Don't move, just listen: Automatic Mario goes anime music

54 Comments by Kyle Orland Sep 16th 2007 4:00PM
Filed under: Culture, Hacks, Retro

When we collected videos of Super Mario World levels that played themselves a few weeks back, we figured nothing could be more impressive. We were proven wrong when we stumbled across the below videos. Not only do these Mario World levels complete themselves without player input, but they also manage to approximate an anime soundtrack using in-game sound effects at the same time.

We know internet fads like this come and go like a summer breeze, but we're still giddy about the possibilities for the further evolution of this meme. If any Mario hackers are reading this, can we suggest some popular music for you? Stairway to Mario, anyone?

Continue reading for the videos, plus the anime intros they're culled form.

[Thanks, futamegawa]

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Original:

Auto-Mario:

Hare Hare Yukai

Original:

Auto-Mario:

Lucky Star

Original:

Auto-Mario:

Tags: anime, automatic, mario, mario world, MarioWorld, music, video

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Brandon Johnson: Sep 16th 2007; 4:11PM

Someone really has a lot of time on their hands.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring): Sep 16th 2007; 4:42PM

So do we.

rowd149: Sep 16th 2007; 4:12PM

...

...The HELL?!

Superfood: Sep 16th 2007; 4:14PM

This won't be topped.

Vegnagun: Sep 16th 2007; 5:14PM

Well I hope it doesn't come to that...

Filthy Hippie: Sep 16th 2007; 4:17PM

AMAZING

phattie: Sep 16th 2007; 4:24PM

What the fvck?

Alex: Sep 16th 2007; 4:27PM

The second one goes best with the music.

But what I want to know is what is that little bird floating above him in the stage select screen?

Shig: Sep 16th 2007; 4:31PM

Very nice, I thought Hare Hare Yukai was the best one.

Vegnagun: Sep 16th 2007; 5:15PM

/agree. TMoHS is a pretty good anime though. It needs more buster sword and womanly dressed men though.

Kazi: Sep 16th 2007; 4:32PM

I lol'd when the yoshi ate the red shell at cherry pie.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring): Sep 16th 2007; 4:33PM

The second one is evry good.

But, they have a lot of free time.

Tom: Sep 16th 2007; 4:42PM

It's just silly to say someone has "a lot of free time" when they do something like this. Everyone has a lot of free time, these people are actually doing something with it. I think it's a lot better then people who just wait all their time doing nothing; creating nothing.

KBMT: Sep 16th 2007; 5:02PM

I'm sorry but this has got to be the stupidest thing i've ever seen. the automatic levels are kinda cool but i dont even hear the music through the sound effects.

AndrewNeo: Sep 16th 2007; 5:10PM

The OP to Lucky Star is called "Take It! Sailor Uniform"

BPM: Sep 16th 2007; 10:44PM

Aye. Or as the original Japanese title of the song, "Motteke! Sailor Fuku."

monkeyman: Sep 16th 2007; 5:12PM

i found that pretty awesome, maybe because i watch lucky star star and the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya...

Mighty Shockwave: Sep 16th 2007; 5:23PM

Ah, Lucky Star. A guilty pleasure of mine. Too bad the Mario stage for it isn't such as good.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Sep 16th 2007; 5:36PM

Music aside, how the hell do I get a Super Mario World level editor? I think if Nintendo made a level editor for SMB1, SMB2, SMB3, SML, and SMW and put it all on one disc and let you mix and match elements from the games it would be the best selling thing in the universe. It could be on both the Wii and the DS with level-trading over Wi-Fi. Why doesn't this exist?

Mr Khan: Sep 16th 2007; 5:53PM

Because Nintendo hates teh piratez

But that is an infinitely good idea, although i bet the same idea could be done in homebrew

AndrewNeo: Sep 16th 2007; 9:59PM

Sssh... Google for Lunar Magic

Kinsman: Sep 16th 2007; 5:50PM

Next month, Automatic Mario will simulate the logic circuitry of a four-function calculator.

ZenGaijin: Sep 16th 2007; 6:07PM

Japanese people are freaking weird....

catchy song though

mode87: Sep 16th 2007; 6:10PM

that first song is so addicting i cant stop listening to it :P. the mario beats dont go too well with them but the second one is ok i guess.

Kazi: Sep 16th 2007; 6:31PM

You should check out other Iosys stuff. http://youtube.com/watch?v=WM5MMqNgUzM

Kazi: Sep 16th 2007; 6:34PM

If you've ever played Etrain Odyssey on the DS, that song and vid will really get you.

Captain Cornflake: Sep 16th 2007; 6:51PM

What is this weeaboo crap.

jopojelly: Sep 17th 2007; 2:01AM

Did Somebody say Weeaboo?

WEEABOO! WEEABOO!

BPM: Sep 18th 2007; 1:06AM

http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF61009BC-Weeaboo.jpg#62

thebigL: Sep 16th 2007; 6:58PM

I played every single one of those videos above at the same time and it was still the most lame thing i've ever heard.

Zac Bentz: Sep 16th 2007; 7:16PM

You guys really are are a bunch of spineless thieves.

