{"id":921814,"date":"2026-04-27T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921814\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:32:14","slug":"nintendo-skips-over-some-heavy-hitters-in-its-super-mario-40th-anniversary-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/921814\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Skips Over Some Heavy-Hitters In Its Super Mario 40th Anniversary Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Nintendo has uploaded a new ad<\/a> as part of its ongoing celebrations for Super Mario<\/strong>‘s 40 anniversary.<\/p>\n

Titled ‘It’s You, Mario’<\/strong>, it highlights some of the plumber’s iconic games, starting with the Famicom and Super Mario Bros.<\/a> and ending with the Switch 2 and Super Mario Galaxy<\/a>. It’s a nice little look at the series’ history, but we couldn’t help but notice that some key titles are completely missing.<\/p>\n

Where’s Super Mario Bros. 3<\/a>? Super Mario World<\/a>? Super Mario Sunshine<\/a>? Super Mario 3D World<\/a>..? Okay, we can kind of understand that last one; it’s a Wii U game after all. Still, we reckon the ad could have been about 30 seconds or so longer to give a nod to some more games. Just seems kinda odd that it skips entire console generations, y’know?<\/p>\n

Very minor quibbles, at the end of the day. It’s a lovely ad, and it’s always nice to see Nintendo pay some respect toward its past.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the soundtracks from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/a> are currently available on Spotify<\/a> for a limited time to mark the 40th anniversary. It’s not clear exactly how long these will be available, so if you haven’t got Nintendo Music<\/a>, you might want to check it out.<\/p>\n

What do you think about Nintendo’s latest Super Mario ad? Leave a comment with your thoughts down below.<\/p>\n

[source youtube.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Ollie<\/p>\n

Nintendo Life\u2019s resident horror fanatic, when he\u2019s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has uploaded a new ad as part of its ongoing celebrations for Super Mario‘s 40 anniversary. Titled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[2122,128,90080,53,16,15],"class_list":["post-921814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-japan","tag-nintendo","tag-super-mario","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116476690496929526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}