Great Video...
I really enjoyed viewing it, the animation was laggy.
I am a Mario fan and you put a lot of his villians and bosses in this video.
I think, if you put more work to it and you fill all the spaces in the animation, you can make it to the top 5.
I really want to see this animation more fluid.
Lets see the hits
Segaslave had some good points for you but one thing i wanted to point out that i think would help alot, You almost never see any of the characters get hit. the camera will pan to who ever is attacking and then when it pans back to the other character they're already down. it lessens the action and in some cases makes the animation hard to follow. We need to see the attack connect, need to see the character react to getting hit and then see them go down.
Good effort though. Keep it up
GRAW HA HAAA!
That stupid plumber... he better run from me....
Anyways, great movie, liked it a lot, a little rough around the edges, but made up for effects and length. Keep it up.
you need some work...
This flash wasn't a bad effort. But if you're going to improve you're going to need a lot more than unfounded compliments. So I intend to offer some constructive criticism.
First off, the animation needs a lot of work. I understand you're new at animating, but still the fact remains. The animation was anything but fluid, and the fact that this is a sprite animation, where you don't have to draw every individual pose, doesn't help. Try to make the animation a lot less simplified and choppy, and at least consider making some new sprite poses that go along with the action. I'd rather watch a thirty second animation that flowed smoothly than a longer animation that's choppy. Likewise, it was interesting to see so many enemies, but this was watered down by the lackluster ways in which Mario defeats them. I'd rather see a well put together fight with one enemy than a hundred bland fights. Do you get what I'm saying?
Along the lines of sound, the music is good, but as you said it is the work of someone else. I will at least credit you for find a tune so suitable to this type of animation though. It'd be nice if this wasn't the only sound in the video though. Some well timed sound effects would increase the impact of the animation. Sound effects can be found just about anywhere on the internet, and are easy to download.
As to the story, it was a nice idea. Mario fights a whole bunch of enemies, but is finally overwhelmed by Bowser. It works, in a way. But to me what doesn't work is that Mario gets all the way up there, and then runs away. there's no real explanation for why he wanted to get up there in the first place. And when he just suddenly gets a cape and flies off, it makes me feel like you got tired of animating and wanted to end it already.
Now I do want to compliment you on the creativity of using the germs. The idea of them coming out and literally infecting Mario was interesting. Then I had to laugh when Mario pulls that "Green Mile" stunt and blows the germs out at the koopa kids. I'm not sure if you wanted that to be a gag, but that's how it came across.
My final synopsis is that if you want to make sprite animations, you're going to have to put a lot more effort into this. And sure I know most people would say that three months is a long time. And maybe you're satisfied with this as the finished product. But if you're not satisfied, then my advice is put a lot more time and effort into it next time, and you might have something impressive.
I really appreciate the anaylysis. I agree wit what you're saying.
I'll try to work on the fluidity.
Thanks. I'll make the sound more complex in the future.
I'm sorry I gave the appearance of giving up. I was trying to go for "Mario was overwhelmed and was only trying to escape in the first place."
Thanks. That took a bit of ingenuity to think of.
Well I appreciate your synopsis.
I though it was interesting
you definately put a lot of effort into this, that's forsure. That alone is worth a good score. I think everybody can always improve on sprite work. Good job man.
Thank you. Practice makes perfect.