Les Trésors de Super Mario

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Les Trésors de Super Mario
Les Trésors de Super Mario
General information
Format Children's television series
Director(s) Régis Ghezelbash
Voice actor(s) Jean-Claude Donda
Country of origin France
Original language French
Production
Production company Bandai France
IDDH (Bruno-René Huchez Group)
Runtime 3 or 4 minutes
Broadcast
Channel(s) FR3
First aired Mid-1989
Last aired Late-1989 or 1990
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 started airing in mid-1989 and was discontinued less than a year later.[1] It was broadcast nationally every evening on FR3 before the regional news.

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 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.[2]

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.[1] They partnered with the production company IDDH to produce Les Trésors de Super Mario as a daily short-form promotional show. French voice actor Jean-Claude Donda was chosen to voice Mario and would eventually reprise his role in some commercials and in the French version of Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit.[3]

The show was directed by 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.[1] That raw footage would then be split over several episodes and interrupted by animated segments done by animator Naïm Mehdad.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Les Trésors de Super Mario[?] Super Mario's Treasures

References

  1. ^ a b c Florent Gorges (2021). Génération Zelda - 35 ans de légendes. Omaké Books (French). ISBN 978-2-37989-060-4. Page 107-113.
  2. ^ TheDespoticMind (September 16, 2018). Les trésors de super mario - Zelda et Mario Bros. - Emission FR3 (1989). YouTube (French). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Notice bibliographique (Super Mario Bros.: Piège au fond du puits). BnF.fr (French). Retrieved August 7, 2024.