What A High Definition First-Person Mario Game Looks Like

11 responses to “What A High Definition First-Person Mario Game Looks Like”

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   novacascade

   February 22, 2013 at 9:03 pm

   Interesting idea, but I did not have the slightest clue what was actually happening.

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   1. 

      dogman

      February 23, 2013 at 4:03 pm

      Watch the corner.

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   th

   February 22, 2013 at 10:18 pm

   That is fucking mental!

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   win

   February 22, 2013 at 10:26 pm

   Yeah it’s pretty confusing, Maybe they should’ve called it “Mario replay in first person”, because when he turns around to step on the other cannonballs….hacks? (i know there is a map but it’s not very clear.)

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   1. 

      ethanw

      February 24, 2013 at 9:35 am

      It’s based off a machine-aided (yes, hacks) max points run of the final level. The actual video is a massive part-by-part render that took several days to render across a PC cluster. The movement chased the gameplay capture, but it’s totally CG – no game engine in sight. 😀

      As for the repeated references to freddiew, the majority of the work was done by his friend Brandon and a few ring-ins.

      Check out “The Making Of” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_851272&feature=iv&src_vid=Gf-2Imh6a54&v=yEvqsnAhEB8

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         hyperthx

         February 24, 2013 at 12:27 pm

         Awesome 😀

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   dogcat

   February 23, 2013 at 2:10 am

   A 2D platformer played in the first person? I like it. With a few tweaks here and there it would be an interesting next step for the series.

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5. 

   warcroft

   February 23, 2013 at 3:10 pm

   Look, this is just ridiculous! Princess peach is always portrayed as a weak damsel in distress, always needing to be saved by the ‘stronger dominant male’. This portrayal does nothing for the advancement of women or the equal portrayal of the genders.
   And Bowser? Why are Mario games continuously featuring this obvious misogynist?
   And beavers? Mario jumping on beavers? Is that reference to female genitalia and the constant male pursuit of sexual domination?

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   1. 

      velnica

      February 24, 2013 at 10:34 am

      *spits out my OJ all over the screen*

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      hyperthx

      February 24, 2013 at 12:28 pm

      I heard everything you said.
      http://youtu.be/Kepx9lmiHfg

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   crepuscular

   February 24, 2013 at 1:58 pm

   I’m getting head spins just watch it, dont think i can last for 5 min of game play…

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