The eleven-minute Automatic Mario masterpiece

by Griffin McElroy { May 26th 2008 at 1:30PM }

It's been months since the e-fad of creating automated levels in Super Mario World to the tune of popular Anime soundtracks surfaced -- normally, that's much longer than the lifespan of most internet memes. However, this post-mortem contribution to the Mario-on-rails movement caught our attention (as well as the collective attention of Digg-dwellers) largely due to the fact that "months" is the amount of time the architect of the above masterwork needed to really hone his craft.

The above eleven-minute long video, set to a remixed hodge-podge of Anime songs (feel free to flaunt your knowledge of Anime theme music in the comments), is absolutely incredible. Not only do Mario's predetermined movements match up perfectly to the music, the sound effects are often pitch perfect to the background track. It's difficult to explain -- we suggest you watch it to fully comprehend, then spend the rest of the day wondering if all those Journey covers you made on Mario Paint are still as breathtaking as you once thought.

Tags: anime, automatic, automaticmario, nintendo, snes, super-mario-world, supermarioworld, supernintendo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Cory @ Aug 16th 2008 7:18PM

You guys kind of missed the boat on this one... Kotaku and Digg had it like 2 weeks ago and it found its way onto Digg again this weekend

Still a great piece of work though.

~Cory

BananaBoat @ May 26th 2008 1:41PM

Yeah, this video is now older than the internet, but atleast people that don't read anything but Joystiq can now see it.

Really a work of art, even if I don't care for the song =P

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 2:45PM

Actually I didn't know about this video because I find Kotaku f*cking gay and Digg is not relevant to my interests most of the time.

BananaBoat @ May 26th 2008 3:58PM

Here here

NoHitHair @ May 26th 2008 5:39PM

Generally, I only peruse Joystiq for my gaming information. So this video was new to me.

And it was amazing. I mean, really amazing.

Ghen @ May 27th 2008 7:40AM

They explained that in the first paragraph cory. And no, I don't look at either of the sites you mentioned.. and I don't look at any sites on the weekends at all. So this is my first time seeing it and I'm grateful that joystiq posted it.

Fernando Rocker @ May 26th 2008 1:35PM

Truly amazing. Really.

=p

Phi Nguyen @ May 26th 2008 1:55PM

Crazy.

Jack Spicer @ May 27th 2008 10:28AM

This is kind of incredible.

Its really too bad that the music they used completely sucks.

Fox318 @ May 26th 2008 1:36PM

Who has this much time on their hands?

Fernando Rocker @ May 26th 2008 1:37PM

Us?

Peter Panaguiton @ May 26th 2008 1:39PM

Wow, that video is GOLD.

Aero @ May 26th 2008 1:43PM

Older then the Sun.

Tyler Jones @ May 26th 2008 2:40PM

"Older than the internet"
"Older than the sun"

It's 2.5 weeks old so its older than something that was here most probably before the creation of this entire planet? @_@
I dont get the joke....

Laggy @ May 27th 2008 5:39AM

"older than something that was here most probably before the creation of this entire planet?"

Wow. "Most probably"? of course we can't prove it exactly, I'd say the sun's been there quite a bit before the earth was giving the fact that we're stuck in its orbit and all.

Dom @ May 26th 2008 6:04PM

. . . Someone seriously needs to get laid.

gaymerxbox360 @ May 26th 2008 1:45PM

nice

gaymerxbox360 @ May 26th 2008 2:06PM

nice

B3astofthe3ast @ May 26th 2008 1:48PM

Win.

Yourself @ May 26th 2008 1:58PM

If I could sit through 11 minutes of this abominable music, I'm sure I'd be impressed.

Haggard @ May 26th 2008 2:05PM

I demand someone makes a Megadeth version :P

tc @ May 26th 2008 5:06PM

FREEBIRD!

bluesilo @ May 26th 2008 1:59PM

Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Air Tv
Lucky Star
Mega Man
Mario
Bocanno!

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 2:55PM

Rockman are you sre? When?

