Mario

Mario Faces The Final Boss

Better get to that super star real quick. Before that sneaky Thwomp gets there, preferably. Grosnez is a professional illustrator from France, and this is a fantastic piece of Mario fanart. Not much else to say there. There’s a few more gaming -related pieces from Grosnez below; his DeviantArt gallery has more pics, mostly in…

This November, Nintendo is releasing “Mario hanafuda” cards in Japan. Previously, they released Super Mario character-themedhanafuda cards via Club Nintendo (R.I.P.). These latest sets are priced at 2,500 yen (US$21).

Mario’s Voice Actor Plays Mario Maker, And It’s A Trip

You’ve probably heard Charles Martinet countless times while traversing the Mushroom Kingdom. But it’s something else entirely to watch the man behind Mario actually play Mario. Nintendo Life recorded Martinet doing all the Mario sounds live while playing Mario Maker, something which you simply must witness: I love how happy he seems playing Mario Maker,…

Thank You For The Amazing Game Cube Collection, Random Game Store Guy

I went to my local video game store on Friday to pick up a copy of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and I walk out with an entire generation’s worth of Nintendo console goodness. Thanks, random game store guy. No, I didn’t get his name. I want to say Dave, but I want to say…

Yoshi Turned into a Custom Motorcycle

This is good. This is very good. Twitter user Late Riser spotted this custom bike in Osaka. Maybe you can see how Yoshi’s tongue extends and is holding a can of 556 lubricant? [Photo: Late Riser] Top photo: Late Riser To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft…

20 Excellent Super Mario Maker Courses You Should Play

I have spent dozens of hours playing through hundreds of Mario Maker courses. Here’s the cream of the crop. One of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen floating around for Mario Maker is that it’s really difficult to find good courses. While that may be true, it doesn’t mean Mario Maker is completely bereft of great…

Beating This Mario Maker Level Felt Like Defeating A Dark Souls Boss

Yep, this is a level in which the creator turned Mario’s glorious star into a player’s worst nightmare. It’s early days for Super Mario Maker, which means people are still figuring out what makes a Mario stage tick. It’ll take time before we see what people are truly capable of, but I’m already impressed by…

Go To Google And Search “Super Mario Bros“

Then get clicking on that box. Loudly, if you’re at work. And be sure to keep going past 100 coins. I’m guessing this is for the game’s 30th birthday celebrations. Add it to the list of neat little surprises the search giant seems to be able to conjure at will for video game stuff.

Super Mario Maker: The Kotaku Review

Mario Maker feels like a game that should not exist. Consider this: Nintendo is the sort of company that has specific ideas about the way Bowser would drink a cup of coffee in a movie. It is the sort of company that would develop a height graph, so game developers always know what size a…

Miyamoto Confirms That Super Mario Bros. 3 Was A Play

One of my favorite video game theories to emerge over the past few years is that Super Mario Bros. 3, with its hanging blocks and curtains, was actually just a stage performance. Turns out, according to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the theory is true If you’re not familiar with the theory, or by some chance…

Get This Awesome Free Book From Nintendo

Nintendo’s Japanese website launched a big update for Super Mario Maker today, and part of includes a neat surprise: a free pdf version of the fancy little coffee table book that otherwise comes with boxed copies the game. The relevant section on the site can be found here, and once you get there, click here…

Creator of ‘Hardest Super Mario World Level Ever’ Says Copyright Crackdown Gutted His YouTube Channel

Some of the most impressive Super Mario creations took years to make—and now they’re gone, at least on YouTube. Earlier this month, speedrunner Alex “PangaeaPanga” tweeted that his YouTube channel had been “wrecked.” Taking a closer look, I noted that even the popular video titled Item Abuse 3—which was billed as the “hardest Super Mario…

Here, just in case you ever needed an unauthorised audiobook adaptation of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie (via Attract Mode).

Mario Mod For GTA V Turns Nintendo Icon Into Gun-Crazy Jerk

Mario, carts and GTA V. It’s almost everything you’d ever need, all in the one video game. OK, so this video isn’t perfect—it’sjust a Mario mask, not a complete mod that adds his fat little arms and legs—but it’s good enough, especially since it also shows off a modified cart for some Mario Kart action.…

How Mario and Luigi Were Turned into Traditional Japanese Art 

This fall, a traditional Japanese screen painting with Mario and Luigi will go on display in Kyoto. Here is how that work of art was made. Nintendo released a video interview with the artist who did the piece, Taro Yamamoto. In it, Yamamoto talks about the work, which features Mario as the Japanese god of…

After allegations that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo was a rip-off, the logo has been withdrawn. Why not use this?

Here’s a colored tattoo commission done by professional artist Jayson Hotchkiss. It’s a Mario–Indiana Jones mashup titled “The Temple of Shroom,” and it is gorgeous. The crappy GIF doesn’t do it justice, so make sure to look at the full-res version below—and here for more of Hotchkiss’ work. (via XombieDIRGE) Dayshot is an image-based feature…

Mario and Luigi as Japanese Gods

Mario is Raijin (雷神), the Japanese god of thunder and storms. Luigi is Fujin (風神), the Japanese god of wind. And this is one incredibly cool piece of art. In Japanese art, Raijin and Fujin are traditionally paired, and in Japanese video games, the same is true of Mario and Luigi. This screen painting, done…

Super Mario Maker’s Title Screen Is Full Of Easter Eggs

This game cannot come soon enough. Early copies of Super Mario Maker are beginning to land in the hands of press outlets (look for more from Kotaku very soon!), which means we’re about to learn way more about the game. I personally don’t have a copy of the game yet, so I’ve found myself watching…

Actually, Mario Is Missing Was Awesome

Praising Mario is Missing is no way to impress someone with your gaming acumen. But it’s true; I thoroughly enjoyed Mario Is Missing as a young kid. My father didn’t know much about video games, but he did know that ‘Mario’ was a signifier of quality (or, at least, it should have been). So he…