Super Mario World was released in Japan in November, 1990. This is precisely 19 years ago.
19 years ago…
George Bush was President of the United States. (First Bush, not the second.)
Germany was divided in two parts…
The Berlin Wall stood…
The Soviet Union existed…
The Iraq War began (First Iraq War, not the second)
Windows 3.0 was released…
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched…
Cell Phones looked like this…
Laptops looked like this…
Pearl Jam performs their first concert…
Back to the Future III was released in theaters…
Robocop 2 was released in theaters…
Dances with Wolves was released in theaters…
Total Recall was released in theaters…
The Cosby Show was still running new episodes…
New episodes of Macguyver were airing…
New episodes of Whose the Boss? were airing…
New episodes of Doogie Howser were airing…
Jurassic Park, the book, was published…
Milli Vanilli were discovered to be lip syncing to the album that won them a Grammy Award…
Edward Scissorhands was released in theaters…
Die Hard 2 was released in theaters…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the first one) was released in theaters…
…and the first Web Page was made.
Thanks to the invention of the Web Page since the last time a real Mario game graced the home console, I would like to use it to ask Shigeru Miyamoto just two questions.
Why did it take 19 years to release a new Super Mario Brothers game for the home console?
And will it take another 19 years to see the next Super Mario Brothers game?
If the answer to the second question is “Yes”, I don’t think I’ll be alive to ask it again.
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