Mushroom Falls - Opening
This animation is the opening of a fake Mario series based on Gravity Falls. I had the idea to do it for a long time (when Luigi’s Mansion 3 came out) but I wanted to have sufficient skills before doing it.
I wanted this project to be my greatest animation yet, and it took me 3 months to complete it! Its purpose was to show a glimpse of what a modern Mario show could’ve been.
One of the key themes was making canon all Mario secrets like glitches, obscure references, or some theories. Most people won’t notice them but congrats if you got all of them!
As an artist, Mario was and is still a great inspiration for me.
It’s thanks to Super Mario Galaxy that I decided at the age of 9 to become an artist, so this project was also a tribute to this wonderful series that shaped my art career!
This video is a fan animation based on the Super Mario series owned by Nintendo. Mushroom Falls is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo.
Music: “Gravity Falls main theme” composed by Brad Breeck from “Gravity Falls” created by Alex Hirsch
“Story Music Box” composed by Koji Kondo from “Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island” by Nintendo
Welcome to Mushroom Falls, a place where all Mario secrets come together
Looks like the Ancient Kingdom hides a lot of secrets...
What if it was a game?
The quiet forest of illusion awakens
Daisy and Waluigi don't get along, but fate forced them to collaborate on a quest to find Sarasaland's lost archives
Actually, the Ancient Mushroom Kingdom in the series is the one from the original Super Mario Bros, now taken over by nature
The Mario Bros accepted E.Gadd's invitation to look for the Ancient Mushroom Kingdom's greatest mysteries...
E.Gadd built a weird van which will be the team's headquarters and vehicle to explore the Ancient Kingdom!
Let's go hunting some mysteries!
The team will come across a lot of oddities on their journey. Who made those weird paintings?
Is their adventure just a play?
Who is this man hiding in the shadows?...
She is sleeping under the tree on the hill
Mr. Video himself, the big brother
and here's Mr. L, the younger brother
Vivian is here too!
She wears a strange amulet which is central to the plot
E.Gadd is a genius...
...and a weirdo
Toad is the driver! The lever here is a mechanism that teleports the van into the Minus World!
What is this weird white block for? What is it doing in the middle of the forest?
One of the greatest mysteries...Who were the Mushroom King and Queen?
Bonus drawing
Early concept