A Trio of Terrific Mario Parodies!
I'd like to mention this outright. To save time and redundancy, I'm reviewing all three of these movies at once. I hope you don't mind, but all comments made apply to all three movies unless otherwise specified.
Now. . . NEVER have I laughed so hard at a Mario parody on Newgrounds, much less THREE of them! It's unbelievable that someone could be so utterly successful in a single series of Flash cartoons. Particularly sprite Flash cartoons. But let me save the serious kudos for the individual sections here and get into the meat of the review.
These Flashes are full of graphics ripped straight out of the video game "Super Mario Land". However, the way the graphics are used is the main thing. The graphics are separated into various layers of the animation giving the overall movies an "old school" feeling, but also giving it a very nice "modernized" look in a way.
Aside from the 1x, 2x, or further-sized size mismatches(such as the mouths, eyebrows, and some other miscellanious graphics), everything is absolutely beautiful. Clearly, a WHOLE lot of work went into the visual appearance of these movies.
Also, if it were me, I personally would have tried to add a little more expression to the characters faces, such as eyes closing, or maybe sweatdrops. But that's just me.
Either way, that's why giving it a 9/10 on Graphics is a MUST in my book.
Given that this Flash movie has so many great, original jokes that most people wouldn't even think of(such as Scene 6's multiple punchline effect in Super Mario Land II), these movies get an equally high style rating. I've never seen such ridiculing of Mario and company! It's absolutely awesome!
Sound. Various clips from various cartoons and movies comprise a great deal of the spoken verse to these movies. For the most part, these clips sound flawless. But every once in a while, there's a clip that has a but of the "Flash fuzz effect," as I call it. Past a certain decibil rate, the sound will deteriorate under Flash, making it sound very fuzzy. For the most part, this doesn't hurt the movie much, but it does tend to get distracting. The same applies to some of the music, too.
On another note, you used sound effects from different Mario games. Again, if it were me, I would've stuck with the Super Mario Land ones. But it doesn't hurt these movies in the least, let me assure you.
There's a little comic violence in some of the jokes. Nothing bloody or gory. Just Mario being tossed around and smacked, Daisy getting squished like a Goomba. . . That sort of thing. Honestly, it's stuff everyone of ALL ages can enjoy.(And let me say, on a personal note, it's nice to finally have some parodies on here that don't rely on gore and fart jokes to make people laugh.(I'll disregard the censored swears seeing as they're far-and-wide.) Cartoon violence wins every time, baby! Woo!)
No interactivity that I could detect. If there's an Easter Egg, I haven't found it.
Finally, as aforementioned, you have some seriously original, and seriously funny stuff in this trio. 90% of it is utterly unpredictable and just a little under that hits you like a squeaky mallet; unexpectedly and leaving you with a laugh. Absolutely awesome.
So overall, this trio is the best damned series of Mario parodies in existance. They're basically the comedic equivilant of Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom, so to speak. If you want some hilarious Mario-related parodies, THESE THREE ARE THE ONE TO WATCH. This officially earns my Gold Tilde Award.(If I had one to give. Heh.)
(And on a side note, what would it take to convince you to keep making these, eh?)