Super Mario Bros. Z Series: All Fight Scenes 

Just to be clear about the music: I DID NOT add any music at all, all I did was ripping all episodes of this series and adding transitions. I don't know why there's music overlapping each other in some of the fight scenes but that happens on the original sources.

Those attacks that have the two flashes before they launch are all iconic

These fight scenes were way ahead of their time. So fucking amazing. I really wish this show got the proper ending it deserved. I hope the creator is doing fine.

God, Mecha Sonic was such a good antagonist.

It's enough to make a grown man cry...

Mark Haynes was ahead of his time. Sucks he rose to popularity during the time when people didn't understand restraint and suffered for it. Hope he's doing alright.

The 3 way battle between Mario and Friends, Koopa Bros., and Axem Rangers was a revolutionary fight. The dynamism, choreography, and environment interaction was all way ahead of its time.

i love how luigi is sometimes a coward but when it comes to protecting mario or if mario is in danger luigi is a total badass

This series got cut off way too short :/ What a nostalgia trip.

I like how this series was so ahead of its time that it was like the baseline for sprite animation today

Man, one thing I love about this series is how all the main characters have a certain fighting style and skill/power level and it remains consistent. Mario is the most experienced of the heroes. He's mastered the ins and outs of each of his powerups, knowing exactly how far he can push, say, cape feather's flight or fire flower's firepower. Not only that, but he always remembers his hammer and spin, and can use them for supporting his strength and speed as needed. Luigi is really good at playing support. He's not incompetent, being overall good with the same powerups as Mario has, but he uses them (or gets used) more in defensive ways or to help others. With Sonic, he uses a hammer to pinball him into enemies. In the ship hold, he stays in statue form and lets himself be used as a bludgeon until the perfect time to strike. Sonic is hands down the fastest character in terms of reaction times. He's really good at going with the flow, adjusting to whatever new attack or sudden shift easily. Split second openings are his usual targets and more often than not he manages to take advantage of them. Shadow is perhaps the strongest fighter on the heroes, but he doesn't play very well with others. He'll even attack his own teammates if they're in his way. But he has the strength to back it up, really. Chaos powers let him essentially dominate his area of the battlefield, so long as he has the power (or Chaos Emerald) to use them with. Finally, Metal Sonic is absolutely relentless. It's actually very straightforward: shoot at target, spin attack at target, take target's weapon and kill target. It's his straightforward approach that makes him a bit predictable and makes him get outmaneuvered several times. But he learns as he fights. So tricks like Yoshi's egg toss and tongue grab only work once on him before he can adapt to them.

I like to think that Sonic was always sandbagging when it came to his speed so the rest of the team could keep up. He hardly ever got hit and his reaction time was freakin’ insane. Not to mention that there were a few moments where he REALLY sped up.

The detail, the intensity, the choreography, the CONSISTENCY. This series was packed with so much love from, ironically, someone that was suffering from the inside. Bless Alvin for this, for the memories, and for the hope that someday, he will be a content creator of his own and can incorporate his GENIUS into a new property.

45:43 That combo with Yoshi and Luigi is amazing. Mark really has a sense of the choregraphy.

27:45 *I Still love that part 9 years later*

This series was THE BEST, and it is really nostalgic watching this again.

This is how Mecha Sonic should have been in the actual games

i remember little old me trying to find ep 10 so bad didn't know what happened to the creator back then hope he is doing well now

Shadow was kinda Op. in the show just like I remember. They kept his power scale pretty accurate, also with the other characters as well.

man, you can tell that Mark just got better and better as the episodes progressed. Such a good series.

I think it's clear that this guy was way over his time. The spryte animation and the fight scenes is still amazing. I hope he is doing fine

I LOVE how Super Mario Bros. Z uses its fight scenes to tell you about the characters. Mecha Sonic's cold, calculated brutality gets across the complete lack of humanity in the hateful machine. And something I always love is when Mario fights Mecha Sonic. In my opinion, aside from Shadow and Sonic, Mario is the one who fights most vehemently against the walking natural disaster that is Mecha Sonic, and that says a lot about him as a character. Shadow and Sonic both have personal vendetta against Mecha Sonic, but Mario fights Mecha Sonic with almost the same passion despite having no history with the robot. He throws himself against this villain from another world with everything he has. It really showcases and bravery and devotion to doing what's right that's shown in the games with how he traverses so many dangerous areas to save Peach. It's just a brilliant way to make Mario seem so heroic despite hardly ever saying a word throughout the series.

Can we appreciate how there are 50 MINUTES WORTH IF ANIMATED FIGHT SCENES?!

This is exactly why we need a Mario and Sonic adventure game, not an olympics game every few years or so. So much potential being wasted on the olympics.

43:43 Ngl this made my mind explode like a nuke! Just the idea of Sonic using the Fire Flower was crazy so to see this was a dream come true. This series was legendary!

