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by Andreas Heikaus

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This video was part of my Bachelor thesis at the University of Applied science and art Hannover. The Super Mario Bros. game, released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, is not longer bound to the television size and get interactive with a new environment. The emphasis of my thesis is on the matchmoving work. It is the process of matching CG elements into live-action footage.

„Irgendwann vor einiger Zeit ist das Königreich der friedlichen Pilzmenschen von den Kupas erobert worden, einem Schildkrötenvolk, das wegen seiner schwarzen Magie berüchtigt ist. Die gemütlichen, ruheliebenden Pilzmenschen wurden in Steine, Ziegel, ja sogar Unkräuter verwandelt, und ihr Königreich verfiel. Die einzige, die den Zauber wieder rückgängig machen und den Pilzmenschen ihre Gestalten zurückgeben könnte, ist Prinzessin Fliegenpilz , die Tochter des Pilzmenschenkönigs. Aber Sie befindet sich leider in der Gewalt des mächtigen Kupaschildkröten-Königs. Mario, (vielleicht) der Held der Geschichte, hört von der Not der Pilzmenschen und macht sich auf, die Prinzessin aus den Händen der bösen Kupas zu befreien und das zerfallene Pilzmenschenreich zu erlösen. Du kannst Mario sein! Es liegt jetzt an dir, die Pilzmenschen von der schwarzen Magie zu befreien!“

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Leo Campasso 1 year ago

Que lindo! Me encanto!
Roberto Serrini 1 year ago

man I wish I read German... would love to know how you did this. Fantastic!
alberto garcia 1 year ago

just copy and paste that into google translate
schoschie 1 year ago

He doesn't say how he did it… Google translate won't help :)
Grant Sorbo 1 year ago

coolest video ever!
how did you do it?
Jason Byfield 1 year ago

„The kingdom of the peaceful mushroom people was conquered sometime some time ago by the Kupas, a turtle people, who is notorious because of its black magic. The cosy, rest-loving mushroom people were transformed weeds into stones, bricks, even, and their kingdom purged. The only one, which could the charm again cancel and to the mushroom people their shapes return, is a princess Fliegenpilz, the daughter of the mushroom people king. But unfortunately is you in the force of the powerful Kupaschildkröten king. Mario, (perhaps) the hero of history, hears of the emergency of the mushroom people and opens themselves to free the princess from the hands of the bad Kupas and to release the mushroom people realm in ruins. You can be Mario! It is now because of you to free the mushroom people from the black magic to! “
Roberto Serrini 1 year ago

Thanks Jason!
Mark Jacinto 1 year ago

Did you use PFHoe? Amazing vid.
Vince Penman 1 year ago

I don't know what is more magical, the fact that this was an amazing use of tracking software, or that they made it through the whole game with one life.

Surfap, that was absolutely brilliant. Amazing job. Did you use PFHoe or SynthEyes?

[Edit: I see on your Demo Reel that you use Boujou]
Jurriaan Hos 1 year ago

getting through the game in 1 life is easier than the tracking
Anto#71 1 year ago

Awesome.
Beep 1 year ago

Wow. Just…wow.
mpared 1 year ago

amazing posted in the curious brain
Kevin Sweeney 1 year ago

not a bad speed run, either!
Matt Duplessie - Motion & Sound 1 year ago

wow, not only was your motion matching perfect, you also beat the whole game in under 6 minutes! how did you get the level to show so far in advance?
Joacim Altberg 1 year ago

Wow!
Helder Pais 1 year ago

nice
Arne Breusing 1 year ago

Hej Andreas!
Hab deine cool (gemachte) Präsentation am Montag gesehen und wollte dir nur mal schnell zum riesigen Erfolg (50.000 mal gespielt an einem Tag!) gratulieren. Respekt.
Schöne Idee, schöne Umsetzung, schönes Projekt.
Viele Grüße, Arne
Kalvin Camp 1 year ago

Pretty awesome. I think the amazing new spins involving super mario bros will NEVER end. I'm so impressed that people keep finding crazy things to do with Mario.
Kalvin Camp 1 year ago

Nice touch how the final stage took place in the tree's shadow.
Matt Kirwan 1 year ago

I agree. Brilliant touch, I hope it was done on purpose!
Camilo Soto 1 year ago

Que maestro!!
Really really great work XD
Risa Dickens 1 year ago

Love this, Mario makes me nostalgic and so does the sweet sunny street - Featured in the Video Games Frequency! frequency.com/video/super-mario/153800
Gitseku 1 year ago

simply... awesome!
Eye Move 1 year ago

Amazing concept!
And the tracking is perfect, great job!
Solomon Mars 1 year ago

got here by way of GamesRadar, and i'll say the same thing i said over there.

yeah, i'll admit i'm sick of mario all over the place...but yes, this is 100% the best & most inventive display i've seen in a while.
Oliver Koch 1 year ago

Schönes Ding!
joe 1 year ago

INCREDIBLE i love it!
LaZy 1 year ago

nice
very nice
LocoHamster 1 year ago

Hi there, great work ! But i'm still wondering how did you get the Mario footage, it's not a big deal to capture gameplay but you need as well pieces visited that already dissappered from the screen and uncovered ones.

