Super Mario Bros. 3 - Famimaga Sept. 1988 Early Beta Footage

[Keiji Dragon]

Because this game is serious business and important, and I like sharing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov8A5tz8MU0

Originally found on Nico Nico Douga titled, ファミマガVideo創刊9月号 (Famimaga Video September), I stumbled upon this while searching for media on Mother 3 for my Shat-Canned Legends Documentary.

The video shows the various differences of this early version to the final that my annotations go over. For one, none of the levels are recognizable (except perhaps one particular part), and the HUD is different.

Very interesting stuff, especially upon seeing that these 80s Japanese game videos are from a completely different, and simpler era.

Original URL: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13196307. Because I don't want to take all credit for this, as the video was originally uploaded and found on Nico Nico Douga. I just wanted to spread this video to the western hemisphere. Enjoy.

[Peter Paltridge]

Sweet find. And to think this topic almost got buried in the E3 deluge. Let's keep it bumped for a while!

[defunctzombie]

Sugoi! I love watching videos of old beta stages. It would be cool to see more play footage instead of stills, though.

[Neo Yi]

Oooh, interesting find. A tad disappointed on it being nothing but stills, but an interesting look regardless.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Wow, that's interesting! That World 1-3 beta is pretty cool, I wonder if the heaven sub-world was still going to be accessible from that area shown.

[Keiji Dragon]

Oooh, interesting find. A tad disappointed on it being nothing but stills, but an interesting look regardless.

Here's an interesting bit. Someone at another forum pointed out that at 0:35, the footage that's shows the infamous "Parabeetles and Grass" still, was used on the back of select SMB3 boxes from the era.

I guess Nintendo got lazy and thought the screenshots, no matter how old they were, would just sell the game itself.