Super Mario Bros. - How Miyamoto Made His Magnum Opus

[@elfiebranford9330]

You know what's ironic? People love to hate on Miyamoto for his "distaste" for story in video games, and while I'm guilty of once being like that myself, you have to give the guy credit for what he did in the original SMB. Back then, games had pretty much no story, but Miyamoto thought that even a basic "Hero rescues Princess from Dragon" scenario would be a powerful tool in motivating the player. In other words, you aren't just playing because it's a game, you're playing because you have stakes in the matter; you control Mario to help him reach his goal. Miyamoto likes simple stories in games, not complex or deep ones. I personally prefer the latter type, but I'll take a game with minimal story over one without any at all.

[@4xzx4]

Yeah but I miss the old Miyamoto. I don't like how he's an anti-story guy nowadays. Always remember that Paper Mario Sticker Star would have been TTYD 2 but Miyamoto put a stop to that and said that a good story wasn't even necessary. How many like Sticker Star over TTYD again?

[@mossyrock_1]

@@4xzx4 Yeah not alot of people do, myself included. Not really a good game IMO.

[@TiStardust]

@@4xzx4 It’s important to note that Miyamoto didn’t “put a stop” to anything, aside from Galaxy 2’s extended narrative. In the case of Paper Mario, he simply said that Sticker Star’s prototype looked far too much like TTYD when he was approached for input. He gave his two cents, and that’s entirely fair. He didn’t seize control. An interview in 2019 with AlphaDream, creators of Mario & Luigi, indicated that Miyamoto actually was an active proponent of wackier stories in tertiary, non-action Mario games. He isn’t wrong to say that “Mario games don’t need story”, but he didn’t actively discourage them. At least, that wasn’t likely his intention.

[@4xzx4]

@@TiStardust Well, you're kinda wrong. Look up the interview about Sticker Star's development and you'll actually see that Miyamoto became angry at the team for making the new Paper Mario like TTYD and thus forced them to do it just like we got: Paper Mario Sticker Star.

[@Mqstodon]

@@4xzx4 except that's not true, myamoto even said he thought sticker star was a bit boring

[@Nikodile]

Soup before it was New Soup

[@sinos3xxdg21]

And then new soup wee

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

@@sinos3xxdg21 Then we add a 2 _HERE_ and a U _THERE_ ...Fuck it. Have a Deluxe right.... There.

[@greategretpictures]

old soup!

[@zigzoinks5493]

How is this comment older than the video?

[@lewis9s]

Soup before it got cold.

[@JAWMOW]

When he said what the next one will be, I instantly assumed shrek

[@BurgerSoup]

Same!

[@kirbythekirb59]

still i wonder what it will be

[@endre7984]

I mean, him watching Shrek on tv, and layers thing really gives me Shrek vibes too. And it really fits the magnum opus theme. But this might just be me being a hopelessly overambitious Shrek fan.

[@kirbythekirb59]

@@endre7984 i mean, he never said that the series would have been exclusive to videogames, soooo

[@jeremyabbott4537]

I mean he mentioned layers...

[@AidebHerb]

"Next time we'll be talking about something with a few more layers.". Shrek 2 - How Andrew Adamson Made his Magnum Opus

[@JohnSmith12648]

Then there’s Star Wars 0

[@lasagnalover1185]

almost

[@VerbDoesStuff]

This channel reminds me why i do what i do. Thank you. I just watched these two magnum opus videos back to back, and they were the best content i’ve seen on youtube for a long time, honestly since your mario sunshine video. Genuinely good, passionate content these days on youtube is hard to come by. Keep up the good work and before you know it you’ll have a million subscribers

[@relaxalax]

*cries in Canadian* Thank you. I'm really really putting a lot into this series of videos because I care a lot about the topics. I'm excited to get to some later episodes done. Truthfully a series like this won't be great for the algorithm in my experience, but after considering everything I really just wanna talk about these things more than anything. Your comment is very much appreciated :)

[@golddigginboi2187]

I'm surprised you already didn't have it Referring to subscribers

[@golddigginboi2187]

@@relaxalax I'm glad you keep doing things that you like and I truly enjoy the content that you make.

