’re helped by Vivian the Shadow Siren who wears a strange magic amulet, and Toad the brave driver of the EGadd Machine: their headquarters.
Together, they’ll go on their greatest adventure yet!
Mushroom Falls is a place full of secrets and danger. It hides the clue to a mysterious question written in a journal they found there: is all of their adventure just a play?
This animation is the opening of a fake Mario series based on Gravity Falls.
I had the idea to do it for a long time (when Luigi’s Mansion 3 came out) but I wanted to have sufficient skills before doing it.
I wanted this project to be my greatest animation yet, and it took me 3 months to complete it! Its purpose was to show a glimpse of what a modern Mario show could’ve been.
One of the key themes was considering all Mario secrets like glitches, obscure references, or some theories being canon.
Most people won’t notice those easter eggs but congrats if you got all of them!
As an artist, Mario was and is still a great inspiration for me.
It’s thanks to Super Mario Galaxy that I decided at the age of 9 to become an artist.
So this project was also a tribute to this wonderful series that shaped my art career!
Thanks to all the people who helped promote my animation on social media, and thanks to my friends “the True Warriors” for their support!
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Credits:
Animation by Romain Campargue
This video is a fan animation based on the Super Mario series owned by Nintendo. Mushroom Falls is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo.
Music: “Gravity Falls main theme” composed by Brad Breeck from “Gravity Falls” created by Alex Hirsch
“Story Music Box” composed by Koji Kondo from “Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island” by Nintendo
~ Croyez en vos rêves ~

[@job407]

as someone who is far too obsessed with mario lore than anyone should be this is insanely amazing i NEED this

[@sergioherrera4583]

I will make a story inspired by that

[@chuckleberry2142]

Does Mario lore even exist?

[@vegetassl3971]

@@chuckleberry2142 IDK Maybe yes

[@alexanderdahms4001]

@@chuckleberry2142 yes

[@requiem3192]

Correction WE

[@jacobphillipps]

The Dimentio detail really tops off the ending. Such a cool animation, wish Nintendo would go for this.

[@fruitsalad5036]

agreed

[@duderodomy]

I agree but there is such thing as copyright issues…

[@starplane1239]

agreed: since the world/multiverse of paper Mario is (though many wish it didn't happen) canonically a book, the concept of a seal being broken unleashing the beings works as a parallel. Personally, I believe that Dimentio is the most threatening being either Mario has faced as, had plot armor not kicked in, his plan went off perfectly and there was no way he could fail. Plus his theme bops.

[@thevoidjesterdimentio753]

Agreed.

[@animarthur5297]

Yeah... but if Nintendo finds this, they're probably just gonna take it down like they always do

[@GetMadz]

Absolutely spectacular. Love every detail!!

[@1tomuch876]

Hello there

[@johntheechidna1050]

@@1tomuch876 General kenobi

[@Roland14579]

Who the hell are you? (I know who you are)

[@さくらs]

i can agree

[@moon3117]

I know, right?!

[@Mogswamp]

This takes insane skill

[@MatheoZ14]

YO MOGSWAMP??

[@tanle8274]

Wow

[@Mewthreee]

Bro crazy seeing you here, but yeah this is incredible.

[@destructornew]

Hi

[@kakangdailyjournal4863]

shmebulock

[@sirrayveltal8610]

Vivian is way too underrated, happy to see her get some well deserved spotlight.

[@shadowknight1121]

🥰agreed loved her in thousand year door.

[@Ryokusei2]

Him* jajajaja

[@sirrayveltal8610]

@@Ryokusei2 Oh yeah, Vivian is a femboy in some versions.

[@sorasan2466]

Vivian my fave character. I even named my cat after her.

[@sirrayveltal8610]

@@sorasan2466 Thats honestly adorable. Got any videos of the cat?

[@shardiums2252]

I loved this whole thing, especially the references, from the Shroobs in the ice, to King Boos painting, to Fawful, Mimi, and some of the other Mario villains in their universe

[@paneonsweirdtomfoolery4056]

I honestly wish that Nintendo would use their rogues gallery for Mario games, and this seems like it’d do that

[@hackr6751]

Don't forget the hell valley sky trees

[@Rediscool9]

@@paneonsweirdtomfoolery4056 Well, it’s mainly the case that a good majority of the villains in Mario’s rogues gallery are canonically dead lol.

[@paneonsweirdtomfoolery4056]

@@Rediscool9 good thing that wario and waluigi aren’t dead

[@Admin-mv4jh]

@@hackr6751 we can't forget the hell valley sky trees

[@theviewer159753]

I SO need this as an actual show. Seeing the mysteries of a far-forgotten kingdom, possibly stemming from an origin of all known history of the mushroom kingdom, finding all dangers and trechory awaits the Mario Bros...I JUST NEED THIS MAN! Don't hold out on me like this...