One of the first series I ever watched on RU-vid back when animation was dominate, people posted Gmod sfm vids and RU-vid was more free and allowed more freedom to do whatever you want. I wish someone would take this series and try to finish as a tribute to Alvin. Wherever he is.

Alvin gave Shadow a better character development than how Sega did

The fight choreographies are one of the best I’ve seen in fan animations, mad respect

Fire Sonic was the best thing that happened in my childhood. Seeing Fire Sonic mods in Generations and other games never ceased to make me smile

Can We Talk...About How Literally Everyone Used Statue Luigi As a Weapon?

I don't want to sound like that typical Nostalgia magnet...but...ugh. This was one of those series that made original RU-vid years so much fun. It's was about ENTERTAINMENT and not BUSINESS. The days where the vast majority of the average public could just make things that they wanted to out of fun without having to fear of getting sued or having a huge part of their life destroyed because of a corporation that feels the need to destroy someone who doesn't stand a chance against them financially in any sort of way. The times were it wasn't filled with Petty drama or lack of care from lazy creators who just rely on me or things that are straight-up clickbait and actually creative. Where everybody is just trying to play it safe and doing the exact same thing at the next 1000 people next to them. No adds, no "exclusive" bulls!t, no censorship, NO EXCEPTIONS. Just people who wanted to show off their creativity. This series was amazing I remember my friends relatives and neighbors alike who are all Mario or Sonic fans would all be crowded around the computer and just watching intensely. Getting hyped by the fights and plot twists. Ahh, Good times.

Fire Flower: * exists * Sonic: *Cowabunga it is*

I miss SMBZ man. If only Nintendo didn’t come after Mark Haynes, then he would’ve surely finished the series.

I remember as a kid, I used to watch this at school on the computers. The other kids and teachers actually liked what they saw and I got away with it cause of how good this series was. Lol

Mecha sonic is amazing, i cannot describe how threatening and how amazing of a villain he is

As much as I appreciate new series like Super Mario Bros GT, none of them ever quite capture the hectic energy of SMBZ battles such as 25:46 and 27:51. Something I miss

26:26 that moment where he cut his head off and crushes it was insane and i love it

This is was the first series I got into. My best friend show me the first episode and I was hooked. I hate it got cut short because every episode was 🔥

This series was a big part of my childhood, I would actually base my action figures off of SMBZ instead of the games themselves. I'm so glad Alvin is continuing the reboot, hopefully this time it gets finished!

I remember Fire Sonic's moment being the most hype shit ever. This is my childhood mannn

Looking back, the Basilix fight is my favorite fight scene ever devised. Mainly cause of one detail. His use of Stone Luigi. Villains using loved ones and allies as leverage against the heroes is nothing new *by far* but what makes this different was the fact the action *NEVER. STOPPED.* Basilix saw an opportunity (however dirty it was) to gain the upperhand. As soon as he picks up Luigi, he taunts Mario then before Mario strikes would put his brother up before the exchange to make him hesitate. Its a really simple action (that too had been done before but not as much) but the fact that this moment is done in fluid animation and the action not stopping, as well as that moments like this would've been broken up by dialogue it was a super refreshing take on this cliche. Absolutely blown away when i first saw this years ago.

Long live Super Mario Bros Z!!!

36:24 He actually used *both* Sonics’ 8-Bit sprite! Usually people just use his 16 bit sprite

6:55 *breaks the fourth wall*

I remember this flash was on a website (I think it was called drennor but I could be wrong) my classmates were watching it on the computer and when I was finally able to watch the series for my self the excitement, the fights, the story, and characters had me so pumped and happy. it was the best thing I have ever seen back then. now coming back as an adult and watching the series again, it did not fail to hit me with the same adrenaline. love this series so much. always holds a special place in my heart

Fire Sonic was the most hype thing they added, too bad it just ends at episode 8

If you guys loved this series as much as me or anyone else reading this, head to @alvinsmbz to check out his twitter! His friend recently started a GoFundMe for Alvin to pay for his medical bills! (Mental and therapy.) he could really use the community’s help with raising the money he Doesn’t possess. Thank you all :)

17:35 we all know this is one of the best fighting scene

17:40 is what we are here for ladies and gents

Can we talk about how good these guys are, especially mario since he is an (kinda) old plumber

The combos Sonic does where he spin dashes and one of the bros hits him with a hammer were always funny to me cause surely that must hurt for Sonic.

Oh don’t mind me, just revisiting my child hood And sadly finding the creator is going through hard times. Hope he can pull through

What made this series so good? The fight scenes and the stories were well thought out and have a good direction with the plot and power scaling was good also.

Man these fights make sonic look cooler than the games do.

25:40 mecha sonic's most badass line

Crazy how the original series technically is a bad end for the characters lol

These fight sequences were like I and my brother’s with our plushies and toys. Good times

17:39 The ORIGINAL tournament of power.