[@ThePika78]

As the only Pikmin fan in this room, I'll salute and congratulate you for such an amazing masterpiece of a video, as the wood burns with you tied up on it and Garden of Hope (Or Environmental Noises, I am a nice guy and will let you choose which one you prefer to listen to while the flames rises) plays in the background. Jokes aside nice video! I totally agree that Mario Bros. Is more of his Magnum Opus, Pikmin still has ways to go in order to become that, we'll have to wait for Pikmin 4 to find out *Enters Cryostasis until 2121*

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

“Time is a fake human construct.” He’s technically not wrong. How we perceive time is a human construct.

[@chrishsmith451]

Everything is a construct of u are pretentious enough!

[@itsknighttime9572]

Cool. Stfu

[@richardgibson8403]

Fletcher Reed I mean everything is technically a human concept

[@CyclonSilver]

No, that's not it, it's not about time perception(which we share with countless species regardless). Months, days, hours, they are the constructs. It's not like they didn't technically exist as they're measures of time(and based on astrals), but the importance we grant them is entirely man-made and artificial. If I tell you your mother's been alive for 4 dogs, you'll tell me "who cares", right? Well, exactly.

[@capibaradeluxe9193]

Yeah is a constuct, but If you dare to express opinions against the scientific way of viewing the reality then all the gremlins come out of their caves and start to burn you alive.

[@BugsyFoga]

The Magnum Opus that saved the gaming industry and would change how things for the longest time.

[@gabrielserra]

your editing skills are fire man... the pixel art animations too, it fits perfectly with the visual style.

[@relaxalax]

thank you sir !

[@BugsyFoga]

"I LOVE BREAD" - Alax

[@moezzexp]

Idk why that reminded me of scott the woz, not only the bread joke but the back and forth between explaining a point and developing a joke simultaneously

[@ragingmonkeycritic]

@@moezzexp Because both of these men are extremely talented

[@lebendigesgespenst7669]

I can relate

[@JuhoSprite]

Same, my favorite kind of bread is brad bread

[@moezzexp]

@@ragingmonkeycritic Egyptian diet has a lot of bread for millions of years and we are not talented. I am an egyptian myself and having a high carb diet doesn't make you any more talented, don't believe the system. subscribe XD (lmfao i got u iderc lol. but DO sub to alax and scott the woz they rly are amazing)

[@MrBonessss]

Alternate title: How gaming was born by a solar eclipse.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Lmao

[@Switchell2]

As someone aspiring to one day make my own game from the ground up, learning Miyamoto was 33 when Super Mario Bros. came out was honestly the most relief I think I've felt in my entire life.

[@solidskullz5736]

It’s incredible how such a simple game saved the entire gaming industry from the brink of collapse in the US

[@internettraveler8666]

It wasn’t sinple then

[@gaylordcomic]

People always say that but I think that's mostly just in the West. I doubt the Japanese were buying ET and then being disappointed. Plus with no consoles arcades become more popular and consoles would have eventually come back cause it's the arcade but at home even if only niche.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

@@ZLunas I'd probably say R.O.B. is more of like a positive trojan horse more so than a key reason why the NES basically resurrected console gaming in North America. He was just there to pretend to be a toy since marketing the NES as a game system would've been suicide at the time.

[@reloadpsi]

Imagine living in 2021 and still thinking the 1983 gaming crash affected anywhere but North America.

[@solidskullz5736]

You don’t have to be a jerk about it

[@crittr]

peeps be thinkin that Soup: Mario's Broth was hard?? just wait till they play Soup 2: The Lost Lentils credit to original writer (edited) | | V

[@RoninCatholic]

Soup 2: The Lost Lentils

[@crittr]

@@RoninCatholic lmao im stealin dat

[@thekingofmoo4346]

I have a Colecovision, DK does NOT look like that.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

You should make a video: Cole Johnson's Vision of the Colecovision

[@maximumeffort2729]

The colecovision port of DK is fun.

[@HammMann]

@@maximumeffort2729 there's actually a reason behind all of this. Coleco had the IP to make Donkey Kong for home consoles. and they decided to do something scummy. they started out by making it a coleco exclusive, and then one year later they had an even more devious idea, release it on the other consoles but make them completely inferior to make people think that they don't have the superior console and to get a Colecovision for the full exprience. and to put a cherry on the cake, they refused to make an Atari 5200 version because they full well known that they would be caught out on this little scheme. and the most rediculous part is that Coleco totally got away with it! bearly anybody knows about the story and they still don't suspect anything and STILL think that the Coleco was a more capable console rather than it just being gimped.

