So yes, the Super Mario Brothers OVA is a retelling of three fairy tales in the style of Mario. (I originally thought that they were non-canon origin stories at first, but nope they're fairy tales.) The first is Momotaro, a boy who is born out of a peach, grows up and matures quickly, and goes into battle with some animal friends against an island of monsters, in this case the Koopa King and his children. There were a couple of things from the battle scene that made me think they were ripped from Star Wars, but other than that I liked how we get to see rare side characters from the game duking it out with each other. Also, I find it interesting how Peach and Mario could be half-siblings in this story. The second is Issunboshi, about a boy who was born the size of a fingernail and never grew, and when he got older he decided to seek adventure. Again, I enjoyed the battle scene Mario had with King Koopa. I don't want to spoil what happened, but I would like to say that I really liked Mario's sword and how he used it. The third and final story is Snow White, which we all know about. There are a few differences between this iteration and the Disney version we all grew up with, but I liked that it was different. Also, it was really nice seeing a Queen Koopa. And we finally get to see Luigi! (That's right, he's not in the other two!) I think the Snow White fairy tale was my favorite.
Overall, the story was good, the animation quality was unfortunately not good, but I enjoyed watching it. Maybe there would be a fan that could re-animate even just a couple seconds of this OVA, but I honestly doubt that's going to happen. So yeah, not as bad as everyone's making it out to be. I recommend it.
