I love how Mario clearly didn't hate Bowser, as he gave Luigi a stare when he laughed at Jr.'s mistake. They've been at it so many times at this point that Mario understands it's just another friendly spar and no one's gonna get seriously injured.

So many awesome displays of personality, that all feel entirely in-character! 1:33 - The Toads are basically well-meaning children, who are helpless without Peach's guidance. 2:14 - Peach isn't just always patient. She gets exasperated by her subjects' shenanigans. 2:56 - The ever-loyal Toads try to protect their leader, despite being completely outmatched. 3:02 - Bowser goes from "proud dad" to "horrified parent." 3:07 - Luigi fails to read the room, and laughs at the child hurting himself. It's a natural response, but not something a "hero" should do. 3:36 - Mario isn't just a glory hog. He uses himself as a distraction so his bro can get a solid hit in. 4:06 - Luigi was confident and ready to fight bowser when Mario was by his side. Alone against Junior, he's nervous. 4:13 - Luigi isn't happy about having to beat up a child. 4:19 - Bowser could have beat Mario then and there, but prioritizes his son when Junior gets hurt. 4:41 - So Long Gay Bowser 4:48 - Mario doesn't notice Luigi needs help until his bro speaks up, but is quick to lend a hand when he does. That's REALLY good! Mario loves Luigi, would do anything for the guy, but he can get lost in his own heroics.

3:22 is when Mario's life was changed forever.

Gotta love that “in the final” was playing for the fight, literally the best music piece in the Mario and Luigi franchise.

Not only was the animation smooth as hell But the Transition from Luigi kicking Bowser Jr. To Mario and Bowser fighting was just PERFECT! Nintendo needs to see this Immediately!

3:07 this is why I love Luigi. XD He is so danm hilarious

4-5 years later Still holds up as the best 3D Mario animation on KZfaq!

2:14 i just LOVE peach's expression.

2:26 that's probably the most fluid thing I've seen someone do in all of SFM. It's like a real 2D cartoon!

I love the scene at 3:06 Luigi laughing a lot and Mario is like: "C'mon bro, making fun of a child who hurt himself ? Not cool, even if he's our enemy." "Sorry... :( "

Luigi just cackling at the expense of Bowser Jr’s misfortune, was just just the cherry on top of the cake 😂

My mind is quite blown. I have no words.(Actually I do) Never had I dreamed I would see something as wonderful - as PERFECT as this. I'm a huge Mario fan, but in all the games I've played there has always been something missing. This animation solves whatever was missing, and multiplies it tenfold. I personally couldn't have found a single thing I could've liked better if I searched for my entire life. I've probably watched this about 15 times in the last couple days. Let me just start talking about why I was astounded by this. For one thing, it's the level of care put into every once of this. So many little details it didn't need, but had anyway. For example, the sound effects. The sound effects are used exactly where they are needed, no more no less. Where this shined the most in my opinion, was the Toad cooking scene. Speaking of the Toad cooking scene, you nailed the all of the Toads attitude and behavior. In mario games, they are mostly just adorable, but here they are excruciatingly HILARIOUS! It's exactly how I hope they are like in the upcoming movie. There's one more thing I wanted to praise, and it's the fight scene. Let's just say I could have made this entire comment about the fight scene, but I'll keep it to the basics. For starters, It might just be the best fight scene I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Seeing Mario and his bro fight side by side against Bowser brings tears to my eyes. It's so fast paced but keeps your eyes glued to the screen every time you watch it. My favorite part is when the fight splits up and whenever a certain attack motion is started it switches to the other fight in perfect sync. Also, the Mario and Luigi music couldn't have been a better choice. I wish I could just keep typing forever, but I've got to end somewhere. I'm in disbelief I havent found this channel before recently, and you can believe me I'm going to remember this as the best fan-made animation I have ever seen.

1:06 the way Yoshi said "hello" was the cutest thing I've heard in my life tbh

BEAUTIFUL AND WORTH THE YEARS OF BEING GONE. Man... you can really improve so much just be leaving everyone for years. *PEACH, WITH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.*

This dude managed to give these characters more personality in 5 minutes than Nintendo have in the past 36 years.

0:35 bowser jr got the skills for sure

4:06 I LOVE this smash bros reference. Luigi F-Smash FTW

This is awesome * peach doesnt act like a robot and has human expressions. * wonderful angles. * perfect squashes, stretches. * characters loyal to their "official" version. (mario cheats in "friendly" competition) * much more fluid animation compared to your other ones. * bowser jr. Uses the magic brush, which we only see in smash now. A total masterpiece. Excellent work 👍

Yo, can we talk how amazing 2:34 looks The detail and the expressions? Flawless

I was rooting for Bowser the entire time. Love how protective he was of his son.

