this was sweet
This was perhaps the greatest thing (the whole series that is, as opposed to this particular episode) I've seen on newgrounds thus far. Admittedly I'm a huge Mario fan, but still, this is enjoyable for anyone.
Such a dark ending too, as Peach slipped in, I was like, now he's gonna save her, now he's gonna save her... ... now she's gonna appear out of the lava somehow... now she's gonna appear out of the lava somehow... but she didn't.
So many epic moments in the series, even the discovery of the fire flower. Episode two is my favourite, the battle scenes in it were the best I think, but overall phenonemal series.
Sad to see you're not doing any more sprite work, but it's understandable given the scale of this I guess.