RookieJr @ May 26th 2008 5:31PM

I noticed a piece from Wily's castle, Megaman 2, around the middle or so, and I could swear there was some original Final fantasy going near the end.

Zertoss @ May 26th 2008 6:34PM

Yeah, there was some Mega Man 2, some Final Fantasy, and a little from Super Mario World (makes sense to include that).

mmxzero @ May 27th 2008 12:49AM

I thoroughly enjoyed the MegaMan 2 wily part, it is my ring tone after all.

infernus @ May 27th 2008 1:52AM

とかちラーメン大盛り～望みの限りに～/iDOLM@STER
晴レハレユカイ/涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu
患部で止まってすぐ溶ける　～狂気の優曇華院/IOSYS - Touhou series
Help me, ERINNNNNN!! / ビートまりお - ^
nowhere / FictionJunction YUUKA - Madlax
クリティウスの牙 / 光宗信吉 - Yu-Gi-Oh
GONG / JAM Project - Super Robot Wars
森のキノコにご用心 / 下村陽子 - Super Mario RPG
Butter-Fly / 和田光司 - Digimon
真赤な誓い / 福山芳樹 - Busou Renkin
エアーマンが倒せない / せら - Rockman
勇気VS意地 / 佐橋俊彦 - Prince of Tennis musical
アンインストール / 石川智晶 - Bokurano
鳥の詩 / Lia - AIR
you / dai - Higurashi
魔理沙は大変なものを盗んでいきました / IOSYS - Touhou
思い出は億千万 / 蒼い牙 - Rockman
God knows... / 涼宮ハルヒ(平野綾) - Haruhi
もってけ！セーラーふく / 泉こなた(平野綾)、柊かがみ(加藤英美里)、柊つかさ(福原香織)、高良みゆき(遠藤綾) - Lucky Star
ガチャガチャへるつ・ふぃぎゅ＠ラジオ / MOSAIC.WAV(みーこ) - Figu@Carnival
創聖のアクエリオン / AKINO - Sousei no Aquarion
ふたりのもじぴったん / 神前暁 - Moji Pittan
つるぺったん / Silver Forest (Kana) - Touhou
Here we go! / 近藤浩治 - Mario
true my heart / ave;new feat. 佐倉紗織 - Nursery Rhyme
kiss my lips / ave;new feat. 佐倉沙織 - c/w single above
RODEO MACHINE / HALFBY
序曲(DRAGON QUEST) / すぎやまこういち
FINAL FANTASY / 植松伸夫
ガチャガチャきゅ～と・ふぃぎゅ＠メイト / MOSAIC.WAV(みーこ) - Figu@Mate
あいつこそがテニスの王子様 / 佐橋俊彦 - Prince of Tennis
レッツゴー！陰陽師 / 矢部野彦麿(でんちゅう)&琴姫(MOMOEIKA) - Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Kaihou Bonnou (PS2 game)
さくら / 山田耕筰 feat. Fooさん - folk song

Anything I didn't comment is obvious from the name.

infernus @ May 27th 2008 2:10AM

Just realized I should've numbered it for easier reading, sorry.

Work cited: http://konakonakona.blogspot.com/2007/07/lyric-notes.html

EdZ @ May 27th 2008 11:54AM

Not only that, but a few of those are Volcaloid versions to boot.
Personally, the only ones I caught were Hare Hare Yukai, Gong, Makka na Chikai, Uninstall, and God Knows, and Motteke! Sailorfuku. And that damn Tsurupettan song, and of course the leekspin soundtrack whose actual name I can never recall.

Ah, Nicovideo. How many hours of my life have you wasted?

Yourself @ May 26th 2008 2:01PM

What is that music like 3 minutes in that sounds exactly like the forest from SMRPG?

GatorSax2010 @ May 26th 2008 2:30PM

Pretty sure that's exactly what it is.

zkey14 @ May 26th 2008 2:04PM

I don't know whether to feel impressed or saddened by this.

