Gaming Detail: A Classic Gundam Series Features A Hidden Mario Cameo

The famous plumber made an unexpected dive into one of the most popular mech anime.

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Whether you’re a die-hard anime fan or have never touched the stuff, you probably have heard of Gundam.

Giant mechs, space colonies, political conflict, robots fighting in space… what’s not to love? Gundam is a classic that still rages on today, with an incredibly loyal following that only gets larger. Even if you don’t like the plot, you can at least admit the designs of the mechs are pretty rad. For crying out loud, Japan built a real-life giant Gundam statue, for nothing more than the pure aesthetic. Brilliant.

The love for Gundam in other media spans across decades, from nods in other anime, films, video games, comics… any medium you can think of, really. It is, after all, tough not to love giant robots fighting each other. While every Gundam series is different, the love for the concept is consistent, and the respect for the fans remains. In some cases, we get small nods to prominent nerd properties, and it shows that the creators are huge dorks like the rest of us.

In the Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, there is a cute reference to a beloved Nintendo classic. In the first episode, near the 17-minute mark, series protagonist Al Izuruha goes into his room to play a video game. When it starts up, we are greeted to sound a shooting game that uses various sound effects from Super Mario Bros 3. Two sounds that stick out the most are the stomping feet of a hammer bro on the world map and the little tune that plays when you select a level to enter. There is even the sound of a player’s extra time being converted into their score at the end of a stage.

In all likelihood, this could have been the company using sound clips to best convey the feeling of a video game without putting much thought into the choice. Who doesn’t recognize Mario, after all? Using sounds from the popular game is an easy shorthand to convey the atmosphere of a fun game.

However, Bandai Visual was the production company behind the mini-series, so there could be credence to the idea that these sounds were picked as a cute reference for viewers.

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