[@jackwastakenx2]

Or, a rom hack

[@professorcobble4746]

@@jackwastakenx2 I need both

[@mattwo7]

Just as long as Mario is voiced by Charles and not everyone's second least favorite Chris. Also keep it the hell away from HBO Max and Netflix.

[@theviewer159753]

@@mattwo7 and Disney +

[@mattwo7]

@@theviewer159753 No, Disney+ and Hulu so far seem to be fine. I mean in the US Disney did dump 101 Dalmation Street onto Disney+ without advertising like it was Disney XD (I specify US because Disney Channel UK has videos here on KZbin about the show, including a KZbin-exclusive pokerap knockoff, The Puppy Name Song) Other than that there's no real sign of them being nearly as bad. I mean there was the shared Marvel Hulu universe but that was because of a change of management at Marvel Television (which was folded into Marvel Studios) and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur seems to have not been hit by it, must have been shuffled off to the new Marvel Studios Animation (the old Marvel Animation was a subsidiary of Marvel Television) by the looks of things. Also MODOK and Hit-Monkey at least each got a single season out, in spite of the restructuring. I don't think the first season of Hit-Monkey was even finished when that happened because it took longer to release. That's not the kind of treatment Netflix would give a show they canceled, just look at Glitch Techs, the third season has already been written, boarded and designed but Netflix won't green-light it. Not to mention Hulu and Disney+ have yet to straight up _remove_ shows like HBO Max did. Besides, look at the alternatives: Paramount+ would guarantee the show has NFTs made without the consent of the creators and who even has the NBCUniversal one? I mean really.

[@СлаваМанаков-в1е]

The one who thought of putting Dimentio in the place of Bill is really a genius, he fits well there

[@Hpapu_10]

I think that fawfull would be amazing too

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

Or Bowser.

[@СлаваМанаков-в1е]

@dmcmusiclover2995 In my opinion, this is not quite his level

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

@@СлаваМанаков-в1е Well, who would Bowser be?

[@bendylp8219]

​@@Hpapu_10or Antasma

[@Rediscool9]

E. Gadd being Grunkle Stan actually makes a ton of sense considering how both E Gadd and Grunkle Stan are morally grey characters who do questionable things despite being heroes at the end of the day. Anyways, absolutely phenomenal job, dude. As a fan of both Mario and Gravity Falls, I am in LOVE with this.

[@mikehawkis1inch461]

I understand that but for me personally, thought mario would've fit better as Grunkle Stan and luigi being Ford but idk thats just me :/

[@scaleythedino49]

Same

[@corruptedplayer]

e.gadd is the one that created the paint brush from sunshine afterall

[@LordLemmysLabs]

@@mikehawkis1inch461 but they don't fit, personality-wise. Don't forget, Mabel and Dipper are also twins, with one being happy-go-lucky and the other being a bit neurotic. Mario and Luigi match those personalities much better.

[@umamifan]

@@mikehawkis1inch461 Why?

[@genemelendez8157]

This already looked good, but the addition of Vivian and Dimentio in place of Mabel and Bill Cipher is pure perfection

[@nightgazer1330]

Don't forget Poulterpup standing in for Waddles. I'd love to see that little ghost dog in more games.

[@annietessier6249]

@@nightgazer1330 im sure he will make an appearence in the next luigi's mansion

[@dg_777player5]

If you ever get a team to help with your animations you really should turn this masterpiece into an entire series, it's just too perfect of a concept.

[@powertheimmortal]

i would totally read the comic

[@dg_777player5]

@@powertheimmortal Me too, that'd be great as well

[@cupheadplushadventures7624]

I'm in with it! I will make you get eaten by that head with an arm guy if you don't make this a full series

[@jovianmelendez]

yeah that would get them sued into oblivion by nintendo

[@Ozzbim]

@@jovianmelendez why would nintendo sue a small youtube channel they prolly don't even know exists? oh yeah. some jerkball is prolly gonna tittle tattle about it to nintendo, like they did with the pikmin roleplay game on roblox

[@DimentiosLoyalest]

I came here thinking to myself "I hope Dimentio is Bill" and narrowly stopped myself from waking everyone up when he was.

[@Ogy_the_stella]

*ogy (bill's form) appear* oh oh,mushroom fall,it's good to be back

[@ness6714]

A Mario series combining everything into one package, EVEN the creepypasta stuff, sounds like a treat to me.

[@Rediscool9]

The Hell Valley Sky Trees aren’t a creepypasta, they’re more like creepy easter eggs.

[@bluebennyandfriendsshow8038]

@@Rediscool9 yeah true

[@pearl-bede22]

Ness from Earthbound, is that really you!

[@sneakygoomba5042]

Fantastic! Great choice of characters! Love that Dimentio is Bill Cipher! Very fitting!

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

Why not Bowser?!

[@gaminggeckos4388]

@@dmcmusiclover2995 Because Bowser ISN’T a reality warping godlike being, obviously

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

@@gaminggeckos4388 That I get, but Bowser is the main antagonist of the Mario franchise.