Any clues?
THExDUKE 1 year ago

I guess you need at least a "run" to get the stationary objects and hidden places. Then you need a run with all moving things and compose those together. It still seems to me a massive work though. Pretty amazing.
Andreas Heikaus 1 year ago

I stitched the entire Level together that I got a huge panorama... after this I made the animation with the original sprites from the game for the whole thing in the areas you normally won't see...
Dan Cunningham 1 year ago

I love this! Its amazing. Credit given where it's due guys. Well done :)
Hans Chueh 1 year ago

wow love this !!
amazing!
Trevor T. 1 year ago

not sure what impresses me more, the mario or filmmaking skills. good job!
Rodrigo Alves Vieira 1 year ago

Congratulations! Awesome work!
shape+colour 1 year ago

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marcomarchesi 1 year ago

Nice!
Alberto Chavez 1 year ago

Amazingly creative!!!
Igor Goduto 1 year ago

awesome!
Peter Franklin 1 year ago

I didn't make it to the end to be honest. is there a twist? does it do anything else than play mario on a wall?
Not to disregard your talent or work... It was a great display of some airtight matchmoving
MiguelAngeloCBT 1 year ago

Less levels and Lots of shortcuts! =P Nostalgic sound! =D
Willy105 1 year ago

The camera was really disconnected to what was happening in the game, making it very nauseous, but it was very impressive technologically.
João Graça 1 year ago

Awesome
vlad cretu 1 year ago

How did you made the gameplay video, stick on the pavement?
Nick Myers 1 year ago

Simply awesome!
Roustan 1 year ago

An absolute labor of love!
Patrick Kayser 1 year ago

great job!
Bomb Voyage 1 year ago

buenisimooooooo!!!!
Justin Woods 1 year ago

I've always had cool ideas for videos like this. Only problem is that I don't know how to execute them like this with such precision and accuracy.
Ognjen Skrbovic 1 year ago

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keith Lam 1 year ago

may i associate to this: youtube.com/watch?v=FXdifR7s1vA

Mario rocks!!!
Alex Leahu 1 year ago

that was insane!
Joao Monteiro 1 year ago

wow! I was wondering, how did you do the motion camera tracking, it looks so real, fixed on the wall. But then I saw the pink dots on the wall. Well done!
Janet Bloem 1 year ago

Awesome.
Ike Norris Jr. 1 year ago

Speechless lol
SUSHI ADV. 1 year ago

Simply great, man!

I'm talking about it on my blog tatami.sushiadv.com
capo_sfu 1 year ago

Muhahah. Gigabrutal. Great job. Grats.
Nana Photography 1 year ago

wow wirklich toll!
schoschie 1 year ago

Well done! Nice colors!

It would have been a bit more entertaining if the live-footage background had changed some more, or even reflected the changes that are going on the game. :)
schoschie 1 year ago

If you like art that uses the code in old catridge games, check out Ben Fry's work which he exhibited at Ars Electronica in 2003:

benfry.com/mariosoup/
benfry.com/dismap/
Carlo De Agostini 1 year ago

Impressive, great idea. Mario Bros forever
monkiki 1 year ago

Forget about the Tracking! He finished the game in 6mins!!!

Awesome video! Great project! Amazing! If this is just a part of your thesis I wonder what's the other part like! Keep it up!
Kairi Izumi 1 year ago

Very impressive. ^^
Philipp Feichtinger 1 year ago

feinste idee, und PERFEKT umgesetzt !

clapclapclapclapclapclap!
sadegh broomand 1 year ago

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
THIS IS FANTASTIC
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Christopher Guinness 1 year ago

Childhood memories!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ana Ferreira 1 year ago

Super Mario is eternal, and it's always nice to see new applications of it. The game animation and the live action footage work great together.
renatorena 1 year ago

very good! congrats!
Frank Thompson 1 year ago

Man please make a DL of this awesome sauce!
Tom Getty 1 year ago

Youve made watching a video game interesting! Really good.
Red Label 1 year ago

Super [sehr] toll!
freebird 1 year ago

Cool!!!! omg!!!!!!
KAMP - Music & Sound Design 1 year ago

super arbeit!
iso 1 year ago

de fabula!!!!
Mustafa Hakan IŞIK 1 year ago

perfect
Rob McDougall 1 year ago

Good stuff! Did you have to recreate the whole game yourself or did you use some clever capture method?
tanjingrui 1 year ago

好.非常好.我喜欢...
CE Hardin 1 year ago

Great!!!!
LuismiJimenez 1 year ago

Amazing!
really good job, congratulations! ;)
igorsaraiva 1 year ago

Nice execution although the commonly seen idea!
Fermon Brandon 1 year ago

That was so cool and so awesome.Thanks for shareing it
with us.
Keep up the good work.
Tomys Inc. 1 year ago

I love it!
Shawn 1 year ago

Awesome work man!
Casey Schoch 1 year ago

dude! that was soo beast! freakin awesome! And Ive always never been able to figure out how to do the mushroom from underground second warp zone! So you showed me! awesome haha
Rhys Byfield 1 year ago

haha really man
ProjectDope 1 year ago

Amazing
Mark Kimura 1 year ago

Hi Andreas,

In case you didn't know yet, a major Japanese web site (it's like CNet+ZDNet in Japan) is featuring this video.

gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/1007/09/news081.html

You are famous in the county where Mario Bros was born!
Andreas Heikaus 1 year ago

信じられない!
anggoro alfa 1 year ago

Great great great..
Viktor Villner 1 year ago

So damn cool! Good job man!
Neon Hero 1 year ago

At around 5:32...how'd you fall in the lava without dying?

LOL

Still a nice video though, great job!
Andreas Heikaus 1 year ago

Oh.. there is some kind of swinging platform...
KingKaese 1 year ago

Great Video.
Ca9ine 1 year ago

Loved it!
Amazing work.

That brought back memories, watching the playthrough.
Mikael Simpson 1 year ago

Wow, this is one of the most innovative and impressive pieces I've ever seen done!
Marcus 1 year ago

wow that was pretty much work
Daz 1 year ago

it's cool. like it
John Erfurt 1 year ago

lol this is awesome
Stephen Ong 1 year ago

Awesome, love it!