The History of Mario: 1981-1991 Rise of an Icon from Myth to Reality

Well at least it'll be available on Amazon. Never ordering anything off of their site again since they messed up one of my orders last summer and never replied to my numerous emails/inquiries to the site about it.
 
I've never heard of them before to be honest but I hope this book is on the same level as Hyrule Historia.
 
I have one of their books on Nintendo.

They're very pretty, but the translation from French to English is abominable.
 
Today, Mario is a video game icon, known by millions worldwide. However, things were different in 1981, as Mario was all but a humble plumber

Mario started in 1981 as a carpenter and wasn't a plumber until 1983 with the release of Mario Bros
 
I have one of their books on Nintendo.

They're very pretty, but the translation from French to English is abominable.

That's actually one of the reason it takes so damn long for their new books to release. They want to make sure that the new ones are properly translated this time around.
 
Why the odd choice of 1991 as an ending date? Is it just the arcade/NES/Famicom era?

Perhaps I should finally do that trivia book...
 
yeah, already had mine preordered, ive heard good things about pix 'n love, and they're hard to come by for that price after release, ive found.

surprised more of GAF isn't interested in the Gunepi Yokoi book from them though, comes out around the same time & seems like way more written about the legend than ive seen anywhere else.
 
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