[@thatonedegenerate6664]

@@dmcmusiclover2995 bowser is probably Gideon lmao,But that wouldn't make sence either-

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

@@thatonedegenerate6664 Maybe, Wario could be Gideon.

[@FFPplush]

This would make for an incredibly good show. The Mario movie should aspire to be like this

[@surothedeath]

send this to nitendo

[@Verbindungsfehle]

@@surothedeath Knowing Nintendo, Nintendo will probably have it removed because of copyright infringement -.-

[@GUNUFofficial]

You said mario movie and immediately the image of Dennis Hopper saying "monkey" popped into my head.

[@dadava2109]

​@@VerbindungsfehleThen remove them from roof😂

[@Estericks]

watch gravity falls

[@howdydobuckeroo1204]

Dipper’s scene was insanely well thought out.

[@newtfigton8795]

I can’t say just how much I love this! It’s like a true love letter to everything that the Mario universe has to offer. It reminds me of how Nintendo has all these other characters and settings for Mario, but they never, ever do anything with them.

[@BEE-oz7yd]

"But they never ever do anything with them" what you just described is what I call Shigeru miyamotos Mario Bible!

[@newtfigton8795]

@@BEE-oz7yd Yeah, I totally respect what he did and the worlds he built but he is stuck in the 80’s.

[@warpedmine9682]

Perfect

[@Junior-qe8of]

I wouldn't say ''NEVER'', but yea. I hope the next 3D Mario uses the MAXIMUM of the potential that the franchise has, just like the 2000 era did

[@MonarchEAS]

They killed off Fawful and Dimentio.

[@Mr60Gold]

I love the fact that many of the gravity falls fan intro animations genuinely look like they could become an actual series, amazing job.

[@monsteeeeshorts]

The gravity falls theme is so catchy too

[@sentry1996]

I genuinely would love a Mario series that actually explores the lore of the mushroom universe That would be an amazing show/game

[@hamzahchambers2776]

Ikr. Although there’s some lore, most of it is in either the paper Mario games and the Mario & Luigi games

[@Josuh]

True mario lore is playing paper mario and checking goombario's dialogue for every single area

[@switchmanin]

I remember there was actually a set of fan made books that did this sort of thing. It gave a lot more backstory and charm to odd characters like E. Gadd and Wario, and went into some places that Nintendo didn’t shed much light on. Sadly, Nintendo being Nintendo, they sued the author for use of copyrighted characters, and now the books are no longer produced Edit: FOUND THE BOOKS! If anyone is interested, it’s just called Super Mario Bros. and it’s author is Kenneth Wilson. I know no one probably cares, but I feel happy about myself that I rediscovered a lost piece of my childhood

[@hamzahchambers2776]

@@switchmanin Dear god what have you done! You've awakened the lore demon in me. I must find those books lol (Even if they're fanmade.) Quick question. Is it just one book or more?

[@switchmanin]

@@hamzahchambers2776 3

[@IzayahOodlesOfDoodles]

I NEED TO SEE THIS AS AN ANIMATED SERIES!!! THIS IS SO GOOD!!!!

[@mishamisha2059]

Yea

[@thedman1754]

I love how, when introducing Mario and Luigi in place of Dipper, you used both of his motions for the character it fit, like Mario looking around with the torch, and Luigi fumbling with his after seeing a spooky monster. it's such a great detail.

[@Pixelcraftian]

Love everything about this! A lot of detail attention in it too 👀, love the SMB3 part too! Extremely awesome animation :D

[@ayo.2022]

Always love it when someone references the 'falling through white senisolids' easter egg

[@MC_CN]

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[@mrkrau6644]

A Mario & Luigi game, where they travel to this kind of abandoned looking town full of wooden ruins and weird mystic shrines, while everything is pretty over grown being inside a forest, and are guided by E. Gadd, and even though the town looks abandoned with everything being overgrown it still has this really nice community of people and a mysterious background which we learn about through the game, would definitely be an awesome game. 10/10 concept imo.

[@SlimedogYoshi]

You added glitches, creepy pastas, and lore to make a MASTERPIECE!!!

[@Sora_Raion]

Dude, this looks like something professional done by a whole team. I'm surprised it doesn't have millions of views

[@Kaizaed]

I cannot describe how much I love this and how much I wish this was a real series. Every little detail, the way you drew every character, the Hell Valley Trees, the Minus World, Dimentio, all of it is just so so perfect and I would love nothing more than to watch this as a series.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Where was Dimentio? I still can’t find him.

[@Kaizaed]

@@kylestubbs8867 He's at the very very end, right after the title card. Where Bill would be in the normal Gravity Falls intro

[@lordzamasuvegetablackfusio9773]

This makes me want this to be an actual show now. It would be hundreds of times better than the upcoming movie, without a doubt. You should be proud of your work.

