how many Super Mario games are there NOW?

a non-comprehensive exploration of the range of ways in which people conceptualize the mainline Super Mario series

featuring jan Kesi (Kate):
@chattercat
@psigirls400

chapters:

0:00:00 - intro
0:06:40 - chapter one: there is no consensus
0:14:19 - chapter one (Game & Watch): the survey
0:25:51 - chapter two: in search of outliers
0:38:33 - chapter two: Nintendo doesn't know either
0:44:36 - chapter three: "Super"
0:51:56 - chapter land: I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater
0:58:59 - chapter world: "platformer"
1:03:35 - chapter land two: "reissues"
1:10:10 - chapter sixty-four: VS. Super Mario Bros.
1:11:35 - chapter sunshine: a different approach
1:17:05 - new chapter one: DIC
1:22:17 - chapter galaxy: "game"
1:24:45 - new chapter Wii: ...and watch
1:27:59 - chapter galaxy two: "made by Nintendo"
1:33:14 - chapter 3D land: "Mario"
1:38:19 - new chapter two: the Jumpman tangent
1:53:37 - new chapter U: "canon"
1:57:13 - chapter 3D world: Super Mario Set Theory
2:00:00 - chapter odyssey: thesis
2:02:24 - chapter wonder: remixed end

gameplay sources:

LongplayArchive
World of Longplays
packattack04082
Project Longplay
kukun kun
William Ng
eastexit japan merchant
Japancommercials4U2
NintendoMovies
NintendoDuo
にーや。（旧）
NintendoComplete
Elijah Vincent
popiBROS1
50 KN
ctrlv
VioletForeigner
DolmaKalem
Nintendo World Report
jusileinen
ShiryuGL
JovegaX
justonegamr
Charles Martinet
Cayby J
AngryTapper2
MetalSmasherGaming
Sly DC
Old80s: Retro Stuff And More
Michael MJD
FireStar
Virivren / GoldM
MaistrooismiTCG
Debbie in Canada
Approaching_Normal
CanisLupusGames
Jhon
MrNorbert1994
Luca Gamer
133MHzz
LordCloudStrife
hirudov2d
Mutch Games
Christopher Niosi
NST Gaming
Nintendo Thumb
RobertoLPDX
Saxologic
Brandon Clark

my links:

[HBMmaster]

intro and outro tracks are both featured in this album that you can get on bandcamp

[Ethan-kyei]

Whay a survey. Clicking the "yes, I am a Super Mario expert!" checkbox then immediately being faced with a dozen arcade games I'd never heard of was a very humbling experience, I must say.

[logmouth]

I'm John Nintendo. There are exactly 22 Super Mario games and I'm not telling you what they are.

[junkmail]

There's a lot of lines here that flashbanged me but i have to shout out "you can't analyze paratext like you analyze text without first jumping on it to remove the wings" as a near-perfect joke

[Patashu]

I think another angle worth exploring is 'type of guy who thinks only the good mario games are mainline', and the definition of good is 'I played it and I enjoyed it'

[andrewjones]

My favorite moment in history was when, right after Diogenes proclaimed a plucked bird was a man, Jan Misali came running in behind him holding up I am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater shouting "BEHOLD, A MAINLINE SUPER MARIO GAME!"

[RachelJade]

The singular take of “every game is a mario game except SM 3D World” is honestly an impressively funny bit

[GMTK]

I'm not saying that I intentionally said "every mainline Mario game" just to get in a future jan Misali video. But I'm also not NOT saying that.

[rotisseriepossum]

the virgin jan misali [extensive statistical and textual analysis] vs the chad my mom [calling every video game a 'mario']

[MishKoz]

I would pay to see a Mario marathon where someone has to play "I Am A Teacher: Super Mario Sweater" after finishing Lost Levels.

[broootchen]

I love how youtube classified this video as a video about "I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater" meaning that this is undoubtedly the most super mario game

[TownDarling]

i really enjoy the idea of classifying clubhouse games: 51 worldwide classics as a mario game specifically under the classification of “mario is playable” because you certainly do play cards with mario on them

[LazurBeemz]

I think there are exactly 20 games in the Super Mario series: those 19 most common ones, and everybody gets to pick 1 more they want to count. Just like Super Mario 64, every list is personalized.

[hexagon_]

"Could Mario knit a sweater so Super that he himself could not wear it?" goes so hard

[ThomasAndRandomRobloxGames]

"so you can make a jumper about your favourite jumper"
best line written by a human
"you wear it and it's soft, so it's software"
second best line written by a human

[nightfallsongbird]

Shout out to that 0.02% that consider the original Super Mario Bros a minor spinoff that is not a distinct entry in the series

[winterjo]

Slowly realizing the way the chapters were “numbered” was incredible

[lukey]

"Kingdom Hearts does it"

Might actually be the scariest way i've ever seen to classify something as "part of the main series"

[Kikabopom]

i think having only a quarter of a percent being jokesters is because the survey was so long that people would have a hard time committing to the bit for that amount of time.

[BagMonster]

I'd like to say everyone loves this video, but unfortunately there's no consensus.