Mario

What Video Game Characters Do When You’re Not Controlling Them

Yeah, video game characters are great when they’re hopping, bopping, and shooting everything in sight, but the best reveal themselves when they’re standing still. No, not like that, you pervert and also me after I wrote that sentence. Idle animations. I’m talking about idle animations. The above video contains some great ones, although I wish…

Cubs Rookie Pitcher Made To Dress Like Luigi

“Is this your normal outfit on the road?” Some gentle hazing for Cubs rookie Eric Jokisch—he had to dress like Luigi: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Who’d Win a Fight, Minecraft Steve or Mario?

Years of wilderness survival experience versus years of tournament fighting experience. Two wildly different worlds. It could go either way. Filmmaker Andrew McMurry, who has explored topics from the dark side of being a superhero to video games clashing with the real world, has the answer in the form of a three-minute video. Man, Steve…

Mario & Luigi’s Voice Actor Is A Pretty Funny Guy

Charles Martinet, the voice actor behind Mario, Luigi and Wario, has an Instagram account. And it’s fantastic Over the past week, Martinet has been taking little figures of “his” characters on his travels through Chile, creating sketches like the ones below. Note to Nintendo/Martinet: I would watch an entire series of this. [via Mistle @…

Mario Was Such a Jerk to Yoshi

We love to think that Mario and Yoshi were the best of chums, but when you examine the evidence in Super Mario World, it’s pretty clear that Mario was a really awful friend. Just look at the singalong video above, from the good folks at Fox ADHD. What kind of friend would ride you around,…

Elementary School Concert Features Super Mario

From Spring 2013, Jamieson Elementary performs Beware the Forst Mushrooms, complete with Mario taking on various enemies and gathering coins: Via Polygon You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Karaoke Bar With Super Mario Bros And Twin Peaks-Themed Rooms

The Highball, which is next to the Alamo Drafthouse’s South Lamar Theater in Austin, has several new karaoke rooms, including rooms based on Twin Peaks, Super Mario, Jem, a haunted mansion, and more: Sideshow Freaks: Haunted Mansion: Truly Outrageous: The Fifth Dimension: Super Mario: The Black Lodge: The Inferno: The rooms were designed by Zack…

Waluigi Is The Real Hero Hyrule Deserves

Link? Link who? That’s not my hero of time. Or as Waluigi would say, “Wahahaha! Waluigi, number one!” Why would russmarrs2 mod Waluigi into Ocarina of Time? Um, more like why not. Still, personally, I can’t decide if I like this or the Nic Cage mod better.

​Yoshi’s Real Name Is Actually ‘T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas’

An old Nintendo character guide lets us know all sorts of things about Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom friends. Like the fact that Bowser invaded Princess Peach’s sovereignity because he can’t stand the thought of ‘happy fungi.’ Over the last 24 hours, writer Blake Harris—who penned the excellent Console Wars book—has been sharing tidbits from…

Mario Vs Pokemon Live-Action Short Is Kinda Disturbing

I don’t even know what I just watched. I think… I think I liked it? It’s, um… huh. So I know for sure that this is a movie. Ostensibly it takes place in an old-school Game Boy and is about a Pokemon trainer attempting to battle and capture Mario. For reasons. He’s got some kind…

Interested in a behind-the-scenes look at last week’s real-life Mario Smash Bros. trailer? The creator, Dean Wright, now has a making-of post online on his blog detailing how much work went into filming, animating, and even recording sound effects for his one-minute video over the course of four+ weeks.

Smash Bros. Video Puts Mario In Real-Life Tokyo

And since he’s in real life, he has to take the subway to the Smash Bros. tournament. Just like everyone else The trailer was done by Japan-based visual effects artist Dean Wright, who’s worked on the teaser for the upcoming Mighty No. 9 animated series. It’s good! I could even see this used as a…

Why Superstar Saga Was The Best Mario RPG Of Its Time

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga was the third Mario RPG released after Legend of the Seven Stars and Paper Mario. But what made it stand out? What was missing from the first two? ReallyFreakinClever’s opinion is that it was none other than Luigi. The video argues that Superstar Saga is like a perfect storm of…

In This, The Year Of Awesome Luigi Action Figures

Following on from the release earlier this year of a killer Marioset, this SH Figuarts Luigi is looking just as good. He is not ridin’ dirty. What he is doing, though, is jumping, posing and kickin’ bad guys, since the figure’s design allows for a massive range of movement. It’s also great that it includes…

When not busy with Heroes of the Storm, artist Luke Mancini draws wild fan-art, like this cartoony one with Super Mario, Peach, and Yoshi, who transformed into a beast. Or he’s Bowser’s hand, as you can see in the full picture: Maario by Mr—Jack [DeviantART, Gamers for Good] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

Oh Hey, It’s Inflatable Pikachu Vagina

Ages ago, a particular Pikachu bouncy house was noticed in Japan. The entrance looked like, for lack of a better word, a Pikachu vagina. Earlier today, it was reported that the “giant Pikachu” was once again making an appearance. Eager folks, climb right on in! Note: This article contains content some readers might find objectionable.…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario At McDonald’s: The Winners!

Last week Nintendo released a series of publicity photos of Mario and Luigi celebrating Mario Kart 8 toys at McDonald’s just in time for our weekly ‘shop contest. The results are in, and I’m lovin’ them. There were so many strong contenders this week, from Mario at Blimpies (kind of) to the Last Supper to…

Twenty Super Mario Bros. 3 Glitches You Might Not Know About

Over the years, folks have found a ton of glitches inside of Super Mario Bros. 3—so even if you’ve played it before, chances are good that there’s still stuff you’ve never seen inside the game. Some glitches are small, but neat. Some glitches are huge and ridiculous, like the one featured in the initial GIF…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario At McDonald’s

There are weeks when picking a subject for the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest is an epic task. Then there are weeks when Nintendo sends out pictures of Mario and Luigi cavorting at McDonald’s the day before the new contest starts. Thank you, Nintendo. Nintendo hosted an event for kids to celebrate the launch of the Mario…

Mario’s Alternate Smash Bros. Costume Is… Patriotic

Super Mario: plumber… doctor… patriot. This is the mustachioed hero’s alternate costume for the new Super Smash Bros.—as revealed this morning on the official Smash Twitter account—and it’s totally amazing. As Kotaku reader Vitas points out, it’s inspired by the costume in NES Open Tournament Golf The real question is, why didn’t they release this…