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Our Super Mario trilogy continues with how Shigeru Miyamoto used manga to design Super Mario and how that design trains you to be a better player.

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Super Mario, like any good video game should, takes you by the hand and shows you the skills necessary to become a talented player. You are not simply thrown into an impossibly difficult situation, but rather, you are built up over the course of basic levels that serve as a form of tutorial. Each new challenge builds upon skills that you have been previously tested on, leading you step-by-step to mastery. The fact that Super Mario games can execute this so flawlessly may have ties to the Japanese art of yonkoma, and more specifically, kishōtenketsu. We explain how, and examine how it relates to the Super Mario Maker, in this week’s episode of Game/Show!

Special thanks to Derwin Roberson for providing the awesome Mario illustrations throughout this video: http://bluehanzosdojo.blogspot.com/

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ASSET LINKS:

0:10 Miyamoto says Nintendo is more open to movie deals
http://wiiudaily.com/2015/08/miyamoto...

0:12 Super Mario Bros
http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Super_....

1:26 A Japanese and half Japanese Kid Draw their Homes, Families, and Favourite Animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptXuf...

1:39 yonkoma
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1:42 ESSAY: ON KISHŌTENKETSU
http://www.nicolewlee.com/non-fiction...

1:56 Give Us a Super Mario Bros. Design Works Already, Nintendo
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/give-...

4:21 Raph Koster Quotes
http://quotesgram.com/raph-koster-quo...

4:22 Theory of Fun for Game Design
http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Game-Des...

5:34 SuperMarioMakerBooklet.pdf
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/amaj/...

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MUSIC:

""Oh Damn!"" by CJVSO
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""Digital Sonar"" by Brink

""Mindphuck"" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...

""After Hours""

""Lakes"" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...

""Beautiful Days"" by Extan
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""Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix"" by Foniqz
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""Good Way Song"" by Electronic Rescue

""Alice y Bob"" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...

""Sleet"" by Kubbi
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""Toaster"" by Kubbi
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""Patriotic Songs of America"" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...

""Lets Go Back To The Rock"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...

""Run"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...

""Fame"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...

""Freedom Weekends"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...

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