To be frank, I don’t really watch a lot of animation too much, and I wish I did, as there are some brilliant concepts out there. However, there are always a small amount of problems, such as the models being inconsistent, it not appealing to emotions, or the animation itself not feeling too fluent, like they’re ACTUALLY MOVING, making it feel as if I’m watching someone flip through a Post-It Note packet, with it being really choppy...... That said, after watching this animation multiple times......I can’t help but admit that a lot of things work here. I could probably go on about my favorite touches about this, but to name a few: •The characters and their movement feels fluid, like they’re actually moving. This actually increases the impact of the animation, from the jokes to the god-created fight scene. Heck, the PAPER floated down in such a way that actually looked like an actual paper, and that’s a little hard to do. •The models are newer, and with that ground comes new experiences. You now get to test the limitations of those models and play with them a little, sometimes leading to new ideas or scenes and ideas that might have not worked before. Granted, Mario has his look from Super Mario Odyssey, and noting how the graphics there are pretty good, it wouldn’t be too hard to get some of the characters, but it would be a whole lot easier to work with some older models, but maybe not get as much of a payoff as you were able to achieve. •You stuck to laws of physics and lore. Obviously, this is from the Mario universe, but you made some of the stuff here feel like they were who they were. Like, of course Luigi would laugh at Bowser Jr., given how he’s the comedic failure, but Luigi’s more of a shy, sidelines sort of person, so he may not know how to react in that situation. And of course Bowser Jr. would flee after the fight; he didn’t really want to fight (he was happy playing his game), so he’d leave if he didn’t have to stick around (remember...he’s a child). And finally, of course Peach would freak out about seeing the photo, since she’s not really into Bowser, but it kidnapped every now and then. All in all, I’d give you my hat, but I don’t wear any, so a round of applause will have to do. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I love peach’s facial expressions so much!

Love how Mario looks at Luigi when he laughs at Bowser Jr. like “Hey we might fight bad guys but laughing at kids is just cruel dude”

Decided to come back to this masterpiece after watching the most recent video. I didn't remember this video being so good, and I can't wait to see what's to come with NDY messing around in unreal engine. We're gonna be witnessing some of the best Mario content on the internet soon, and I'm really excited!

3:30 I will always recognize the Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story final battle music. It is called *Grand Finale*

4:08 That transition was so smooth.👌

The Mario movie needs to look exactly like this.

3:25 Mario: "WOAH... I seen everything! :D"

4:52 thanks buddy

1:32 A lot of dark humor in this one scene oddly enough...

3:55 I love how Mario hugged Luigi, thinking this was the end, but then Yoshi protected them both. The twins (Yes, Mario and Luigi are twins, but Mario is the oldest of the duet.) were really panicked!

1:21 illumination looking for NDY for the mario movie:

3:11 Luigi’s ,,sorry” is so adorable!! QwQ 💕

DID I JUST HEAR A TOAD SAY “IM THE BES” 4:55

Absolutely love everything about this. The cinematography, the humor, the sheer insanity of it all. I love the bounciness and stretchiness of the animation. Everything is so damn good.

Just saw the Mario Movie, this is the perfect chaser.

*Bowser JR:* Fails his cool paintbrush spin. *Luigi:* HAHAHHAHAHAHAH *Mario:* *Crosses his arms* Not cool Luigi. *Luigi:* Sowy! *Lol, I love this part, awesome.*

The addition of each character’s respective fighting style, the sick music, the fact Mario actually cares when Luigi gets attacked (also with bowser in regards to jr), so many other things as well contribute to this being really fuckin great, good work

3:11 Luigi: What? Thats What He Deserves

That part with Jr hitting his Paint brush on his head was heart breaking yet hilarious especially when Luigi laughed! If this did ever become a series, I would watch it daily! Besides Bowsers kids, this is amazing!

I'm blown away by this animation. Are there things that I could nitpick? Sure. What fan project doesn't have a fair share of things to nitpick? But the dynamic poses, the squash and stretch, the fact that Peach is capable of making more than 2 rigid facial expressions (which can't be said of her appearances in the actual games), there's so much to love about this. So many little animated nuances that you don't really see in the vast majority of SFM content out there. Like how Bowser Jr. reaches out longingly because he doesn't want to stop playing his game. Or the follow-through for things like the Bros' mustaches and noses. Very well animated. This gives me some hope that the animated Mario movie by Illumination might be decently enjoyable. Say what you will about their movies, but they can definitely produce good, fluid animation that feels a lot like this does. Even if the story isn't great, at least it'll probably be nice to look at. I mean, this was made by a handful of people. Just imagine what a staff of hundreds and a big budget can create.

3:04 Best part of this whole thing!😂😂😂

3:07 Me when my bully at school actually hurts himself

3:28 mario looked like he enjoyed that 💀

3:04 leave it to the professionals 4:20 that must hurt 4:22 I'm coming for you!

Nintendo: We need more animators for the games. NDY: Hold my beer

Luigi saying "thanks buddy" brought a tear to my eye. And it shouldn't have

3:22 Mario just was happy in a situation like this after he sees peaches well...

I love the part at 4:12 Something about Luigi spinning Bowser Jr's paintbrush is pure, cool, and charming to watch. Maybe I'm a bit bias because my favorite Mario character is Luigi, but I honestly love this part so much.