Man, this fan-made series brings back memories. It’s a shame the creator of Super Mario Bros. Z didn’t finish it😢

Even to this day the fight scenes are still freakin amazing. This series was legendary...

Man I remember young me binge watching these and constantly asking myself "where's the next episode?" Hope the creator is doing alright

Has someone noticed how Shadow is the strongest member of Mario's team? I mean he only gets overpowered by Mecha Sonic and those who use the Chaos Emeralds. Also, notice how Sonic and Mario make the best duo ever, super epic.

The thing about Super Mario Bros. Z is that it's aged SO WELL! Even the fights still look good to this day, yeah the first few episodes wasn't the best animations. But they still had heart and charm and Mark REALLY went above and beyond with the animations. And the battle on Yoshi's island is still one of the best animated fights I have ever seen and the animation just gets better in the later episodes. And with the reboot and the new animations the re-animated episode 2 that just recently came out. It really makes you appreciate how far sprite animation has come and how it can still be amazing even in 2021

25:08 27:39 35:03 Are all just Filled with Energy, Passion, overall Excitement and Hype Also “Maggots like you don’t deserve to be Alive Near Me” God Damn.

Whoever made all that is a god a pixel animation😮😮😮

That battle between the hero’s, koopa’s and the rangers is genuinely one of the best group battles I’ve ever seen.

I don’t see anybody talking about how amazing the battle of Captain Basilisx vs Mario was! When he finished Mario off and said “you’re mine!” That legit gave me chills.

Im excited on how these fights will turn out on the reboot.

It's crazy how much better Mark had gotten just during the original run. And also how much better he's gotten since. If he keeps going like intended...the hype is real

The intensity, energy, the editing, these are some of the greatest fight scenes I have ever seen in my life! And these are from early 2000’s sprite animations! Alvin was way ahead of their time when they made these!

maaaan i used to love this series...

I just realized the song after Mario gets the first fire flower is called “firestarter” Good choice

40:50 this is pure fire

Rewatching this for what feels like the 15th time. This man literally brought us a masterpiece. The choreography, the humor, the editing, the timing. Respect to the OG. HOPE HE IS WELL

it gives me memories from how this fights are

It sucks that AlvinEarthworm discontinued the series after the introduction of Capt. Basilisk. If it's being continued in some way, i'd like to see what continuation there is after this. Atleast, by a fan that can keep it to the original design and format Alvin had his. ... Man I feel old, this brings back my childhood memories.

We gotta give props to Yoshi tho, with how powerful base Mecha Sonic was and he was able to not only survive but but a semi decent fight speaks levels

Shadow and Yoshi are probably my favorite characters

To call this series ahead of its time would be putting this masterpiece too lightly.

Alvin really 'got' what made sprite animation good. bc you can't really make sprite fight scenes like regular animation, the characters can't move smoothly in detail, individual moves probably have like 3 frames of animation. So you really have to get creative with the flow of the fight itself, the pacing and the back-and-forth. Alvin got it *perfectly.* everything is fast paced and characters fly in and out of frame and use their momentum to flow into attacks, but it never feels too fast to follow; you know if Mario got knocked off screen to the left he'll come back in from the left or the top for a counterattack. it all works *SO WELL*

If there were youtube and monetization back in the day this dude would have been up there I'm telling you

I love that the fight scenes from the original run take up an *hour* of screentime, and Mark did it all with FLASH. In a time when Newgrounds couldn't even handle hour-long uploads! They actually had to update the site JUST so he could squeeze in Episode 7 (I think).

37:03 Mario: *1 on 1 Bitch*

I'll always love these parts where the villain loses whatever it is that was giving them the edge and the hero makes sure to let their opponent know that when they're through with the villain, they'll be nothing but fucking molecules

The fight on the airship is so iconic

I'm forever grateful for Alvin-Earthworm and the phenomenal work he did with this series. Hate to sound selfish but I wish he had completed it. Thank you wherever you are.

Why can’t fight scenes nowadays have this god level of quality

Brawl on a vanishing island is still to this day my favourite flash animation ever made

Play this at higher speeds but not the highest one. Its so amazing that way

ILL CRUSH YOU

These animations were so ahead of it's time and they still look great to this day

Even after all these years these fights are still great & fun to watch

31:46 as soon as he put his hands in that position I shed a tear of awesomeness😂

My question is WHY TF DIDN'T THEY CONTINUE WITH THIS SERIES?! IT WAS SO GOOD...

*THE BEST BATTLES🔥🔥🔥*

27:13 akuma's finishing move

Jesus, the choreography reminds me so much of the quality put into the Sonic RPG/Final Fantasy Sonic X games.

Wow. I didn't realize exactly how much had changed between the original and reboot. I'm glad Alvin's back and he's also re-releasing the originals.

I’m so glad this is coming back, this was such a big part of my childhood

50 minutes of pure AWESOMENESS