[@thatgermanguy4396]

„Next time we talk about a game with a few more layers.“ So Shrek for Gamecube?

[@nvsseann]

Alax would you please make a full remix of the song Otherside used in the Evolution of Mario video I’m a huge fan of the channel

[@minecraftotalwar]

Discovering this channel was the best thing that happened to me in 2020

[@averypatrick5279]

For reference, Cat's theme starts at 19:47 Oh alax, always with those silly Alax fan service references.

[@kingbash6466]

The OG SMB has this weird charm that always makes me nostalgic for how simple video games used to be. I could never think about classic NES games without this one coming into the picture.

[@Inferno144]

8:30 Damn! Miyamoto had those pretty locks back in the 70's!?

[@Skyrus456]

I think a popular KZbinr named Schaffrillas Productions defined Magnum Opus the best: "A Magnum Opus may not be your best work, but is is your most important one."

[@ethantreadway9478]

It’s always a miracle when a Robot, A Dog and this games main character stand up with the NES to help save Video Games as a whole.

[@chaospxl_]

RelaxAlax' Magnum Opus to me is the video game music video. However alot of the current videos are turning into nicely packed documentarys which i love.

[@PleaseUnsubscribeHaha]

Hey I hate to be one of those guys but one little thing... At 16:06, the music is actually made from four channels, as there are two square (or "pulse") channels available! There's also a fifth channel for playing really low quality samples, but they didn't use that one yet in Super Mario Bros. They did use it in Super Mario Bros. 3 for stuff like the timpani drums, though!

[@relaxalax]

BE THAT GUY! You're correct I was going to do a whole long section but it added so much time to the video. In short - the sound chip could be a whole video itself, and I very much told a slightly wrong half assed version of it's functionalities. It was so cool what they did with it!

[@nago6109]

that was the 1st 4th wall break we had the same experience with the warp zones right down to the stopping of playing at 8-1 eventually i pulled through tho still havent played all Mario 1s levels

[@dapifyyt]

This channel is so underrated. Every single video is so good! Well done!

[@evan5966]

This was great Alax! Thanks for continuing to put out quality videos while pushing a unique presentation style. It does not go unappreciated or unnoticed!

[@justflavio]

20:31 oh my gosh he’s finally gonna talk about onions!!

[@caxolog]

Hey, I’m here kinda early, happy new year to one of my favorite content creators!!!!!

[@StupidEdits]

Scott the Woz has made a new video?

[@livingdoubt54]

i cant believe it...a relaxalax video with no persona reference shoehorned in?!?!?! 2021 is off to an amazing start!

[@chrisbeach423]

Great video! Although i thought Mario 64 was Miyamoto’s “Magnum Opus” it was his last game as a developer and it defined the 3D genre. Id even say Mario 3 set the standards for snes/genesis 16 bit games as a NES game.. Cant wait for the next Magnum Opus!

[@Scrubermensch]

Actually, I've never thought about it but you're right, 1-2 is actually the most important factor in sending Mario straight to eternity. The song, the 4th wall break... That's why they always repeat that theme in any 2d mario game.

[@DanielALahey]

Happy new year! Can't wait for more content as the year continues

[@nexusshack3574]

Good to see you again Alax! I mean ofc on the main channel, but hey. It was worth the wait

[@cornykorn1284]

Bro I'm half the age of this game, and it was still the first game I ever played On the breadbox no less

[@bananabike279]

It's funny how Super Mario Bros. influenced speedrunning. The idea for Sonic originated from the creator trying to complete World 1-1 as fast as possible!

[@NunofYerbizness]

2:15 I don't remember what was my concrete first console/handheld game, just a bulk of the first handful that I owned for my first three gaming consoles… The first I remember owning were like, a couple hand-me-down SNES games like Super Mario World, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, Gradius III, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario Kart, Mario Paint, and Monopoly. Then I had the Gamecube, with games like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Power Tennis, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Kirby Air Ride, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Luigi's Mansion, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$, Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Heroes, and of course, Super Smash Bros. Melee. 'Round that same time frame I got a Game Boy Advance SP, though I didn't get a GBA-native game until around the time Chicken Little hit theaters. Before that, I had Yoshi's Cookie, Aladdin, and Dr. Mario, all Game Boy originals. I do specifically remember, my first GBA game was Yoshi Topsy-Turvy. It was fun, I thought.

