Hey gang, as I'm sure everyone noticed we were part of a small percentage of channels affected by a bug on RU-vid's end that placed an excessive amount of mid-roll ads on our videos and took away our ability to edit our ad settings at the same time. It took a couple of months to regain access to our settings, but we finally made it. This video should only have 1-2 mid-rolls and we will start working on removing them from past videos ASAP but we're a small team and it will take a while. Thank you so much for your patience and support! -Mikey and Teara
I would have been ok with a bunch of mid rolls but I can't forgive you for showing that Ecto Cooler box. My inner child is thirsty... ok two things I can't forgive, making me think that sentence and the box. 🤔 mostly the sentence now though.
@@Sensei_BigJoe I made a recipe for Ecto Cooler for Halloween this year. It's stupid easy and, if memory serves, just about spot on. However, it will immediately give you diabetes. I made it just to mix with Crystal Head Vodka and drink it out of my giant, slime covered, "No Ghosts" emblazoned mug. Twas a good night... Anyway, the moral of the story is FORCE YOUR CHILDHOOD BACK INTO EXISTENCE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR CORPORATE AMERICA TO DECIDE TO EXPLOIT AND PROFIT FROM YOUR NOSTALGIA DRIVEN CONSUMERISM! You can do it.
Lol, Dan - Shadowing me again man? It's almost as if you have the same subscribe list as I do... Are you going to start showing up on Summoning Salt and Perfume videos as well?!
At my job I quote this all the time to my teammates, to my employees and managers alike when trying to explain how empowered they are to make decisions and try new things and most importantly, TO ASK QUESTIONS. I use "Nobody Knows What They're Doing" as a positive, as a way to pull back the curtain on how we're all the same, how we're all equally in the dark and can find greatness just by admitting to ourselves and each other that we're all nervous, scared, shooting blindly all day and we're all just people, no matter what our station in life is.
My favorite factoid with Nintendo is how they continue their immortalization of people they met along the way by naming their lil pink gum blob after their mvp lawyer from the Donkey Kong case.
@@deadvodka I really push this show on everyone I know to the point that I think people I know are deliberately avoiding the channel just because I'm making it "a thing" so I think I need to find a new approach.
"Mario shaped a lot of lives. The 80's were a tough time to grow up as a kid, and kids needed an escape sometimes." Damn...wasn't prepared to get that emotional near the end of this. Born in 1980, childhood of divorce who only had a NES/SNES at my dad's house (conveniently bought when visitations started). All of my Nintendo memories are tied into weekend visitations, and have a VERY specific memory of going to get SMB3 on my 10th birthday. Great video Mikey. This was pretty much the kind of story-telling I felt High Score was lacking.
I so felt this too. My aunt bought me an NES for Christmas during a rough time;my schizophrenic mom had her biggest meltdown shortly before. That NES, Legend of Zelda and Mario Bros. helped me maintain my sanity.
I am not sure exactly how I have missed the fact the Mikey voiced Scooter until now. I mean I knew that he worked at Gearbox, but I guess I thought he was responsible for writing the jokes rather than preforming them. Rock on Mikey (and team) and continue to be my favorite RU-vid channel.
“The biggest and most important art in the world was not birthed as a fully formed entity..” You mean, no one knows what they’re doing? That is so profound.
@@alvallac2171 is it 2011 again? People are being pedantic prescriptivists on the Internet again? This really doesn’t contribute anything to the conversation bruh
From shaking my head over the latest national hubbub to having minor meltdowns over trying to be a good parent, the "No one knows what they're doing" message is always a comforting reminder. Excellent, informative, and encouraging video as always.
The ability Mikey, and everyone at this channel honestly, has to surprise me, educate me, and always make me feel happy and hopeful is unbelievable. Thank you so much. I learned a ton of things about Mario, an icon I thought I knew all I really needed to know of, and I also cried a little??? How do you do something as amazing as that? Loved every second of this.
The relationship between Nintendo and Universal that you brought up is fascinating. It must blow Miyamoto's mind that Mario is now getting his own land in Universal theme parks around the world.
This immediately became one of my favorite videos upon first viewing. As someone who does not leave enough time in his life for fun, Mario helps me to remember that it is important to enjoy life. FilmJoy does too. Thank you, so much, for everything you do and for reminding me that, truly, no one knows what they're doing.
