Mario

Mario Fights Master Chief and Lara Croft, Kicks Their Asses

Some things are sacred to a plumber: Family, kingdom, honor. But few things are as sacred as power-ups. I pity the poor fools that try to mess with them. In the video, above, Master Chief, Connor from Assassin’s Creed III and Lara Croft try to steal Mario’s power-ups. They thought it was a simple heist.…

Mario and Peach Take Back The Mushroom Kingdom… With Guns

Guns, baseball bats, violent, bloodthirsty Pokémon, and so on and so forth. But mostly guns. The Mushroom Kingdom’s future is at stake as Mario’s team of rebels engages with Bowser’s army of gun-wielding mooks. Will they succeed in their quest? Find out below in part 6 of the epically violent Mario Warfare If you’re just…

It’s the Smash Club Match of the Century: Mario VS. Princess Peach

Mario’s Fight Club-esque escapades continue in the very much gritty and very much violent Mario Warfare’s fifth episode, in which he goes up against a desperate and very pissed off Peach, fleeing her kingdom and hiding from Bowser in the Smash Club Who shall emerge victorious? When will the refugees of the Mushroom Kingdom finally…

The Artist Who Gets To Draw All Those Things You Like

Jose Emroca Flores is an artist who has recently worked on stuff like Call of Duty, the Deadpool game and a few of the last Transformers games. Previously, he’s also done stuff with EA, Activision, Nike, Iam8bit, Nintendo Power and Game Informer. There isn’t much minimal pausing for refelction against a bleak backdrop here. Just…

Nintendo’s New Wii U Commercials Ignore The Console’s Best Feature

If you have been watching TV over the past few weeks—particularly, if you spent all of Saturday watching a Harry Potter marathon on ABC Family because it was on and you like wizards whatever don’t judge—you’ve probably seen a commercial or two for the Wii U. Designed to help raise public awareness of the struggling…

You’d Never Skip Class at This Chinese Elementary School

In the city of Shenzhen, a Super Mario Bros. mural was recently added to the side of an elementary school. Flickr user DCMaster first spotted the mural, which appears to be more than just a painting. If you look closely, you’ll see how the characters actually appear in relief. And as one Kotaku reader pointed…

​1980s Luigi Actor Dies At 72

Canadian actor Danny Wells, best known among gamers as the man who played Luigi on the late-80s TV show The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, has died at age 72. According to his obituary in The Montreal Gazette, Wells, whose actual name is Jack Westelman, passed away last Thursday, November 28. In addition to his…

Super Mario 64 As A Glitchy Nightmare

I’ve played Super Mario 64 before. Maybe you have too—but you’ve probably never played it as a horrific corrupted hellscape, like it appears in this glitch run of the game by vinesauce. I like to imagine this is what Mario might’ve been like if the development team was on shrooms, though. [Vinesauce] Vinny – Mario…

How Much Did You Spend On Gaming In November?

We’ve made it through November, a month packed with two next-gen console releases and a bunch of new releases from some of gaming’s biggest franchises. Now we’ve got time to pause and reflect on the damage we did to our wallets over the past 30 days. How much did you pay for games in November?…

No, You’re Not Drunk. It’s Just Augmented Reality Mario.

And no, the Wii U didn’t get a massive graphics hardware upgrade overnight, either. Sadly, this is not an actual augmented reality Mario game. It’s actually the clever work of filmmaker (and Skyrim fan) Wren Weichman, though it could easily pass off as a commercial for the real thing. If it was a real thing.…

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a picture of Mario chasing after a decapitated Toad head. (via Alison Rapp)

Real Cat Would Rather Die Than Play Super Mario Bros.

I freakin’ lovedthe new Super Mario Bros. But I’m a human, with hands for loving video games. I’m not a cat, dressed up like Mario and forced to re-enact the moves of a video game for the enjoyment of humans on the internet. Mega64: SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD [Mega64, via Dtoid]

Fresh Prince + Super Mario 3D World = This song by BotanicSage. An unlikely mix, but it works!

Mario Gets Darker With God, Drugs And Booze

‘Gritty’ isn’t a word I normally associate with Mario, but you know what? Polaris makes it work here. This more mature take on Super Mario comes from screenwriter Evan Daugherty, who is also behind the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Oh, and ‘The Addict’ isn’t the only video he’s helped create—there’s also ‘The Fixer,’…

Bowser Makes For An Incredible Halloween Costume

Behold: Halloween Costume of the Day. Via Brian Davis of Next Level Games (Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon), who says this is his co-worker, rendering programmer Randy Cavanagh’s Terrifying Paper Mâché Bowser. Do you think he can actually walk around in that? Do those arms move? Does it breathe fire?

Proof that Nintendo Still Rules Japan

If there’s ever been any doubt, this should settle it. Over the past decade, Nintendo hasn’t been doing well in Japan – It’s been dominating. The Wii U is not exactly selling like gangbusters right now, but Nintendo’s probably playing a long game. In this week’s Weekly Famitsu, the magazine took a look at the…

A Taste Of What Could’ve Been Had Nintendo Bought Star Wars

Hint: it would have been insane and filled with nostalgia. Okay, let’s be honest. Something like a full-length Star Wars-Nintendo mash-up movie could never, ever, ever have actually happened—which should certainly make us appreciate James Farr’s latest eight-minute masterpiece that much more, in which Link Skywalker faces Ganon-Darth and the evil Empire in a quest…

A Resume That’ll Get You Any Job In The Mushroom Kingdom

After scrolling through the first level of his video game-themed interactive resume, I was fully prepared to offer Mr. Robby Leonardi any job I might have had lying about. Then I got to level two. Wouldn’t you know it? It’s a damn water level. Save that nautical crap for later, Leonardi! Now I’ve got to…

Miyamoto: Online Multiplayer Isn’t Nintendo’s Focus This Time Around

The upcoming Wii U platformer Super Mario 3D World, like many other Nintendo games, won’t have online multiplayer. If you want to play with other people, you’ll have to do it in the same room. Well, I guess one person could grab the Wii U GamePad and move to another room, but you see what…

The Next Great Mario Game

The people who make Super Mario 3D World want you to know that it’s pretty great. Well, of course they do. They created it. Their job is to get us playing and enjoying it. Their thoughts on the latest Mario game are about as objective as a soccer mom’s evaluation of her kid’s athletic performance.…