Good atmospheric flash
It was a very good sprite movie. The strongest point of this by far was the unique atmosphere it had. Even though the thing felt and looked alot like 'mario reloaded', the awesome backgrounds, nice light effects, nice 'camera work' and fast pace still gave it it's own identity.
However the thing had too many flaws to become really great. First of all, the plot or story or whatever was very poor. Mario sees Luigi in a dream and feels Luigi needs help. When Mario arrives some kind of dark Mario comes outa nowhere to kill Luigi for an unexplained reason. The story was obviously just an excuse to animate the fighting scene.
But what annoyed me more was the sudden switch of style between the animated sprites to the weird combination of sprites with tweened limbs. During the fighting scene the 2 characters looked really weird. And why did u have to put a 3d scene in it like Mario Reloaded? I dont think that a sprite movie can be combined well with 3d effects.
The matrix music worked surprisingly well i have to admit. Still i would have liked to see some voiceacting for the silent dialogue. But i can imagine that wouldnt fit cause the thing is already over 6 megs.
The end of the thing was really rushed. Mario, all weakened and defeated suddenly manage to kill his stronger brother. It was pretty cheap if u ask me.
But overall the thing wasnt bad. Just try to perfect it more next time, especially since u consider this your masterpiece.