The Story of Super Mario World and the Launch of the Super Famicom and SNES Way Back in the 1990s!

On November 21, 1990 The Super Famicom and Super Mario Bros. 4 were let out into the world! (Chapter markers and more below)

Episode Information
GTV 101 "The Story of Super Mario World" Season 5 Episode 18
Original Airdate: November 13, 2020
Produced October 1-November 10, 2020
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which was starting to show signs of age, though rock-solid.
Produced with Final Cut Pro and Photoshop, which my job paid for!

0:00 GTV ID: The Leader of the Next Generation!
0:09 Intro! Here we go!!!
0:19 Act 1: The Story of Super Mario Bros. 4
19:35 CM 1: Super Famicom Debut, McDonald’s, Kirin Lemon
20:37 Act 2: Super Mario World-Wide
29:20 CM 2: Playing with Super Power, K-Mart has SNES
30:24 Act 3: The Legacy of Super Mario World
37:29 CM 3: Super Mario Advance 2 USA & Japan
38:33 Act 4: Yoshi’s Easter Eggs
42:51 CM 4: Mario’s Maze, Kurogane Mario Desk, Mario & Yoshi RC Cars
43:54 Act 5: Super Mario Bros. 3 VS Super Mario World
53:52 CM 5: Kirin Lemon 2, Yoshi’s Tongue, Mario Choco
54:40 Act 6: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green



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A list of sources used to create this video:
Music by Qumu    • Super Mario World - Overworld [Remix]  
SNES Music Classics    • Super Mario World - Album (SNES) - Re...  
Some music taken from orchestrated soundtrack of Super Mario World as well as in game music. Other songs from Super Mario Bros. Pinball and Akihabara Electric Circus.
Some scans by Chris Covell https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/S... He did a lot of research which prompted me to search out even more, that resulted in even more scans found from new sources.

Kalhi Balto contributed to the updated higher resolution scans of some images.
Nintendo of Japan’s NP site still exists! https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0011/k...
Play the Mario 4 Beta ROM! https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthr...
Title card art by Commercial Break, thanks for sharing!

Some footage by: Dark Bowser 64, Nenriki, Long n play, Raven Xp, Nintendo Unity, Heisei Planet, Csepregi Ivan, Retro Robby. MArio and Yoshi anime footage by Cabusses Retro Obscurities. If I somehow left you out, please let me know I will amend it. It was a lot to keep track of. Backgrounds of the 3D stages by VR Human. 1991 CES footage by Digital Neo Human. In the Sonic 1 CM, Larry Cedar played Denita Stokes, the HAG!!