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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 2 years ago

Que lindo! Me encanto!
Roberto Serrini 2 years ago

man I wish I read German... would love to know how you did this. Fantastic!
alberto garcia 2 years ago

just copy and paste that into google translate
schoschie 2 years ago

He doesn't say how he did it… Google translate won't help :)
Grant Sorbo 2 years ago

coolest video ever!
how did you do it?
Jason Byfield 2 years 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 2 years ago

Thanks Jason!
Mark Jacinto 2 years ago

Did you use PFHoe? Amazing vid.
Vince Penman 2 years 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 2 years ago

getting through the game in 1 life is easier than the tracking
Anto#71 2 years ago

Awesome.
Beep 2 years ago

Wow. Just…wow.
mpared 2 years ago

amazing posted in the curious brain
Kevin Sweeney 2 years ago

not a bad speed run, either!
Matt Duplessie - Motion & Sound 2 years 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 2 years ago

Wow!
Helder Pais 2 years ago

nice
Arne Breusing 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Nice touch how the final stage took place in the tree's shadow.
Matt Kirwan 2 years ago

I agree. Brilliant touch, I hope it was done on purpose!
Camilo Soto 2 years ago

Que maestro!!
Really really great work XD
Risa Dickens 2 years 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 2 years ago

simply... awesome!
Eye Move 2 years ago

Amazing concept!
And the tracking is perfect, great job!
Solomon Mars 2 years 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 2 years ago

Schönes Ding!
joe 2 years ago

INCREDIBLE i love it!
LaZy 2 years ago

nice
very nice
LocoHamster 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

I love this! Its amazing. Credit given where it's due guys. Well done :)
Hans Chueh 2 years ago

wow love this !!
amazing!
Trevor T. 2 years ago

not sure what impresses me more, the mario or filmmaking skills. good job!
Rodrigo Alves Vieira 2 years ago

Congratulations! Awesome work!
shape+colour 2 years ago

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marcomarchesi 2 years ago

Nice!
Alberto Chavez 2 years ago

Amazingly creative!!!
Igor Goduto 2 years ago

awesome!
Peter Franklin 2 years 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 2 years ago

Less levels and Lots of shortcuts! =P Nostalgic sound! =D
Willy105 2 years 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 2 years ago

Awesome
vlad cretu 2 years ago

How did you made the gameplay video, stick on the pavement?
Nick Myers 2 years ago

Simply awesome!
Roustan 2 years ago

An absolute labor of love!
Patrick Kayser 2 years ago

great job!
Bomb Voyage 2 years ago

buenisimooooooo!!!!
Justin Woods 2 years 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 2 years ago

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keith Lam 2 years ago

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

Mario rocks!!!
Alex Leahu 2 years ago

that was insane!
Joao Monteiro 2 years 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 2 years ago

Awesome.
Ike Norris Jr. 2 years ago

Speechless lol
SUSHI ADV. 2 years ago

Simply great, man!

I'm talking about it on my blog tatami.sushiadv.com
capo_sfu 2 years ago

Muhahah. Gigabrutal. Great job. Grats.
Nana Photography 2 years ago

wow wirklich toll!
schoschie 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Impressive, great idea. Mario Bros forever
monkiki 2 years 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 2 years ago

Very impressive. ^^
Philipp Feichtinger 2 years ago

feinste idee, und PERFEKT umgesetzt !

clapclapclapclapclapclap!
sadegh broomand 2 years ago

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
THIS IS FANTASTIC
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Christopher Guinness 2 years ago

Childhood memories!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ana Ferreira 2 years 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 2 years ago

very good! congrats!
Frank Thompson 2 years ago

Man please make a DL of this awesome sauce!
Tom Getty 2 years ago

Youve made watching a video game interesting! Really good.
Red Label 2 years ago

Super [sehr] toll!
freebird 2 years ago

Cool!!!! omg!!!!!!
KAMP - Music & Sound Design 2 years ago

super arbeit!
iso 2 years ago

de fabula!!!!
Mustafa Hakan IŞIK 2 years ago

perfect
Rob McDougall 2 years ago

Good stuff! Did you have to recreate the whole game yourself or did you use some clever capture method?
tanjingrui 2 years ago

好.非常好.我喜欢...
CE Hardin 2 years ago

Great!!!!
LuismiJimenez 2 years ago

Amazing!
really good job, congratulations! ;)
igorsaraiva 2 years ago

Nice execution although the commonly seen idea!
Fermon Brandon 2 years ago

That was so cool and so awesome.Thanks for shareing it
with us.
Keep up the good work.
Tomys Inc. 2 years ago

I love it!
Shawn 2 years ago

Awesome work man!
Casey Schoch 2 years 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 2 years ago

haha really man
ProjectDope 2 years ago

Amazing
Mark Kimura 2 years 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 2 years ago

信じられない!
anggoro alfa 2 years ago

Great great great..
Viktor Villner 2 years ago

So damn cool! Good job man!
Neon Hero 2 years ago

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

LOL

Still a nice video though, great job!
Andreas Heikaus 2 years ago

Oh.. there is some kind of swinging platform...
KingKaese 2 years ago

Great Video.
Ca9ine 2 years ago

Loved it!
Amazing work.

That brought back memories, watching the playthrough.
Mikael Simpson 2 years ago

Wow, this is one of the most innovative and impressive pieces I've ever seen done!
Marcus 2 years ago

wow that was pretty much work
Daz 2 years ago

it's cool. like it
John Erfurt 2 years ago

lol this is awesome
Stephen Ong 2 years ago

Awesome, love it!