565: Episode 565 Preview: The Wonder of Mario

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Parish, Kevin Bunch, Stuart Gipp, and Diamond Feit marvel at the wonder of games and series like Super Mario Bros., whose popularity and influence refuses to fade many years later. What makes these works so timeless and beloved?

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0:00.0	They say the best things in life are free, but there's actually a secret deluxe tier
0:04.8	in best that you can unlock for a few bucks a month.
0:07.7	It's Patreon exclusive RetroNuts content, and that includes bonus podcasts every other
0:12.0	Friday, weekly mini episodes by Diamond Fight, Discord Access, and more.
0:16.4	Here's a quick look at our latest bonus episode, which you can listen to in its entirety
0:21.0	by going to patreon.com slash RetroNuts and subscribing at the $5 a month exclusive
0:26.2	content tier.
0:27.9	I am whoever the hell Jeremy Parrish, that's right.
0:31.1	And I'm here to fake you out.
0:33.6	That's right.
0:34.6	This episode is called The Wonder of Mario, and you might be thinking, wow, that sounds
0:39.3	like an episode about hot new game Super Mario Wonder, perhaps talking about its retro
0:45.3	roots and origins and how it holds up to the lineage of the series.
0:48.9	And that would be great, that sounds like an amazing idea for an episode, and that's
0:52.6	not what this is.
0:53.7	This is actually, this is a pure SEO grab.
0:57.3	You thought we were above those shenanigans, but we're really not.
1:00.1	So this episode has nothing to do with Super Mario Wonder, aside from the fact that there
1:04.6	is a game coming out in, I don't know, Days, Weeks.
1:08.5	I'm not sure when this is going up called Super Mario Wonder.
1:12.5	And that game represents the latest iteration of a series in franchise that remains as
1:20.0	popular and successful, and maybe even more beloved than ever, God, like 40 years on.
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