[@JustJai015]

I thought this was a real show.

[@wingosding]

He should make into a real show

[@Rediscool9]

Can we please at least just wait for a TRAILER of the Mario movie before we can judge it? Jesus.

[@lordzamasuvegetablackfusio9773]

@@Rediscool9 I am a time traveler. So I already know what the film is going to be like. In fact, I have seen nearly everything.

[@ChadSalamence_]

The thought of all the weirdness being caused by a mourning Rosalina with no control over her powers is just so cool to me

[@RGIlerio]

I love this, it's so well made, and all the references thrown in work so well. Here's a list of the references that I found 0:02 Daisy repairing a plane for Super Mario Land 0:02 Waluigi playing a guitar for DDR: Mario Mix 0:03 The castles that are at the end of levels in Super Mario Bros 0:05 The Yoshi wanted poster when the bros get off the train 0:13 The paintings from 64 along with props that look like they're from SMB3 0:14 It's hard to see, but if you turn up the brightness and look closely, you can see the original Donkey Kong arcade game in the background behind what I assume is the original Jumpman. 0:15 The creepy figures that loom over you in Galaxy 0:19 Shroobs from Partners in Time 0:24 F.L.U.D.D. for Sunshine and the King Boo painting for Luigi's Mansion (Don't forget the Super Mario Super Show) 0:26 The minus world lever for the bug in Super Mario Bros or the Underwhere in Super Paper Mario 0:28 The secret crouch trick in SMB3 that lets you go into the background if you crouch on a white semi-solid in 1-3 0:34 (Top left to bottom right) Waluigi and Daisy, Fawful, Shadow Mario, 64's haunted piano, Dorrie/Plessie, Jumpman(?), Rosalina, Bowser, Wario, Mimi, Doopliss, idk, Princess Shroob

[@yamatiop789]

I would like to add a few: 0:05 The station where Mario and Luigi land is a "SMCF" station, a reference to the real French station service called "SNCF". There are also some "things" stickers from Paper Mario Stickers Stars and card from Color Splash 0:06 There is written "LR 2401" on the license plate of E. Gadd. A reference to the Mario 64 fountain. 0:09 Most of the statues that are similar to these are surely a reference to the "old ones" of the Paper Mario Sticker Stars and Origami King universe 0:25 Stufwell from Mario and Luigi Partners in Time is here as well No idea for the "64 Jimmit" tho. Sorry about that... 0:30 The book is in french. The red text means : "It's just a game !" The other writings are simply descriptions of Peach and Bowser. We can also see that the book indicates that they would have had a child together: Bowser Jr 0:39 Bill Cypher was replaced by Dimension from Super Paper Mario

[@Gmoney-dq1el]

The unknown people in the second to last picture are Kylie Koopa from partners in time and Pennington from the thousand year door.

[@perfectswag8116]

​@@yamatiop789 Jimmy T. is a character from WarioWare - his main specialty being disco and dancing. The minus world itself is based on World 4-1 from Super Mario Bros (which in the North American version of SMB, is World -1 if you do the glitch). 0:30 On the right you can see the Dark Star from Bowsers Inside Story. 0:32 you can see one of the kings from SMB3 in the stained glass. 0:36 You can see the skinny mushroom from Super Mario Maker on the postage stamp, the trees are also based off of the pumpkinheads you see in Super Mario Galaxy. The patterns on the Dimentio screen are identical to the patterns found in Count Blecks Castle.

[@yamatiop789]

@@perfectswag8116 Ooooh Jimmy T ! Yeah I know him. My brain just didn't read it like that because it was a "i" instead of a "y". Thanks for the clarity ! Edit : my bad it was a "y" all along I just can't read...

[@mytruepower2]

The train station scene at 0:05 has a poster partially hidden by a picture of a fire flower, with the top starting with "Ma" and the bottom reading "Superstar." This is probably a reference to Mario Odyssey. There's also another mini-poster that reads "hurry up!" (a term for the sound effects and change in the music that play when mario begins to run out of time completing a level,) and a small hammer posted there, resembling one of the hammer-related badges from the Paper Mario games. Mario is carrying a duffel bag that says "POW" on it, which is a reference to the Pow blocks from the original Mario Bros game, and which has been in numerous mario games since then.

[@fiestaskull1540]

The amount of detail in every scene is simply STAGGERING! such a magical and enchanting intro animation, great work!

[@S-Fan2006]

I like the story that’s implied here. Firstly, there were the references to the Shroobs, and a reference to Super Mario Sunshine, then there was the ending with Dimentio (suggesting that maybe he was behind what seemed to be the collapse of the Mushroom Kingdom) but there’s one detail I don’t see anyone talking about which is to do with the necklace, namely the one Peach is holding in the photo, maybe this is after the Mushroom Kingdom became Mushroom Falls, and how it seems to be the same necklace Vivian is wearing around her neck. Either Vivian found it laying around or she has some sort of history with Peach. Seriously, this has so much original lore it’s amazing.

