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Don't buy Ashcraft's explanation about why PETA is completely missing the point in its attack on Mario's Tanooki suit? Here's an animal friendly way to get your own temporary fur coat. Be warned, it involves rotting food, duct tape and probably just a smidge of leptospirosis. More »
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As many of you know, the upcoming Super Mario game for the 3DS will be bringing back Mario's iconic Tanooki suit, the raccoon-like outfit that allowed Mario fly in Super Mario Bros. 3. Though the suit has returned, its functions have changed. As it turns out, Mario will not be able to fly this time around. More »
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It always disappoints me when I see a really great t-shirt on Threadless and then come to the realization that it probably won't get made due to copyright issues. Such is the case with this awesome Tanooki Suit Mario t-shirt that arrived on Threadless a few days ago and is currently up for voting. Extra points for Mario eating out of a garbage can with his fellow tanuki brothers. Super extra points for not including the frighteningly oversized testicles that tanuki's are traditionally drawn with. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297847&view=rss&microfeed=true Today is a day of ill-advised gaming tattoos. And what can you say about this Tanooki Mario tattoo, scrawled in ink right into the side of one Columbian gamer's throat? Good luck on the job interview, guy. That is an amazingly well done tattoo, though. Florian Eckhardt More »
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