I really didn't expect to learn anything new about Mario or Nintendo, but you've managed to dig super deep. I'm super surprized I've never heard about the push Miyamoto did to have the jump on the Up button and all that entails!
Same here. Although it does make me wonder, what feature was he planning that so desperately needed the B button? Hmm... well, the simplest explanation would just be that he wanted separate run and fire buttons. I'd guess that's it. And looking back, it was pretty rare for arcade/console games to double-up button functionality like they did. That too might have been an innovation!
I knew that Jump was originally mapped on Up, but I wonder why Miyamoto was so vehemently against a jump button, and what made him change his mind? I couldn't find more info outside of the classic Iwata Asks linked on the Mariowiki.
Mikey, I'm going to have to amend your slogan: "Nobody knows what they're doing, except for Mikey." I watch a lot of RU-vid, but no channel on this entire site holds a candle to yours. Thank you for being you.
Gotta say, as great as Mikey's vids are, there are lots of people doing great stuff like this too. One I feel I can shout out here because this is more video game focused than most of Mikey's stuff, is Summoning Salt. He makes documentaries about speed run records in various games, and his videos have made me tear up just as much as Mikey's vids.
When I was having the worst mental health episode of my life a few years ago, I had just buried my mother, my father and my brother, nearly lost my wife to sickness, lost my business and car and cat and my house was in foreclosure, I had a period where I would just sit on the couch, incapable of function for days at a time, sometimes drunk, sometimes wishing I could afford to get drunk, or even have a meal, Movies with Mikey was one one of the things I binged over and over because it was positive, it was appreciative, it wasn't harsh or critical, it praises the weird connections in life and the great achievements and art that people have defied odds to achieve. I've started over, have a new life and a new career and new opportunities and have recovered a lot, but still have shit days. Today was a shit day so it felt like getting a hug when I needed it to see a new video from Mikey on my feed. So @FilmJoy, and everyone else who supports this channel, please don't ever stop and thank you.
@@TheLiam134 As another anxiety sufferer, I also really get a lot of benefit from this channel, as I wrote about below. Today was a rough day, so this was a treat.
Found your channel in a shout out from CinemaWins, and I can't thank either of you enough for the content you produce, I've been binging your channel for a week now, just thought I'd throw it out there.
I love this approach of taking Mikey’s movie spin and putting it on other media. Mikey. Real talk. I beg you. If the opinion of a nobody from Canada has every meant anything to you.... Do Chrono Trigger.
Mikey’s usage of the Charlie Day “Wildcard!” clip from Always Sunny to describe the creation of Super Mario Bros. 2 was ironically prophetic considering that Charlie Day was cast as Luigi in the upcoming animated Mario movie from Illumination. Life has a funny way of working out sometimes.
I love these sort of narrative histories of franchises and companies, and how they highlight how much of everything is timing and luck and sometimes happy accidents.
Very insightful and educational. Love your perspective of the gaming industry too as you've had the experience in there. Also Scooter is bae. See you Space Cowboy!
I don't understand how this channel can take video games - something I had practically zero interactions with as a child - and make me so emotional about their creation I'm nearly in tears. Rock on, FilmJoy, you guys create something special. :)
Awesome vid! I was 9 when Mario 3 came out, and I remember how I lost my shit when I got it for my b-day. My uncle was a manager at walmart, and he made sure to snatch a copy for me on release day. I'll never forget that day... ahhhhh nostalgia.
Between the most recent episode of Star Trek Discovery and a new MWM (that also drops a scooter bomb) my emotions have been so increadiblely decimated that I feel nothing but Film Joy in it's purest form. So thanks FilmJoy.
Never in my life I would've thought that I'd been watching a RU-vid documentary on the birth of The Super Mario Bros. But thanks to you, Mikey, I'll watch anything you put out. Oh, and your intro is definitely my fav one of the whole gang.
I've watched this video about six or seven times now. It might be one of my favorites from this channel. Such a wonderful love letter to the history and legacy of these games. So consistently entertaining and educational. This video deserves so much more attention. It's just great.
Such a great video, Mikey! Sounds like it was a lot of work, but the result shows the constant care, thought, and fun you put into your videos. Thank you for another installment in the videos that give me the Feels.