[@Лайм-Тайм]

If you mean the photo at the end, then it's not Peach, but Princess Rosalyn from Mario Galactica.

[@pokemaster21]

@@Лайм-Тайм I'm not sure if this is a joke, but Its Rosalina from Galaxy

[@JairoM.]

Looks like a fusion between Peach and Rosalina

[@ixaldorran7867]

None of it's real it's all just a magic painting on a stage show.

[@danielmedina4276]

It's amazing when a fan parody shows this level of dedication and love for what they're doing. I deeply respect that.

[@Gabi-dd7bq]

I’ve never felt a need of watching a show only for the opening, but damn man, I really need this. PD: And Dimentio as the main baddie would be also a riot to watch.

[@JChaseFilms]

I love how many small details are everywhere in this project! Stellar job, and a very good interpretation of all the mysterious elements of the Super Mario series!

[@flareblade1420]

Wahw, wasn't expecting you

[@YeetaIta]

Wow the amount of detail in this is phenomenal, Dimentio in the ending, the frozen Shroobs from Inside Story, even the Hell Valley Sky Tree from Galaxy 2. Also just top notch quality animation, would legit watch this show if it were a real thing.

[@a.rustici1972]

The character who replaced Bill made me laugh from how fitting it is. Great job on this animation! It’s extremely detailed and well-animated for something 50 seconds long!

[@megafan2001]

I love the hidden details. I wasn't into Gravity Falls as a kid, but this put a smile across my face. Someone should make this into a fan game with you as the artist.

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I freaking love this, been following the progress on twitter and is finally done

[@kat3lynhammer801]

To be completely honest, I would love a new Mario animated series like this! With E. Gadd, mysteries, and the ruins ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE! 🤩

[@Lifeishandleand]

Work on something very similar to that just E.gadd has a different role and jump man is in as Mario grandad

[@ziggyfrancisco]

​@@LifeishandleandGRAND DAD? FLEENSTONES?

[@Lifeishandleand]

@@ziggyfrancisco yea true

[@sinisternorimaki]

Okey, this freaking amazing. I love the frozen shroobs working as both a reference to Partners in Time *and* to Bowser Inside Story.

[@YanntastischGER]

I am a Mario fan since kindergarten. You can't imagine how happy this makes me. I would fund a full series of this! Always wanted to see Mario & Luigi as a wholesome TV series duo. The art style is perfect, the premise of an ancient mushroom kingdom fascinates me. And all the details like E. Gadd, minus world, shroobs, the old King and Queen, Mario and Luigi's dad, Dimentio... I wish I were this creative!

[@Lifeishandleand]

I work on something simpler it basically where Mario Luigi go to a small town and find out about the town well meet Mario character they be 11 minutes episode I have a trailer soon

[@pufflepoint]

This is actually soooo cool! It's great to see people realize the potential the Mario cannon has for legitimate story-telling and world building :D!

[@Rediscool9]

Yeah, it’s a real shame that many see the Mario franchise as extremely simple in terms of storytelling and has no lore to speak hence why there are so many memes making fun of the Mario franchise and it’s “lack of deep lore” and it’s only just about Mario rescuing the princess for the billionth when that isn’t truly the case at all. Mario lore is so underrated, overlooked, and misunderstood.

[@fl3m1n9o4]

@@Rediscool9 but... the core series literally is just mario saving the princess from bowser over and over. that's what people criticise and joke about, not the paper mario or mario and luigi games etc

[@Rediscool9]

@@fl3m1n9o4 Why the fuck should we exclude the Mario RPGs though? They’re still MARIO games. Just because they’re not main series games, that doesn’t mean that they just don’t exist. There are almost just as many Mario RPGs as there are main series Mario platformers. Let that sink in for just a second…… The Mario RPGs have been an important part to the overall Mario franchise since 1996. I don’t give a FUCK if they’re not main series. Saying that they’re “not main series therefore they don’t count or are not important” or some other bullshit reason like that is so disingenuous and disrespectful to how important the Mario RPGs are to the Mario franchise.

[@MC_CN]

@@Rediscool9 Miyamoto and Shimizu (The person who directed Sunshine and Galaxy) sat down and had a 5hr talk about storytelling in Mario games, where they came to the compromise of some (but not too much) storytelling, and no new mainstay characters (like Rosalina & Bowser Jr). That's why modern-day mainline Mario can feel so... generic.

[@kifmortal]

Damn, this video deserves more recognition, this shows that the Super Mario universe (especially for RPGs) has too much potential, you did a very good job, I want to see how your Dreambound project ends because you really are very good at what you do :D (sorry for my bad English)

[@gamersgamestorm8291]

Hopefully it doesn’t get recognized by Nintendo Since knowing them they see it it is gone Nintendo Good games Hates their biggest fans that make fan games and animations

[@BryantStevenson-z6y]

Dang it! Now I want to a series about this version of the Mario Bros. I mean you had aviator Daisy, Prep boy Waluigi and Anchor/Capt.Scruffy?? (I'm just calling him Capt. Lou) just to name a few. And a billon bonus points for using Dimentio for the Bill fill in, that's just perfect. It's masterful blend of all things Mario and Gravity Falls, Bravo!

