Editing Les Trésors de Super Mario

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{{TV series infobox
|image=[[File:LTDSM Close-up.png|200px]]
|format=Children's television series
|direct=Régis Ghezelbash
|voice=[[Jean-Claude Donda]]
|origin=France
|language=French
|prodcompany=Bandai France<br>IDDH (Bruno-René Huchez Group)
|runtime=3 or 4 minutes
|channel={{wp|France 3|FR3}}
|firstair=Early 1989<ref name=gz>{{cite|author=Florent Gorges|date=2021|title=''Génération Zelda - 35 ans de légendes''|publisher=Omaké Books|language=fr|isbn=978-2-37989-060-4|page=107-113}}</ref><ref name=feb11>{{cite|language=fr|title=FR3 TV Listings for Saturday, February 11, 1989|publisher=Archives 80|url=https://www.archives80.com/television/programme/11-02-1989/fr3|accessdate=August 19, 2024}} ''Les Trésors de Super Mario'' is listed as ''Concours Super Mario'' ("Super Mario contest") at 20:25.</ref>
|lastair=Late 1989 or early 1990<ref name=gz/>
|status=Ended
}}
'''''Les Trésors de Super Mario''''' is a short-form television series hosted by [[Mario]] that promoted the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in France. It aired on {{wp|France 3|FR3}} starting from early 1989<ref name=feb11/> and was discontinued less than a year later.<ref name=gz/>

Each episode is three or four minutes long. It features animated segments starring Mario and footage of tips and tricks in some NES games, such as ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' or ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'', narrated by Mario. A contest to win NES games or Nintendo merchandise was held every week and the participants had to send a postcard with the answer to a question asked during the episode.<ref>{{cite|language=fr|author=TheDespoticMind|date=September 16, 2018|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ros6PtAtF_0|title=Les trésors de super mario - Zelda et Mario Bros. - Emission FR3 (1989)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 7, 2024}}</ref>

It has been claimed that the show was broadcast nationally every evening before the regional news.<ref name=gz/> Other sources suggest that it aired on Saturday evenings.<ref name=feb11/><ref>{{cite|quote=« Je suis tous les samedis soirs sur FR3, votre super concours… »|translation=I follow your great contest every Saturday evening on FR3…|language=fr|page=15|date=1989|title=''Club Nintendo'' 1989 No. 3|url=https://archive.org/details/CLNintendoFR198903/page/n13|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>

==Production==
In 1989, Bandai France, who owned the rights to distribute Nintendo games in France at the time, wanted to create an animated show to promote the NES and its games.<ref name=gz/> They partnered with the production company {{wp|l=fr|IDDH}} to produce ''Les Trésors de Super Mario'' as a short-form promotional show. French voice actor [[Jean-Claude Donda]] was chosen to voice Mario, and would also eventually reprise his role in some commercials and in the French version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit]]''.<ref>{{cite|language=fr|title=Notice bibliographique (''Super Mario Bros.: Piège au fond du puits'')|publisher=BnF.fr|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb382545277.public|accessdate=August 7, 2024}}</ref>

The show was directed by {{wp|Regis Ghezelbash|Régis Ghezelbash}}, who worked at IDDH at the time. The game footage was recorded monthly by Josué Césaire, at the time counselor for the French SOS Nintendo hotline, who played the games and showcased the tips and tricks.<ref name=gz/> That raw footage would then be split over several episodes and interrupted by animated segments done by animator Naïm Mehdad.

==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Fre=Les Trésors de Super Mario
|FreM=Super Mario's Treasures
|FreC=<ref name=gz/><ref>[[:File:LTDSM Contest Address.png|Mail address to which the contest participants had to send a postcard to enter the weekly contest.]]</ref>
}}

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