Super Mario Galaxy - An Impossible Masterpiece

Get up to 60% OFF your Babbel subscription here: https://bit.ly/3xZWRXj and start speaking a new language in 3 weeks 🎉 Super Mario Galaxy accomplishes several impossible feats for a Mario game, with its non-stop creative game design revolving around space, and its surprisingly moving story that recontextualizes your entire adventure and taps into what I love most about stories of space. Thumbnail art by https://bsky.app/profile/eunaoseibrother.bsky.social Chapters 0:00 Intro 3:14 Development 10:20 Super Mario Galaxy 36:45 Super Mario Galaxy 2 45:20 Rosalina's Storybook and Conclusion Sources NASA - Apollo 11 Mission Image https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/187/apollo-11-mission-image-view-of-moon-limb-with-earth-on-the-horizon/ “Earthrise” by William Anders https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-8-earthrise/ NASA - One Small Step (1995, archives of the 1969 moon landing) https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html David Sheff - Game Over (1993) ISBN 0-679-40469-4 Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi on Super Mario Galaxy (2007) https://www.wired.com/2007/12/interview-super/ Iwata Asks - How Super Mario Was Born https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/super_mario_galaxy/0/0/ High Score (2020) https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81019087 GameSpot’s History of Zelda (2006) https://web.archive.org/web/20060701053427/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_zelda/ Iwata Asks - Super Mario Galaxy 2 https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/supermariogalaxy2/0/1/ IGN - Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi (2007) https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/29/interview-super-mario-galaxy Video Sources HackerlingVODS - Outer Wilds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxFlkush7Q Super Mario 128 Tech Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElZ6NeZNV44 Like my videos a ton? Consider becoming a Patron (or YouTube Member): https://www.patreon.com/liamtriforce https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQfbcMGyrPDlIU7wV7aAOQ/join Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/liamtriforce Discord Server: https://discord.gg/3umZtAWrqt Check out this post to see which videos are coming next! https://www.patreon.com/posts/big-video-51059902 Be sure to check out Last Life, a community and forum for thoughtful video game discussion! https://www.last-life.net