[@lancecoleman6684]

Your delivery seems to be somewhat back up to snuff good to know you’re feeling better, think I’ve seen about every relax episode that isn’t the smash characters ones multiple times over and I mean that, I just wanted to let you know man I fucking love these and it was hard to watch you trug along when you got back into making videos again. Glad you’re back at it

[@BlazerFamilyStudios]

This is definitely the best timeline if Alax is making these great of videos and hopefully still happy with himself!

[@thereaper6848]

Wow. Knowing this story already, its still an amazing video. Well done alex

[@jf4617]

“So long ‘so long gay Bowser’”

[@unlimited8410]

"You _So Longed_ your last _Gay Bowser_ "

[@pup64hcp]

it's been gone since 1997...

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Sad

[@KungfuYehaw]

It’s so cool how you re use assets in different creative ways.

[@justusbobo4546]

Glad to see your new content still doing well. It’s good stuff! Hope you’re happy with what you’re doing

[@HITCHICARUS]

14:46 Cat definitely didn't see that one coming.

[@vfmc77]

Brother, this is one of the best shows on KZbin. Quality of Approval 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@guudgrif]

first time I played this was on a clear plastic n’ purple gameboy color (deluxe) when I was 5. But it was a hand-me-down and the previous owner had a save point already in the game…on world 8-3. That was my first Mario level I ever played and I died so many times that I gave up myself. Wasn’t until later that I found out that you could restart and there were 7 other worlds. A year later on a family trip right before bed, with the squiggly gameboy light on, I got back to world 8-3 without using any warps, beat that, then beat the 8-4 in the same sitting. Was hooked from there (:

[@KimiOmega]

Your videos are always so fun to watych and I awalsy like learning a thing or two while being entertained. Great video

[@fish914]

Time is a social construct, lol I fuck with cats vision.

[@M.J44]

Might want to improve your grammar on this since my first interpretation was "I like to mess with cats eyesight"

[@fish914]

@@M.J44 yes

[@crispy0range]

Man I these first two vids were fantastic I can’t wait to see more of this series unfold

[@andresvillalobos9750]

You know now that this series is a thing, I would love to see a Magnum Opus on Doom or Doom II. It would be really cool to see Alax talk about ttheir success and impact it had on the modding community and the gaming industry as a whole

[@epicsause21]

THANK YOU! You are the first person in years to claim that this game still holds up. People just skip to the end via warps, but the real fun happens when you play though it legitimately.

[@The_Markimator]

This is the best youtube channel period the love and research that this man has and does it's insane HAPPY 2021 Alax and everyone who reads this comment.

[@windturbine6796]

"something with a few more layers". SHREK!?

[@Martingguru]

Loved the balloon fight music at the end

[@cbizzle2590]

My sides fell apart at "A Peach Rosé."

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

This series is so cool. Good video as always

[@PabbyPabbles]

"I still got time" when finding Miyamoto was 33 I did that a few weeks ago am 34 though :(

[@alphabits3763]

20:32 very subtle alax. Very subtle.

[@Chipmunkboy]

Everyone gangsta till Alax "Scott The Woz"-zifies one of his thumbnails.

[@qdubsvideos5459]

Love your Magnum Opus vids looking forward for the next

[@ivansotelo4622]

These are beautiful Alax! Do something for the 25th anniversary of smash later

[@tenacity25]

Honestly, earlier levels of the games being easier and a little handholdy is fine, as long as the game becomes more difficult as it goes on - or, has higher difficulties that are actually difficult. More of a challenge for those who want it, but not killing the fun of people who aren't good at video games.

[@icytee8067]

I am loving these videos.

[@CalmTony]

These videos are so well made, I wish more people saw these.

[@emmaf5705]

I really like these magnum opus videos, keep it up man

[@WilsTube]

Alax: *reviews Mario 1* Wilstuff: “finally, a worthy opponent!”

[@Sjono]

“8:52” He was around before Game & Watch” The duck in Duck Hunt is older than Game & Watch

[@cadedennis6383]

he spilled so much fucking champagne

[@theotherjared9824]

Mario was originally supposed to shoot enemies with a gun on horseback.

