Comments on: Koji Kondo: Our Beethoven?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Another correction: Koji Kondo did, in fact, compose the music for Doki Doki Panic/SMB2 USA.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:50:00 +0000

There is an orchestra version of the Mario theme which I found on YouTube. That was very impressive.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:14:00 +0000

I was in that marching band video! (Trombone) It was so much fun to put together and the stadium loved it!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000

I’m proud to say I’m both a Mario and Zelda fan. And I love the music from both games. Koji Kondo really is amazing!

By: Leeshka

Leeshka — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:26:00 +0000

I love, LOVE, the Super Mario theme. To this day, you can gauge my level of frustration at work by the mario that I’m singing (bad days are denoted by the underground levels). One of my old co-workers can’t even play the game without thinking of me.

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By: nancy

nancy — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:39:00 +0000

17 years ago, while i was pregnant, my husband & i passed the time playing Mario Brothers. The theme music got stuck in my head & i actually had a dream where the music correlated to the stages of labor! So, when I finally did go into labor, all I could think of was those darn themes! Surprisingly enough,it helped!!! (so,yeah,I had a girl & no, we didn’t name her Maria!!)

By: Blank Blix

Blank Blix — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Sorry as a gamer myself I thought something needed clarification/correction.

“*Super Mario Bros. 2 started life as a game called Doki Doki Panic, released for Japanese audiences. Looking for a quick way to capitalize on the success of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo inserted the Mario characters into the game and released it in the US as Super Mario Bros. 2.”

Actually Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan exists and looks very similar to the original game. However, it is much more difficult. The Japanese version includes mushrooms that kill you and random gusts of wind that can make precision jumping largely frustrating. The game was deemed to difficult for American tastes and thus Doki Doki Panic was reskinned and repackaged.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:32:00 +0000

You have got to see one of the greatest (at least the most time-comsuming) rendition of the Mario Theme.

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/04/17

By: Mungo

Mungo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Check this guy out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXgZhPjMQLQ

By: Ears Whitworth

Ears Whitworth — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:07:00 +0000

Just because there have been 100 million sold doesn’t mean 100 million people have bought them. If I bought SMB1, 2, 3, and Galaxy, that’s four sales, but just one person. Of course, if one game was played by two people…

Still, it’s a slight misuse of statistics.