<description>&lt;p&gt;This week I'm talking about off-brand Mario, Mario Is Missing!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;What began as an earnest attempt at broadening the Mario brand turns into a case study of confused design that has no interest in valuing your time. I break down why this game fails as both a learning tool and as a video game and how the marketing doomed it before it even hit store shelves.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WARP ZONES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;NFS Most Wanted (4:16)&lt;br /&gt; Radiant Historia (6:19)&lt;br /&gt; Previous History (9:02)&lt;br /&gt; Development (13:29)&lt;br /&gt; Retro Recollections (22:31)&lt;br /&gt; Story (28:56)&lt;br /&gt; Gameplay (36:06)&lt;br /&gt; Presentation (48:08)&lt;br /&gt; Final Thoughts (52:36)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE SHOW NOTES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_is_Missing!_(Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System)#Mistakes_and_errors" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Mario Is Missing! List of Factual Errors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Main Quest is brought to you by the supporters on &lt;a href= "https://www.patreon.com/themainquest"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; SeekYeWisdom - Chris Coplien - Eric Gess - XeroSam - LowFiveAlex - Vanfernal - Leathco - RyanPlayerOne - Poppy The Masked Keaton - Lars Uncle - B-Ross - Aiden Bisco - Raging Demon - Rob Worthen - Matt aka Stormageddon&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;To easily submit your own Retro Recollections or hang out with other like-minded gamers, come join the &lt;a href= "https://discord.gg/RSNz7gXdeS"&gt;Discord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The intro and outro was supplied by the artist Adhesive Wombat from the 2016 album &lt;a href= "https://adhesivewombat.bandcamp.com/album/sticky-tracks"&gt;Sticky Tracks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Subscribe: &lt;a href="https://feeds.libsyn.com/556132/rss"&gt;RSS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@mainquestpod"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/main-quest-podcast/id1508781460"&gt; Apple&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/79rVIersAvGWU5cRwSi6pI"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | and &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/MainQuestPod"&gt;More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Main Quest Podcast

Keith Gasper

Mario Is Missing!: Actually, Be Serious

JAN 26, 202657 MIN
Main Quest Podcast

Mario Is Missing!: Actually, Be Serious

JAN 26, 202657 MIN

Description

This week I'm talking about off-brand Mario, Mario Is Missing! What began as an earnest attempt at broadening the Mario brand turns into a case study of confused design that has no interest in valuing your time. I break down why this game fails as both a learning tool and as a video game and how the marketing doomed it before it even hit store shelves. WARP ZONES NFS Most Wanted (4:16) Radiant Historia (6:19) Previous History (9:02) Development (13:29) Retro Recollections (22:31) Story (28:56) Gameplay (36:06) Presentation (48:08) Final Thoughts (52:36) THE SHOW NOTESMario Is Missing! List of Factual Errors The Main Quest is brought to you by the supporters on Patreon SeekYeWisdom - Chris Coplien - Eric Gess - XeroSam - LowFiveAlex - Vanfernal - Leathco - RyanPlayerOne - Poppy The Masked Keaton - Lars Uncle - B-Ross - Aiden Bisco - Raging Demon - Rob Worthen - Matt aka Stormageddon To easily submit your own Retro Recollections or hang out with other like-minded gamers, come join the Discord The intro and outro was supplied by the artist Adhesive Wombat from the 2016 album Sticky Tracks Subscribe: RSS | YouTube | Apple | Spotify | and More