I haven’t looked that much into Super Paper Mario, but I know there’s an example of mirrored worlds with Flipside and Flopside. Another example of this is Moonside in EarthBound, an alternate version of just the city of Fourside where everything is in weird colors and people tend to ...
Along with Donkey Kong and Pong, Mario is basically the father of the gaming industry, literally putting a face on the bleeps and bloops of home consoles and whiling away the hours sat crossed-legged in front of the TV. It's easy to see why: he's the guy saving the princesses, he'...
Additionally, the matte paintings (by Henry Hillinck, Mario Larrinaga, and Byron C. Crabbé), miniatures, and rear projection were also ground-breaking. And composer Max Steiner was innovative as well, marking the first feature-length original score for a Hollywood movie based on themes rather ...