[@horakhtythecreator6911]

Dimentio as Bill Cipher is just perfection. Best Mario villain and arguably the most dangerous one we ever had in the franchise. This is an incredibly cool concept

[@dmcmusiclover2995]

Don’t tell Bowser that.

[@xelarande333]

Absolute perfection. Now we need the weirdmageddon version.

[@vortex_all9055]

we really do need that

[@valeriabrito7144]

Omg that would be amazing

[@MrSpartan993]

YES.

[@Jessica_Schweser]

That’lll be so many Dimentios….. I’m ready for it.

[@karar.kendall4872]

more like the void version

[@superspider64]

I love how you didn't just make this a 1-to-1 recreation of the Mario franchise OR the Gravity Falls series, but rather merged the two in a completely new and unique way

[@Goatman_Gamer]

THE ART STYLE. THE ANIMATION. The references! Rosalina, the Hell Valley Sky Tree, everything is so good. I would 100 watch this.

[@somedude9828]

the world and character design are incredible without changing the original premise and add more to it but not too much over edge, amazing

[@grinbrothers]

What a fantastic animation! I love all the subtle call-backs (had to slow it 0.25 speed to notice the Dimentio bit) and the overall character inclusions from throughout the Mario series. It was also neat that you didn't have each character set as a specific character replacement from Gravity Falls, hence Vivian popping up far more times in the opening.

[@phantom9831]

Dimentio would be the final antagonist for sure

[@Jessica_Schweser]

@@phantom9831 He's in place of Bill Cipher so yeah

[@grinbrothers]

@@phantom9831 Oh yeah; he's perfectly suited to fill in the Bill Cipher role.

[@Disheartthorn]

Kinda wished it was Yoshi instead.

[@ZenithKnight]

Gotta comment on Pilot Daisy. Such a cool choice/callback to Super Mario Land. Her plane here is based on the official art of Mario's plane from that game, she never piloted it as such, but it is sucha cool concept. Her character is so under-utilized in the Mario franchise, I hope they do more with her

[@Eikotheavali]

And the waluliugi playing the guitar just seems like such a waluliugi thing to do

[@savethefallen]

@@Eikotheavali Honestly yeah.

[@MarioTheGre]

Here after the Super Mario Bros Wonder trailer. This aged like fine wine.

[@Camdavideogameaddict]

This sold me in so many ways, it’s just oozing with personality! The hell valley sky trees REALLY caught me off guard!!

[@shadowmanray4736]

If Nintendo ever does make something like this and makes sense of some of the Mario Lore and its plotholes all while bringing back old one-shot charcters and what they've been doing all this time? Well, my life would be completed. NINTENDO YOU HAVE THIS POWER AND YET YOU DO NOTHING WITH IT.

[@cryptex8398]

This right here might be the coolest gravity falls inspired animation I've ever seen. Every once in a while, Mario games have one creepy secret, and you don't think much about it. This animation takes all of those creepy things and combines them, creating such an interesting narrative theme of secrets and mystery. I understand if copyright is an issue, but I would love to see more animations of Mushroom Falls!

[@fellgeri720]

Dam I want this show to be real now...this was unbelievably well done!

[@Lifeishandleand]

Work on it

[@lordrakes5528]

I was about to say that you can't imagine how much I love this and would like an entire series, but yes you can, you litterally dedicated a ton of time doing this, so thank you and well done ❤

[@elmimikyueditor1089]

I just re-watched the video for the second time to see the details and the easter eggs (which are beautiful, well animated and I understood all the references you put and well detailed. I congratulate you) and I have some theories from the video (such as the origin of rosalina, the creator of the book, the death of the queen and king toad, etc). I just hope that in a great future you will turn the project into a series or an animated short where it explains more about that universe and the history of everything that was seen in the video (I also want to see more of the characters having better moments or interaction with that world that you invented). an excellent video 9.5 / 10 according to me

[@StoryTeller796]

=)

[@Court8]

Honestly as long as we hide this from the Big All-Consuming N, I could see a really good series coming out of this

[@cmjballer]

Naw the biggest mystery is here is why it didn’t get a 10/10

[@Kyumifun]

@@Court8 don't forget the big D that also wouldn't like their property to be used by anyone else

[@Court8]

@@Kyumifun oh yeah. Dis Knee

[@LimeDida]

Much as I love this, it just makes me sad that it's not an actual show. The atmosphere, the character design, the backgrounds, the details, the animation, it's all so, SO good.