Peach's facial expressions got me hooked for this !

4:32 best moment ever

Nintendo needs to hire this guy for the mario movie

3:26 - So we're just not going to question that there was a popping noise indicative of something needed to be removed from Peach's posterior, okay. All jokes aside though, this animation is absolutely phenomenal, beautiful job!

3:49 The sneak peak for the new JoJo's Bizzare Adventure season is pretty good.

I love when bowser jr. Hits his head with a- idk- and then luigi laughs and mario looks at him and then luigi takes a long time to realize that mario's looking at him and then he just said "sorry."

Este vídeo de Mario vs Bowser está mega Épico!! Me gusta verlo

Woah, this looks WAY better than any Mario animation I’ve ever seen! I mean this looks like Nintendo quality here, no joke. I just found this channel today, and I ALSO subscribed today.

2:38 this is the most expressive Peach has been in 30 years. 10/10 for your animation prowess!

Even the official Mario movie won’t be at this high standard.

Mario is the only character I know that has the ability to throw fireballs outta his hands without the powerup lmao

2:41 the way Mario looked at peach. You can’t blame him after looking at the cupcake when peach said she prepared a giant cake!

1:51 Toad Commits Animal Abuse for Nintendo Switch

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! For a while I’ve been speculating on what if Nintendo were to make another Mario cartoon and tbh, I feel like this is what it should look like! Keep up the amazing work!!

4 years ago when this dropped me and my friends said it would be so sick if a Mario Movie was as cool as this. Well I just left the theaters and illumination brought this to life.

4:19 Enjoy the detail of Bowser worrying for his son, enough so that he stops beating on Mario to go save the lil' guy.

Nintendo: NOTHING can beat Mario Odyssey style, action and animation NDY: Hold my bear... challenge accepted

This is amazing! I've been a Mario fan for my whole life (almost 17 years) and this was spectacular.

Oh my lord this is art

Everything about this was so right. Especially Peach doing nothing.

HOLY SHIT THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD ANIMATION! How have I not discovered this sooner!?

its really wholesome to see mario and luigi working together

The mix of 2d animation techniques like squash and strech and the lovely 3d models make this amazing

I just LOVE how every single blow, slam and smashing feels so deliciously powerful and filled with so much raw power! MAD props!

Let’s hope the Mario Movie is at least half as good as this. Mario and Luigi are on point, Peach has an engaging personality, Bowser and Jr having a cute father-son dynamic, Yoshi in the role of support and the Toads as comic relief but not getting to the point of being annoying or obnoxious

I literally rewatched it, i watched it literally four years ago when i was little,now this is just nostalgia,MARIO SOLOS

Guys The Mario Movie 2 must Look Like This

i love how peach is animated, she rarely express any emotions in the games, she is only happy, sad or relax, making her animations feel like a mannequin

It is SO refreshing to see amazing animation with the Mario crew! I love the sound effects, choice of music, the different animation techniques, and the interactions between them!! 💙 The Toad scene is hilarious!! They're so cute yet insane I love it! 😂

Ironic how Illumination's Mario movie doesn't have a single fart joke in that film, yet this one does

I hate how everyone isnt talking about yoshi that saved mario and luigi from the fire

I love the part where Luigi laughs at Jr., to which Mario scolds Luigi. I also like how Peach and Yoshi just look away in embarrassment in the scene. Definitely the best Mario SFM animation that I've seen

3:05 I freaking love Luigi

Peach's expressions are the best thing in the world.

0:52 Junior:Can't the Koopalings go with you I want to get back to my video game. Bowser:It's their week off.

Awesome animation! 10/10! And I love the Bowser tail spin at the end. That was a perfect ending! Just like Mario 64. Great work!

The fact that bowser stopped fighting Mario to help bowser jr. not only was heartwarming but added an extra depth to his character, well done

This Is Better than SMG4

4:16 DEATH'S GAZE

3:23 Well, damn, that escalated quickly. Awkward.

The cutest part of all was: Mario: yeah! Luigi: yeah.! Luigi: thanks buddy Me: omg its so cute

Okay this guy needs to help make the Mario movie!

This is amazing

This was FANTASTIC! I have never seen an SFM so smoothly animated with objects outside of TF2. Your fight scenes are on-point and exhilarating, and I love how Mario and Luigi take on some smash bros moves. You manage to capture the essence of the Mario characters so fantastically, and I love the subtle little touches like the voices and expressions. And to top it off this was a funny story with some great scenes, especially those Toads and Luigi's laugh. You are a legend mate, this is one of the best videos I've seen in a long while. And I never thought you'd be able to top Mario's Nightmare but you already have!

3:23 *Forbidden Gardens.....*

*legit no joke this guy should be an animator for the Mario movie because of how good he is at animating.*

This is TOO good, it doesn’t feel right watching it for free. Keep up the good work!!

3:23 Mario's dreams are coming true.

2:42 I love how she flicks his nose

3:23 I guess mario has a 1up!

I watch u guys all the time. Great work!