Mr Khan @ May 26th 2008 2:07PM

A masterwork of machinima craft

Although the artist could've scored more points by having a goal at the end, and rigging it so that he got the 3-up and 100 stars.

ajf @ May 26th 2008 2:14PM

Ha. And they said Sonic was faster than Mario. :)

Not only did he go fast, he made great music. ^_^

aristokrat @ May 26th 2008 2:10PM

With 1:27 left or so, there are definitely some tits made of rails in the background. Nice.

Klepto @ May 26th 2008 5:10PM

That's a cat face dude. :3

KiTA @ May 26th 2008 9:07PM

There's a few things you might be missing:

Yes, these are Anime (and a few dating sims, I believe) songs, however, they are not the original songs, instead they are being sung by a group of random people from the NicoVideo.jp website -- which is something like a cross between Youtube and 4chan in Japan (so, Youtube and 2chan). Can you imagine a bunch of /b/tards getting together and singing a Weird Al Polka or something? And doing it WELL?

However, the really cool thing about the original MP3 (at least to me) is one of the people singing isn't even real. It's Vocaloid, a program that simulates singing voices. There are even several emulated versions of real life singers.

http://www.vocaloid.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid

There are a ton of remade Anime openings and stuff using Vocaloid singers, just do a Youtube Search for the term. :)

Misfit Toy @ May 26th 2008 2:48PM

WoW.

As Darth Vadar would say, "Impressive. Most impressive".

Misfit Toy @ May 26th 2008 2:39PM

WoW.

As Darth Vadar would say, "Impressive. Most impressive".

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 2:52PM

Wow those are some serious l33t programming skills. Too bad I don’t watch anime yet I recognize the Haruki theme because is one of the most viewed videos in youtube and is a very catchy song as well too bad the cartoon itself is lame.

Mayor astronomical epic super ultra combo win to anyone that manage to do this with through the fire and the flames, Enter Sandman or Highway to Hell

Sonicandtails @ May 26th 2008 3:09PM

They aren't leet programming skills, it's called a few custom blocks inserted (A velocity increaser, a force jump) and then just alot of time on their hands in Lunar Magic.

Also, I am saddened by this post Joystiq. Not by the fact that it is pretty old now, but only about half of the songs are Anime, the others are japanese internet songs like the one from Touhou and . Did you even watch it? You would have noticed at least Okkusenman (Megaman 2 Wily Fortress mix) or the Beware The Forest's Mushrooms from SMRPG...

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 3:39PM

Actually I kind of stop it after the 2 minute mark and fast forward the video and I just heard the Anime songs. I don't feel like watching the whole video just for a remix of 2 songs.

Again is impressive but I have to ask then if this isn't programming that means there is a SMW level editor like in Megaman Powered up! That someone created or what? I have to say ignore how he or she created this. I thought it created everything from the ground, if he/she used an existent program then the video is not so great.

Also I just trying to show some appreciation for this I mean the poor guy had to sit thought hours to make this and if that wasn't punishment enough he had to hear lots of anime songs. The least we can do is say "Hey that was cool, I’ll putt this in my favorites “and then proceed searching for illegally uploaded videos of family guy in youtube.

Avoli @ May 26th 2008 3:17PM

Bored me then.

Bores me now.

/yawn

Kadamon @ May 26th 2008 3:22PM

the ony ones I recognized were Megaman, Air and the Mario one at second last...

One sounded like Lucky Star to me.

Chris @ May 26th 2008 3:34PM

All these videos make me want to do is play DDR- though I admit that was amazing. Obviously an insane amount of time went into it. Good jorb buddy.

Pharmacy @ May 26th 2008 3:38PM

No amount of training or salary can match the ingenuity of someone talented and bored.

meist3r @ May 26th 2008 3:42PM

This ain't the original video. I saw the same one split into two parts and there was absolutely no singing. This one is horrible compared to the Techno/Anime/Game music original. Some incredible editing work with the crap singing though, even though it sounds horrible someone actually took the time to match the entire thing.