[@GmShyGuy]

The Hell Valley Sky Trees, the Shroobs, the ruins, the minus world, the SMB3 part, man! Everything is put together so well! I love this. Also, i love my boy Waluigi there!

[@stitchfinger7678]

This was fantastic The trees turning into the Hell Valley ghosts was a great touch

[@LimeDida]

Okay but for real: I'm saying this as an animator myself, if you ever decide to make an actual short series or "pilot" for this and you need additional animators to do it, I would 100% help you, and I bet there's people out there who would too.

[@OniriBoy]

Thank you very much for the offer! Nothing's planned for now but if that happens, I'll get back to you!

[@Omeganed0]

This is phenomenal in every possible way. You used Gravity Falls as a template but made each shot your own (or, Nintendo's, I guess) and gave it so much life and detail. Of all things the closest this comes to perfectly aping the original is Vivian snuggling Polterpup. I'm not just laughing because you made Mario look like Gravity Falls, my brain now wants a full game or show about Mario and Luigi investigating ghosts on the road with E. Gadd.

[@Gamer_Dylan_6]

Wish Nintendo would approve of something like this. I always thought the world of Mario had great potential for interesting stories, and we see that in a few spin offs but not ever in mainline.

[@JimmyHD-gc1cl]

This video makes me feel an emotion without a name, a burning desire to see this made into something real and a mesh of nostalgia and pure happiness.

[@stevenjjohnson]

Ok honestly this is straight up SO well done. Typically fan made projects bother me because I like the core style of mario and everything, so anything that doesn’t feel naturally “nintendo” feels off to me. Even so, this was so incredibly well done that I absolutely loved it

[@Felix-wq2ec]

I love how Bowser is depicted in this. His old regal decrepid figure is really menacing. He's like the king of the mountain and he doesn't let you leave his domain using magic.

[@Rediscool9]

Yeah, I know this is sadly a hot take, but I honestly VASTLY prefer Bowser when he’s portrayed as a genuinely serious, threatening, and intimidating villain over when he’s portrayed as a dumb, goofy, and nice villain.

[@Felix-wq2ec]

@@Rediscool9 I don't know how hot of a take that is, but I agree with you. I feel like they're trying to downplay how threatening Bowser is and letting other villains outshine him. They gave him all these traits that should have given him incomparable threat and power, but they're shying away from using them. His kingdom has martial, technological, and magical advantage over the Mushroom Kingdom. He should be as scary as a neighboring country invading you.

[@worldssmallestdestron7819]

I want this to be real SO BADLY. also, I love the details with the hell valley sky trees.

[@ToppyPotatosAnimations]

As someone who is obsessed with Mario, I don’t just want this, I NEED this!

[@ROMETRIX]

Someone already mentioned it, but adding Dimentio at the end makes this a 10/10. Dimentio is such an underrated character, I wish more people talked about him

[@Jessica_Schweser]

Yeah actually I don't hear people talking about Dimentio much but people love him. Plus him being Bill Cipher is perfect.

[@ROMETRIX]

@@Jessica_Schweser Dimentio promised he would return... He never did :(

[@Jessica_Schweser]

@@ROMETRIX If this can become a real thing then he could

[@Rediscool9]

@@ROMETRIX I hate to break this to you, man, but......... Dimentio is canonically dead.

[@ROMETRIX]

@@Rediscool9 I believe he was just defeated. He just didn't appear again because Miyamoto decided to not add original characters to Paper Mario games. Though I'm not sure, I'm replaying Super Paper Mario now so I'll see if Dimentio actually dies or not

[@HiroshiMizushima]

Oh my gods, I can't believe how incredible this was! All the little details and references, I practically wanted to freeze frame the entire thing trying to spot it all! This is the sort of thing I wish the planets would align for and make real, with a tight story and everything like the original Gravity Falls, but I'll have to be satisfied with the imagination and would could be. You did such an amazing job at bringing this to live, I still can't really get over how breath-taking it was seeing everything in motion like that.🍰

[@angrymongoose1]

I would love if this became a real series! Too bad Nintendo won't allow it.

[@LilDragonkaijufan]

I would love to see this as a pilot! But if not, I still love this!!

[@isaacanguiano8267]

I really want this to be a web series. I can't do it myself, but I'd still pay $50 a month for someone to make it real. It's just so amazing with this opening. I love it.

[@Scouthedog1]

Man This is wonderful such nice art style and I love all the little references to the RPG's. I've watched it three or four times and am still finding new things

[@curlybrace4984]

Man, this is really well made. I love that Vivian's there too, of all the characters.

[@kylestubbs8867]

Considering E. Gadd/K. Tastroff studies the paranormal, it makes a strange sort of sense.

[@Luigisuperx]

As a fan of mario and gravity falls, i can say this is one of the best videos ever

[@Jormundgandr-jg5xg]

I've never been into Mario lore a lot, but oh my friggin' lord, I don't know if it is because I wanna know about the lore of this, or because I miss a little bit too much Gravity Falls and I desperately need something to full that hollow gap in my heart, but I NEED something like this. Also, the animation looks absolutely awesome, and all the references are magnificent, and Toad replacing Soos is just too much for me. Thank you so much for making this, my appreciation.

