[jjacobson]

I wanted to leverage the parallax scrolling background with Reveal and make it fun.

And as soon as I plugged in the projector the entire classroom erupted with shouts of "Mario!!!!"

[wodenokoto]

That's great! I actually didn't expect them to recognize the 8bit graphics.

What really prompted me to ask was the "The princess is in another castle" reference at the end.

[ktsmith]

Being around 7-8 year olds pretty frequently, and having a 5 year old myself, I would have been surprised if they didn't recognize it and get excited.