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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!“
  • Leo Campasso 1 year ago
    Que lindo! Me encanto!
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  • Roberto Serrini plus 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 :)
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  • Grant Sorbo 1 year ago
    coolest video ever!
    how did you do it?
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  • 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 plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Jason!
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  • Mark Jacinto 1 year ago
    Did you use PFHoe? Amazing vid.
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  • Vince Penman plus 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
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  • Anto#71 1 year ago
    Awesome.
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  • Beep 1 year ago
    Wow. Just…wow.
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  • mpared plus 1 year ago
    amazing posted in the curious brain
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  • Kevin Sweeney pro 1 year ago
    not a bad speed run, either!
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  • 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?
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  • Joacim Altberg 1 year ago
    Wow!
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  • Helder Pais 1 year ago
    nice
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  • 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
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  • 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!
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  • Camilo Soto 1 year ago
    Que maestro!!
    Really really great work XD
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  • 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
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  • Gitseku 1 year ago
    simply... awesome!
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  • Eye Move plus 1 year ago
    Amazing concept!
    And the tracking is perfect, great job!
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  • 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.
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  • Oliver Koch plus 1 year ago
    Schönes Ding!
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  • joe 1 year ago
    INCREDIBLE i love it!
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  • LaZy 1 year ago
    nice
    very nice
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  • 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...
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  • Dan Cunningham 1 year ago
    I love this! Its amazing. Credit given where it's due guys. Well done :)
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  • Hans Chueh 1 year ago
    wow love this !!
    amazing!
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  • Trevor T. 1 year ago
    not sure what impresses me more, the mario or filmmaking skills. good job!
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  • Congratulations! Awesome work!
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  • marcomarchesi 1 year ago
    Nice!
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  • Alberto Chavez 1 year ago
    Amazingly creative!!!
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  • Igor Goduto 1 year ago
    awesome!
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  • 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
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  • MiguelAngeloCBT plus 1 year ago
    Less levels and Lots of shortcuts! =P Nostalgic sound! =D
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  • 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.
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  • João Graça 1 year ago
    Awesome
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  • vlad cretu 1 year ago
    How did you made the gameplay video, stick on the pavement?
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  • Nick Myers 1 year ago
    Simply awesome!
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  • Roustan 1 year ago
    An absolute labor of love!
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  • Patrick Kayser 1 year ago
    great job!
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  • Bomb Voyage 1 year ago
    buenisimooooooo!!!!
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  • 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.
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  • Ognjen Skrbovic 1 year ago
    Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Keith Lam 1 year ago
    may i associate to this: youtube.com/watch?v=FXdifR7s1vA

    Mario rocks!!!
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  • Alex Leahu plus 1 year ago
    that was insane!
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  • Joao Monteiro plus 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!
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  • Janet Bloem 1 year ago
    Awesome.
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  • Ike Norris Jr. 1 year ago
    Speechless lol
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  • SUSHI ADV. 1 year ago
    Simply great, man!

    I'm talking about it on my blog tatami.sushiadv.com
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  • capo_sfu 1 year ago
    Muhahah. Gigabrutal. Great job. Grats.
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  • Nana Photography 1 year ago
    wow wirklich toll!
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  • 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. :)
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  • 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/
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  • Carlo De Agostini plus 1 year ago
    Impressive, great idea. Mario Bros forever
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  • 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!
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  • Kairi Izumi 1 year ago
    Very impressive. ^^
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  • feinste idee, und PERFEKT umgesetzt !

    clapclapclapclapclapclap!
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  • sadegh broomand 1 year ago
    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
    THIS IS FANTASTIC
    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
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  • Childhood memories!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • 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.
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  • renatorena 1 year ago
    very good! congrats!
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  • Frank Thompson 1 year ago
    Man please make a DL of this awesome sauce!
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  • Tom Getty 1 year ago
    Youve made watching a video game interesting! Really good.
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  • Red Label 1 year ago
    Super [sehr] toll!
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  • freebird plus 1 year ago
    Cool!!!! omg!!!!!!
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  • super arbeit!
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  • iso 1 year ago
    de fabula!!!!
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  • perfect
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  • Rob McDougall plus 1 year ago
    Good stuff! Did you have to recreate the whole game yourself or did you use some clever capture method?
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  • tanjingrui 1 year ago
    好.非常好.我喜欢...
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  • CE Hardin plus 1 year ago
    Great!!!!
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  • LuismiJimenez 1 year ago
    Amazing!
    really good job, congratulations! ;)
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  • igorsaraiva 1 year ago
    Nice execution although the commonly seen idea!
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  • Fermon Brandon 1 year ago
    That was so cool and so awesome.Thanks for shareing it
    with us.
    Keep up the good work.
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  • Tomys Inc. 1 year ago
    I love it!
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  • Shawn 1 year ago
    Awesome work man!
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  • 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
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  • Rhys Byfield 1 year ago
    haha really man
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  • ProjectDope 1 year ago
    Amazing
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  • 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!
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  • anggoro alfa 1 year ago
    Great great great..
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  • Viktor Villner 1 year ago
    So damn cool! Good job man!
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  • 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...
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  • KingKaese 1 year ago
    Great Video.
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  • Ca9ine 1 year ago
    Loved it!
    Amazing work.

    That brought back memories, watching the playthrough.
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  • Mikael Simpson 1 year ago
    Wow, this is one of the most innovative and impressive pieces I've ever seen done!
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  • Marcus 1 year ago
    wow that was pretty much work
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  • Daz 1 year ago
    it's cool. like it
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  • John Erfurt 1 year ago
    lol this is awesome
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  • Stephen Ong 1 year ago
    Awesome, love it!
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