Ah the memories. The original creator made 2 new episodes for the reboot and recently (a couple weeks ago) said that he's working on the next episode. I'm subscribed and ready to see where his reboot of the series goes.
He was a genuine threat to the entire cast! Every time they started trading blows I’d be on the edge of my seat hoping the heroes would overcome the odds.
It still hurts that it did get canceled but it gave us some of the best we've ever had from fan related anything and it was really cool to see that happen. Great to see that even you remember it!
I remember first watching Super Mario Bros Z Back when I was in Elementary School but at home on my Windows XP Computer 🖥️, The NOSTALGIA MAN 🥹🥹🥹🥹, I was 8 years old at the time, now I’m 19 years old. Time really flies by.
My little brother and I everyday after school would pretend be Mario and Luigi fighting Mecha Sonic on our trampoline, probably my favorite days as a child ❤
I remember when episode 8 came out, the story was amazing so far and all the fights were super well done. But there was an extremely noticeable step up in the animation quality between 7 and 8. And it blew my mind as a kid, the whole airship battle, the evil snake koopa guy and of course FIRE SONIC.
Hell yeah probably the best fan made content I seen as a kid. Mark even remastered the original and it’s a 3D remake by another animator. I gotta check out the reboot
I wonder if he started working a 9 to 5. That will kill your projects. I remember how hype it was watching the last released episode when I was 9 or 10 years old.
Dude ain’t never gonna finish the reboot. But his influence on Sprite Animation remains A1. The whole reason every fight uses DBZ sounds and has the high-speed effects they have is all due to him. He set the standard. 🥇.
A RU-vidr - Super Eyepatch Wolf - discussed the whole Sonic history, and mentioned this crossover with DBZ flavor all over it that got me curious and watched the original series until reaching the cliffhanger. Is absolutely perfect.
Anyone who remembers the golden age of Newgrounds would have had the time of their lives. Their really was no other time like surfing the web for sprite and hand drawn animations back in 2005-2010. SMBZ, Nazo Unleashed, There She is, Sprite TV, Fancy Pants, Not Another Sprite Fight, Final Fantasy Sonic, and so many more defined my time on the internet back then. Not to mention the early memes like Dr. Octogan and IMMA FIRING MY LAZAR. These were the OGs baby!
They hit his Patreon specifically, but they never stopped him from making the series itself. He got hella demotivated after they shut down his Patreon, but it doesn’t seem like Nintendo will go after his KO-FI account.
@@TreyStation64 Tell me about it. That was 6 years ago though, and they haven’t said anything in the time since, and I’m really hoping it’ll stay that way.
God this was such a good series, I remember growing up with stuff like this, Final Fantasy Sonic, Sonic RPG, Mario castle destroyer, Koopa and Goomba, Nazo, and other awesome fan sprite works.
There's also a fan made show called Super Mario Bros DX (or SMBDX) which is very inspired by SMBZ, and it is very good imo! It's currently at episode 7 I think, I really recommend it!
