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There are Wine Glasses, and Then There Are Vine Glasses

Over at Etsy shop The Basement Invaders, Jason and Alex make a variety of Nintendo-inspired goodies. There are Yoshi egg earrings aplenty, but my favorites are the piranha plant wine glasses. Or maybe the thwomp glasses, which glare angrily at you. Then again, they may be a bad idea; I’d be tempted to slam them…

By Kate Cox Published June 25, 2012

Tanooki Suit, Frog Suit…Luigi Suit?

Um. This is pretty gross. Dann Matthews [Tumblr]

By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2012

Nintendo is Releasing Mario DLC. That You Pay For.

Hi, Nintendo. Welcome to the DLC era. Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed today that, when New Super Mario Bros. 2 is released on 3DS on August 19, it’ll be supported post-release by new, paid downloadable content. After making very sure he promised that this wouldn’t be affecting development on the core title, Fils-Aime…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012

Check Out This Unbelievable Performance of the Mario Theme on Wineglasses. Wineglasses.

This one has been out in the ether for a little while now, but somehow I hadn’t seen it. Which means that I hadn’t lived, because damn. Thankfully, Journey composer Austin Wintory linked to a similar video of another person performing the Harry Potter theme (equally impressive, so I’ll embed it below), and I went…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 21, 2012

Mario Looks Pretty Damn Cool Decked Out In Gold

Check out this official promo art from New Super Mario Bros. 2, which Nintendo will release for 3DS this August. Pretty, no? Everything just seems better in gold. More regal. More… gold. (via TinyCartridge)

By Jason Schreier Published June 20, 2012

Iconic Game Characters Smoke Pot, Eat Pizza, and Play Video Games

Boy, Link, you’ve really let yourself go. You too, Sonic, Cloud, and well, everyone sitting here, playing video games, stuffing their faces and smoking up. This “FatGamers” series was done by Belgian illustrator Franck Graetz late last year, but it’s now really starting to make it way around the internet—especially in Japan. FatGamers [Behance via…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012

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Even Mario Gets Stuck in Traffic

These Mario Kart racers were apparently spotted in Japan, all dressed up and stuck in traffic. Sure hope they didn’t kill time by throwing banana peels, turtle shells, or squid ink. I hate the squid ink—haaaaaate it. なんか16号でマリオ達が渋滞ひっかかってた [Twitter via Turbo Bee]

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012

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New Super Mario Bros. 2 Features The Midas Touch And Co-op Play

It looks like Nintendo’s latest Mario game, New Super Mario Bros 2, which is scheduled for release in August, is going for the gold. Literally. The Mario series has always been adding new costumes for the mustached plumber with every game. The previous announcement that New Super Mario Bros. 2 would include a variation of…

By Toshi Nakamura Published June 14, 2012

Super Modern Mario Bros. Is Both Delightful and Terrifying

Watching this video, I can’t help but teeter back and forth between desperately wanting to play it and desperately wanting to shun it. On the one hand, the concept is ridiculously cool. The eerie lack of music lets you hone in on the ultra-realistic sound effects. Gone are the cute and familiar Mario jump sounds,…

By Tina Amini Published June 13, 2012

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Wrong About Japan’s Coolness

A recent issue of the Japanese edition of Newsweek poses this question: Is Cool Japan going cold? The cover reads “Cool Japan Is Running Out of Steam” (息切れクールジャパン). The article centers on “Cool Japan”, which was adopted by the Japanese government and trade organizations that hoped to tap into the country’s soft power status. Cool…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 13, 2012

Can Nintendo Convince Us To Care About The Wii U?

For this week’s Burning Questions, Jason and Kirk return from E3 to talk about their impressions of Nintendo’s next big console. What kinds of new games will the Wii U make possible? What will it take for the Wii U to be a success for gamers? Why can’t any company but Microsoft make an easy-to-use…

Kirk Hamilton & Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2012

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Here’s Why Japanese Gaming Is Not Dead

At the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising uttered the following: “Man, Japan is over. We’re done. Our game industry is finished.” I hope Inafune was watching E3 this year. It’s true that over the past half-decade Japanese and Western gaming markets have gone in different directions.…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 12, 2012

It’s-a Me, Sexy Mario

If you thought porn star Ron Jeremy was the only sexy Mario, you are wrong. There are other Marios, sexy Marios who like to preen and pose for the camera in overalls and with mushrooms and fireballs. Hot. Say hello to this sexy Mario, who goes under the clever nickname “Sexy Mario”. All the photos…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 12, 2012

Our Lady of the Mushroom Kingdom Turns Mario Into Religious Iconography

French artist Soasig Chamaillard has taken some standard images of Catholic worship – statues of Mary – and jazzed them up a little, adding a pop culture focus to something that was once purely spiritual. While some may rightly find these a little offensive (you have been warned), others will find them oddly charming. Except…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2012

Sex and the City‘s Samantha Gets Turned On By Mario’s Raccoon Suit

Now, I know that Samantha gets turned on by most things. But all the same, this one’s pretty funny. In a departure for Nintendo’s usually family-friendly celebrity spokespeople, a new British ad for Super Mario 3D Land features Sex and the City‘s friskiest character talking about her predilection for men who play dress-up. “I go…

By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2012

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The Old-School Nintendo Stars of Captain Rainbow

Captain Rainbow is a Wii adventure game centering on a Power Ranger-style superhero who has come to Mimin Island looking for a magical star that will be able to reignite his popularity. However, he’s not the only person who’s come to this island in search of a second chance. Everyone else on the island is…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 8, 2012

Wreck-It Ralph‘s New Trailer Features Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, Zangief, Q*Bert and More

We previously reported that Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph would feature cameos of iconic video game villains, but seeing them in an actual trailer is something different. After watching this, I can’t wait for this film to be released. It looks like it could be the greatest video game-related movie ever made.

By Nick Vannucci Published June 6, 2012

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The Chinese Super Mario Yogurt Taste Test

Spotted near the Mongolian border, this Chinese yogurt drink features characters that look like Mario and Yoshi. It’s like Super Mario World in a can—er, plastic bottle—in creamy liquid form. The Mario looks less like Mario, while the Yoshi looks pretty much like Yoshi, but with antlers on his head. So how does it taste?…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2012

Paging Dr. Mario. We Need Unconventional Surgery In The ER.

Mario has been a doctor before, but he’s never been as reckless and ill-tempered as he has here. He’s basically taken on House’s ego and height, but still treats patients like Kirby and even his arch nemesis, Bowser.

By Tina Amini Published May 23, 2012

Your Favorite Video Game Characters, Only Now They’re Undead

People often complain that there’s an overabundance of zombie-based video games, or that zombies are the new bacon, overindulged in to the point of nausea. Judging by pieces like Deviant artist Dantemustdie00’s “Sonic Zombies”, perhaps we’re just injecting the undead into the wrong titles. I mean, Call of Duty is nice and all, and war-plus-zombies…

By Mike Fahey Published May 21, 2012