[@koeurizu9889]

I'M GONNA WATCH IT SO MANY TIMES AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME thanks for that gift

[@PhantoMace2012]

You can spend months dissecting and pulling out all the sweet details from this short opening!Just like the show! Great work

[@dylanstephens524]

From the animations and designs of the characters to references to things Like the hell valley sky trees, to putting dimentio, one of the best obscure mario characters as bill cypher, every thing in this is amazing! I would pay to see this become an awesome web series!

[@LostSoulSilver]

This was very lovingly animated, i can tell. Also I'd really love a Mario "Year One" kinda game where we see how he got to live in the Mushroom kingdom world

[@Galaxy0237]

I would love to see this as a possible Webtoon or online series. This looks so good!

[@Bardassassin]

If this was a real show I'd probably love it, Mario already has a lot of weird and creepy stuff in it, it's literally perfect for this, same goes for Zelda.

[@msthecommentator2863]

Love the detail of them finding the Shroobs frozen in ice, I had such a blast stumbling across that bonus boss fight.

[@itz_derpyboi]

Now THIS is the definition of UNDERRATED. How an fantastic animation have such low views is very strange to me. I hope this video get at least 1M and more because is a shame that all your hard work wasn't rewarded. Keep It UP!

[@buildertherobloxian4731]

I like how Dimentio is the Bill Cipher in this.

[@zero_kirai9470]

Omg this looks incredible

[@ChokingOnAStone]

I saw fawful. they perfected the evil grin. beautiful.

[@Camdavideogameaddict]

exactly! I was super happy to see fawful too!

[@ChokingOnAStone]

Yippee!

[@jenajoblankenship2541]

I noticed too!

[@StarHavensHero]

Simply one of the greatest animations I’ve seen. So much attention to detail, inspired from the Mario series lore with a lot of creative freedom that still feels akin to the Mario verse. Keep up the amazing work mate!

[@LuckyUser63]

I LOVE Vivian as a character Glad she finally gets some recognition

[@davidspraguedragonman6479]

As a die-hard Gravity Falls fan, I always LOVE seeing passion projects like these!

[@FanimationStudios-2007]

Now this a show I would watch and a game I would play. Not only would you find mysteries of the Mushroom Kingdom, but you'd find a lot of Gravity Falls references too. Also, you're a genius for having Dimentio in the role of Bill Cipher.

[@pixelmovie1124]

I get the chills right now. There a lots of easter eggs in there! The scary alien-trees from Mario Galaxy, the Yoshi Wanted Poster from Super Mario Bros Ds, the Stickers from Sticker Star, the MINUS-WORLD glitch from the first Mario Bros, the Super Mario Bros 3 Block-easter egg, the shroobs from the Mario and Luigi-Series, the gadgets from E. Gadd, the little Toadette-Aloha figure in the bus. That is what I love in many animations. Detail. :3

[@pixelmovie1124]

I want to ask one question. Is this the Glimmer Liner or the excess express from Paper Mario Tyyd?

[@OniriBoy]

@@pixelmovie1124 Are you referring to the train that appears in the third and forth scenes? We can't see it because of the motion blur but it's written "Kalimari" on it, as a reference to Mario Kart 64 :D

[@pixelmovie1124]

@@OniriBoy Oh the Mario Kart Track. That make sense :)

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@OniriBoy 0:15 EXCELLENT USE OF THE HELL VALLEY SKY TREES!

[@midnightcrow2092]

This was incredibly well animated, like the inclusion of more obscure characters!

[@bagelgod946]

This looks amazing! You captured the feel gravity falls and the whimsical nature of the Mario series perfectly!

[@Amonginator]

This would make a GREAT indie animated series, to go along with the indie animation boom

[@johntheechidna1050]

I just love everything about this. Never watched gravity falls that much, but as a mario fan, I adore this. You absolutely deserve more attention for this after seeing how hard you must have worked on it

[@ShocktheBat]

I want this to be a legit fan series now omg. I paused multiple times to catch all the references you packed into this project. AMAZING work!!

[@a9ollo653]

I LOVE this! The references are AMAZING! Toad pulling to switch to Minus World, Mario going out of bounds through a while semisolid, the SMM Weird Mushroom on the postcard stamp, it makes it all come to life! I really wish this could be an actual fan series!

[@solarguard7301]

Don’t forget the ‘L is Real 2401’ reference

[@vortex_all9055]

@@solarguard7301 where?!?!??!

[@solarguard7301]

@@vortex_all9055 look at the license plate

[@SockMan12]

This is very random but picture you this, “Your home alone and you hear a window break, silence for 15 seconds, then you here loud fast footsteps and you hear this 0:40