[@Its_justa_Leonard]

That’s just yoshis safari

[@theillusionist1494]

I am at least a little sad that we may never see Kirby covered in this series. I’d love to see a video on Super Star or Amazing Mirror in this style. Regardless, it’s a great series, and this was a great entry in it. Can’t wait for the next one!

[@beyondthecamera333]

Im an millenial, and I love this game. I replay it all the time. There is a magical feeling to it, and the levels are all fantastic. The beauty in the simple design lets players express themselves in any way they want throught controlling Mario. Its not as good as its sequel Mario 3, but its still a fantastic game I think people should play throught, at least one time in their life.

[@SeekerLancer]

The Famicom didn't have a seal of quality and Nintendo let other companies produce their own cartridges in Japan at first as Japan and most of the world wasn't really affected by the North American video game crash. It was when they brought the system to the USA that they became concerned about quality control and started the seal of quality and began controlling production. Great video. I see way too many people who focus on how the game doesn't hold up today without appreciating how insane it is that it holds up at all given it was made for the stock Famicom/NES without any special mappers like later games. This was a console made to run Donkey Kong and that's about it.

[@mann-nova9392]

A few more layers? SHREK 2 THE GAME REVIEW BABYYYY LET'S GOOOOOO

[@gameboi20]

happy 2021. my first 2-D mario game was wii new soup

[@aegisblze]

I love this series, excited to see more. Maybe Majoras mask and Sonic the Hedgehog will be next

[@aegisblze]

I'd also love to see Pokemon Platinum even though Alax would never cover it

[@AARonInRealLife]

Happy New Year! And great video series! I hope Sonic Adventure 2 gets a magnum opus video. When it comes to Sonic games, that was the creme of the crop!

[@rosebarrett1267]

Old soup Also I feel you, as a kid I would just skip to the end and then die, I dont think I saw world 3 until I was like 15. Great video! Keep up the good work

[@fool8304]

Keep on making content Alax, no one does it like you

[@jan-seli]

So I did a little googling and it looks like the "90% of people can't beat Mario 1-1" actually comes from a satire article. It's not quite that bad.

[@kayennecap]

"Something with a few more layers" I wonder what this could be an allusion to 🤔

[@internettraveler8666]

Ok now you have to beat the lost levels

[@toxiquid]

Happy new year, yo!

[@federicosavorani6320]

Hey, toxi! Great to see you

[@pokehorror7777]

It’s that Crabbruiser guy

[@ShibuNub3305]

It’s December 32nd.

[@MrMegaManFan]

Welcome back Alax and Happy New Year!

[@OfficialColinRidgway]

Yuji Baja’s Magnum Opus: Nights Into Dreams

[@bannisray3683]

The first set of stairs are very liminal.

[@phillfraggy]

1:41 pacman fever sound effect oh wow

[@thereaper6848]

Your video game music video is one of your magnum opus :)

[@natepearson9804]

I love this series mang

[@lisreal2237]

Me not paying attention to the video and being angry that Alax doesn't know the B button exists.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Wait a minute, WHAT THE HELL IS THE "B" BUTTON! WHAT DOES IT DO! Omfg, I can't believe I didn't notice it!

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Lmao

[@spawncampingnoob]

so this whole "magnum opus" thing is really becoming a series, huh

[@natejoe9924]

I knew I was going to like your channel as soon as I watch that video

[@cedenoa001]

19:58 I as a Pikmin fan can agree SMB is Miyamoto's Magnum Opus

[@lebendigesgespenst7669]

Aye issa new RelaxAlax!

[@ajshiro3957]

I never beat Super Mario Bros. And I always skipped to those hidden warp pipes

[@coolmanthegreat]

Something with a few more LAYYERS hmmm... someBODY

[@paoluccio6422]

“Something, with a few more layers” SHREK ITS SHREK

[@aidan5141]

20:30 HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT SHREK

[@FulsomeFrog]

The fact relaxalax knows what pikmin is now has me waiting for a pikmin episode Edit: Don’t worry. I’m not gonna burn ya. You just need to make a good pikmin video for us pikmin fans

[@MatthewDoesThisNow]

4:20 genuinely thought the music was Rule Britannia for a second