Super Mario Odyssey's Ending Cutscene -- Designing For Timelessness

Designing For is a series which looks at a level in gaming, and analyzes a theme central to that level's design. In this episode, we take a look at the ending cutscene of Super Mario Odyssey -- and how it subtly alludes to the distant origin of the series.

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Writing/Voiceover/Audio Editing/Game Footage: Tommy Eyler/Pyrrhickong/The Dryest Bones
(   / pyrrhickong  )

Script Editing/Image Editing/Video Editing/Additional Game Footage: Zack Frisbee/Goombachi

Intro Graphic and Watermark By: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlA

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Also take a look at our episode on the first boss of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, who shows a similar level of respect for its source material:    • Mario + Rabbids' Top Banana -- Designing F...  

Or our episode on Mario & Luigi's penultimate dungeon, which has tedium permeating through its entire design:    • Mario & Luigi's Gwarhar Lagoon -- Designin...  

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The Super Mario Series, including Super Mario Odyssey, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Land, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario 3D World, Paper Mario, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, and Mario's Early Years: Fun With Numbers is © Nintendo. Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle by Ubisoft. Mario's Early Years by The Software Toolworks.

Pokémon is © Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.

Popeye is © King Features Syndicate, Inc., a subsidiary of Hearst Communications, Inc., based on properties originally by Elzie Crisler Segar. Animated shorts originally by Fleischer Studios and produced by Paramount, then by Associated Artists Productions.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is © Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (formerly Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) and by Touchstone Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, using properties by The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., and Paramount Pictures Corporation. Betty Boop originally by Fleischer Studios.

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Pictures Used:

Wedding Peach, Mario, and Bowser: https://sailorbomber.deviantart.com/a...

Knight Mario: https://www.deviantart.com/art/Epic-K...

Princess Peach Portrait: https://misellapuella.deviantart.com/...

Super Mario Timeline: https://adamnewsted.deviantart.com/ar...

Super Mario Earth Posted Here:   / super_mario_earth   Originally titled "Plumber's Empire," by Ian Sean Gibson.

Mario Cast Stylized As Popeye Cast: https://www.swagshirts99.com/product/...

Popeye Cast Sylized As Mario Cast:
http://popeye.wikia.com/wiki/File:Pop...

Mario as Popeye Art's original posting no longer exists to my knowledge, but here is another posting: https://cdn-images.threadless.com/thr...

Dugtrio Cosplay: https://imgur.com/a/GLyR9