Why you gotta make me cry with the memories of what it was like to be a seven year old in the late eighties? Thank you for the touching history on a character that's been a big part of us for most (or all) of our lives. Wonderful retrospective, and absolutely inspiring to know it's absolutely true that No One Knows What They're Doing.
this is my comfort channel. I spent the past few days feeling anxious and icky for really no reason and I just. binged through a bunch of these videos. I've been subscribed for a long time but it never stops amazing me how wholesome and kind and warm your content is. it makes me feel better on bad days.
Mikey is really the only one who can say he shortened his video for the audience attention spans and still get away with a 42 min video. Wich we still watch till the end in one sitting, and wonder where the time went of course.
SMB3 will forever be my Mario game. So many hours of joy that I sorely needed growing up. Thankyou for always producing such positive content. It helps my mental health so much.
Mikey, you hit an all time high with that "He's just a plumber that likes killing turtles" coupled with the Wilhelm scream. That was the funniest thing you've written to date.
This was a beautiful essay, and very personally touching. I was six when the Wizard came out, and I remember my Grandma having that packaged SMB3 console plugged in and ready when I got home one day. I don't have a lot of memories of my grandparents, maybe a handful each. But I don't think she was prepared for the level of joy that she brought to tiny me, and the degree to which stepping onto that trailhead would guide my path for the rest of my life. Thank you for reminding me of my small memories, and telling the story of why I have them.
I was about to comment how your constant reinforcement of "no one knows what they're doing" uplifted my spirits and eased my nerves about my own writing. And then you went ahead and addressed it directly at the end of the video :') Thanks Mikey!
I've been teaching the story of Radarscope/Donkey Kong/Mario in an university history of video games class for the past 5 years and this is not only super-accurate but wonderfully presented. I might just show this in my class and kick back for an hour instead. ;)
I don't really understand cinema, but I enjoy your Movies With Mikey series as their own form of entertainment. I DO understand video games. If watching this video for me is what cinephiles experience while watching your movies videos, it's no wonder you're Patreon continues as strong as it does and why you can (kind of?) make a living doing this. Your stuff is some of the best content on this platform.
The combination of park bench and sandwich on this channel will forever summon the phrase "you never expected yourself to be where you ended up". Extremely formative, nice.
This is the best History of Mario story ever ive seen this story many times on youtube, the history of Mario. But your story is so elegantly crafted , its beautiful.
So, this was amazing! I never knew how little I knew about Mario until I saw this, and now I appreciate him and video game history so much more. As always, phenomenal work!
You only covered Donkey Kong and the NES games? What about Mario's battle with Sonic? His jump to 3D? His cartoons and merchandise? His disastrous live action movie debut? I need more!!!!
I really love like all your videos and how they delve so deeply into the creative process for all the projects you talk about. I love putting something on and getting inspired while I draw ☺️
How do you do it? how do you make me laugh one minute and then cry in my beer the next? thank you... thank you for reminding me of a simple time when I lived Mario and only worried about getting grounded.. blessing
I, like a lot people, want to thank you for continually bringing joy into my life. Seriously. I have been dealing with some housing struggles the past few weeks and this series (and deep dive) really helped me get through it. So thank you Mikey and everybody who works on this channel for making this stuff.
This video was fantastic. Truly one of your finest works. For anyone looking to dig deeper into the biography of Mario and Nintendo, the book Super Mario written by Jeff Ryan is my favorite, and the audiobook features Ray Porter, who is perhaps the most pleasing to the ear male narrator I've ever heard.
This feels like a beginning of a biography, like a first half, cause the 8 bit era is important, maybe the most important for Mario but he has existed all the way until now. What I'm saying is I'd love a part 2 about world, 64 etc because they keep in the theme of the video(no one knows what they're doing) and they also show Mario being on the front lines of the games industry again and again.
Let me tell you something my dudes. I saw The Wizard in theaters in the age before the internet. That SMB3 reveal made an entire theater filled with children and their parents absolutely lose their minds. It was, to this day, the most remarkable piece of marketing, and one of the most insane movie going experiences of my life.
Mad props for your pronunciation of the name "Tensuke". As always, loved the video, and learned a lot. Keep doing what you do, you mad mad video essayist.
just breezed right passed the Super Mario Bros cabinets. I loved playing it at my local pizza place. I would go for pizza just so I could play it more. And was so thrilled when it was released for home consoles.
