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Super Mario Beta

That pic was from a Nintendo Power article. I have the issue, but no scanner unfortunately. EGM also printed some very early Super Mario World pics that appear to be even older than the ones in Nintendo Power.
 
john tv said:
Why don't you do that so I don't have to ban you for calling us noobs? :D


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Ban him anyway!
 
I was 16 when the Super Famicom launched in Japan, and working as a game counselor at Nintendo at the time. My ex-lead had been transferred to R&D and invited me down there into a darked room needing a card key, to let me play Super Mario World, F-Zero and Pilotwings weeks before it even launched in Japan!! The greatest, ultra geekiest moment of my fan boy life. I almost melted it was just too cool. Zooming in to your car from above in F-zero was simply the coolest thing I had ever seen! That same guy also later gave me my first break into the industry when he hired me after graduation from film school years later to join his staff as an artist at Lobotomy where I began my professional career and made many life long friends. Thanks Paul wherever you are!!
 
soul.less said:
Seeing those pics makes me want to play Super Mario World again.
Given the visuals, it makes me want to play Super Mario Bros 3 more than World. Looks more like the third game's lost levels than a next-gen game. Both games ultimately kicked ass of course.
 
I've been playing Mario World on my DS lately....Hard to believe that it's a 15 year old game. Nintendo really were head and shoulders above everyone else once upon a time....
 
Hum, is interesting that some of the sprites used in the beta were from SuperMario Bros 3.

¿Any posibility that SMW started as SMB4 before Yamauchi said to Miyamoto that the game is for SuperFamicom?
 
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