You could at least change a few more of the words I used in my original post. It would make it a little less obvious that you just basically just copied and pasted my post without giving me any credit.

http://www.japanator.com/automatic-mario-level-set-to-hare-hare-yukai-6539.phtml

http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Zac+Bentz/yeah-it-s-another-automated-mario-level-but-at-least-it-s-set-to-music-and-ridiculously-awesome--44552.phtml

Feep: Sep 16th 2007; 7:41PM

You're an idiot. Blogs FIND THINGS ON THE INTERNET. Even from a news site as prestigious as Joystiq, at least 70% of articles are compiled from other places in which they were found first.

They are not entitled to credit you. You did not make these videos. For all you know, they didn't even find them through the pathetically written Destructoid. There is absolutely no plagiarism in this article, and it's written a hell of a lot better than your amateurish prose. Go troll someplace else.

aMac: Sep 16th 2007; 7:47PM

Someone needs to get over themselves. These trends make the rounds in many ways. People don't read every two-bit blog out there, and besides, the only similarities I saw were that you said it was interesting to watch and had catchy music at the same time. There is no way anyone else might have made the same statement! Not at all!

Kyera: Sep 16th 2007; 10:50PM

I think you've cried on every single one of these threads. Personally, I found these three well before they were featured on your blog or here, and it's not unlikely that other people submitted them here or stumbled across them independently. Hell, I think you accused Joystiq of "theft" of your content last time when their first report on this meme came weeks before. You must be awfully sandy down there.

Ska Oreo: Sep 16th 2007; 7:51PM

I think I'm the only one who doesn't find Lucky Star or Haruhi funny. There's anime that are much better than those two overated pieces of crap.

shivr: Sep 16th 2007; 8:46PM

noz! the anime flamebate!

agreed on the haruhi though. Haven't seen the other one... but doesn't look especially good from the music video either.

Swifty: Sep 16th 2007; 9:34PM

Says someone with using a Dragon Ball Z avatar?

Ska Oreo: Sep 16th 2007; 9:57PM

HEY!!!

Don't mess with the DBZ.

Kazi: Sep 17th 2007; 12:02AM

GTO and Azumanga Daioh are better than Haruhi and Lucky Star (personally think Lucky Star is a pile of shit other than it's OP). But you can't deny the quality in their Openings.

Though, I still think the only anime/manga worth watching/reading is Monster.

Au: Sep 17th 2007; 4:09AM

I'm sorry, but I can't take anyone who uses a DBZ avatar seriously when talking about anime.

I bet you like Naruto too.

*snicker*

Vegnagun: Sep 17th 2007; 2:22PM

agreed on DBZ and naruto being crap

Ska Oreo: Sep 17th 2007; 2:25PM

@Kazi

I agree Azumanga Daioh is fucking legendary. And I agree with the Monster comment too. I loved the manga. I might start watching the anime.

@Au
No I do not like Naruto, like Haruhi and Lucky Star, it's an overrated piece of crap anime.

And so what if I like DBZ? Sure it doesn't have confusing ass plot holes and random religious themes that most animes these days have in an attempt to present themselves as meaningful and deep, but it's still fucking fun and entertaining to watch. Yes I find two guys powering up for 30min entertaining.

shivr: Sep 17th 2007; 6:41PM

DBZ is classic people. Beautifully classic

...

(except GT)

BPM: Sep 18th 2007; 1:10AM

Original Dragon Ball = great
Dragon Ball Z = story stretched way too thin with filler and thinking (see: Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu Sagas). Movies were alright, and Saiyan Saga was okay.

shivr: Sep 16th 2007; 8:40PM

pretty cool cept... I couldn't watch them all the way through thanks the music grating on me. I like anime and all, I even go to cons sometimes, but Jpop FTL

soupbase: Sep 16th 2007; 9:18PM

Pretty sweet, props to the one who can shed some light on just how they're doing that so well, i doubt it's unassisted.

Psaakyrn: Sep 16th 2007; 9:49PM

Just a note, because I was bored and decided to figure what the first video is about...

The focus of the song is Alice Margatroid ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Margatroid#Alice_Margatroid ) (I know the colour scheme of the portrait shown doesn't match, but everything else does) and her love-hate relationship with Marisa ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Kirisame#Marisa_Kirisame ) The supporting characters all come from Perfect Cherry Blossom ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Cherry_Blossom#Perfect_Cherry_Blossom ) far as I can tell.

BananaBoat: Sep 16th 2007; 11:55PM

I love it. Animoo gets mentioned and it's Lucky Star and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Protip for anyone that doesn't watch anime or like it; Most of the anime fans outside Japan, do not watch idiotic trash like the anime's mentioned above. Truly those two animes are shining examples of the crap that is made in Japan to pander to the fattest, nerdiest wretches in the anime fanbase (I'm ashamed to say that some of my fellow westerners don't realize this)

I apologize for their stupidity. Viva la Snacks

Tonbo: Sep 17th 2007; 12:41AM

That's comforting... the idiot leading the moron.
The Melancholoy of Haruhi Suzumiya is amazing, although admittedly a little over the heads of Dragonball Z fans.
Powerup over three episodes FTL.

I love this clip of Haruhi fans getting busted by the fuzz.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=okeq0uuldy0