I give thanks to Super Mario Brothers 5

If you are in America, it is time for Thanksgiving.

I give thanks to Super Mario Brothers 5. It shows me that talent is not dead, it is only sleeping.

I think back when Super Mario Brothers 4 was released.

Those who were ten years old are now thirty.

Those who were twenty years old are now forty.

Those who were thirty years old are now fifty.

I know one Atari Era gamer who has cancer and never thought he’d see another Mario game again. The parents of the NES generation, who played Mario with their children, are in their sixties and seventies if they are still alive.

I ran into a younger-than-19-year-old gamer, and I pointed to Super Mario Brothers 5. “How can you connect to that game? You weren’t even born when Super Mario Brothers 4 was released.”

And the young gamer responded:

“But I did grow up with classic Mario. I played it on the Gameboy Advance.”

Ahh…

When it comes to classic Mario, perhaps the Old Generation and Young Generation are not so different after all!