Post by foreverrainbowz on Sept 15, 2022 16:29:18 GMT
Hello everyone! I posted about this a while back, but I figured I'd post again since I've found some interesting stuff.
I'm currently making an investigation about an obscure piece of Mario merch known as the Mario Quiz Cards. At the moment, they're considered partially lost, as there are hundreds of cards missing from the set. I've recently been scanning and looking for any missing cards, as well as anything related to their advertising methods. I currently have over 900 cards documented, so if you're interested in helping with the search, feel free to join my discord server here.
For those of you who don't know, the Mario Quiz Cards were a 1995 licensed Nintendo product meant to teach children about various educational topics. Many of these cards are infamous for their unusual depictions of the Mario universe. (Ex: WWII, Bowser worshipping a gangster, Mario protesting nukes, Etc..) Each card has unique art not seen elsewhere, inspired by Super Mario World. There are various cards floating around online, but many are not scanned or photographed in decent quality. Anything regarding the backs of the cards is rarely documented.
Lately, I've been expanding my search to the U.S. Copyright Office, and found nothing relating to the cards. Interestingly enough, the cards themselves have a copyright symbol relating to Nintendo from 1995-1997. They were also distributed by other companies, and while they have copyrighted decks of other card sets, there is nothing on these cards. The reason why I'm interested in this is that the number of decks would reveal the total amount of cards, which is currently unknown at the time. I'm aware that there's a similar French card set with Tintin characters, but it's unknown if they're the same set or how this would affect copyright. Since I'm not very familiar with the copyright system, would anyone be able to provide some insight on this?
