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Did Three Japanese Guys in Afro Wigs Just Accidentally Cover the Super Mario Land Theme?

Game music can show up in the most random places. Rarely, however, does it involve rock bands in bad wigs. Japanese rock trio Tsuru recently donned afros and composed the theme to the upcoming live-action adaptation of the the manga Afro Tanaka, a bizarre romantic comedy about a 24 year old dropout sporting an intense…

By Chris Person Published February 6, 2012

Turn-a Your Head and Cough-a, Peach

Whoa. That there is a custom toy scene by Donald Kennedy, an artist recently featured in iam8bit’s store. I can’t tell if the subject of the examination is supposed to be Toad or Peach. Either way, Dr. Mario seems set to earn his pornstache. Kennedy is now running a giveaway, if you can put this…

By Owen Good Published February 4, 2012

Mario Meets Godzilla in These Awesome Monster Movie Posters

Olly Moss does it again with these great posters for a very different, though still very Japanese take on the Mushroom Kingdom. If you’re wondering what the text says, it’s “Super Mario”. スーパーマリオ [Olly Moss]

By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2012

Why Mario’s Creator Is Always Threatening Retirement

In Dec. 2011, a report surface claiming that Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said he was retiring. Nintendo quickly commented, saying the report was a “misunderstanding” and “absolutely not true.” See, Shigeru Miyamoto is apparently always saying he’s going to retire. “During one of the interviews he accepted abroad, Mr. Miyamoto commented that he always tells…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 31, 2012

Mario’s Fire Flowers are Too Dangerous for Real Humans

Internet magician Freddie Wong shows why the fire flowers of the Mushroom Kingdom are not the fire flowers of Planet Earth. We simply cannot handle that kind of power in three dimensions. Or with our highly flammable clothing.

By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2012

The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots: Bioshock and Mass Effect 2

Since we ran a feature on Duncan Harris, the groovy “video game photographer” behind the website DeadEndThrills, I’ve been sharing some of his work each week here. This week Harris wrapped up Mass Effect 2 and dug into the original Bioshock, while throwing in a couple of enjoyable one-offs, as well. But first, he did…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012

Watch a 3DS Make a Kid Puke and Other WTF Craziness in This Nintendo News Video

Nintendo announced a bunch of actual news over the last few days—the release window for the Wii U, the Nintendo Network, a new Mario side-scroller for the 3DS—but Next Media Animation doesn’t care about any of that. Instead, the Taiwanese news animators give us Nintendo president Satoru Iwata popping out of a warp pipe and…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 27, 2012

Nintendo Is Releasing a “Totally New” 3DS Mario Sidescroller

In the last few months, Nintendo put out a couple of Mario games—namely, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. But Nintendo isn’t finished. There’s another Mario title on the horizon; it wasn’t publically known until today. At a recent analyst meeting, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata explained that Nintendo is working on many titles…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 27, 2012

Dr. Mario is now Performing Black Market Liver Transplants

Cute puzzle games, even those starring Nintendo icons, just don’t make the money they used to. So when a man’s gotta eat, he has to turn to his training… Black Market Liver Transplants [neatorama]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2012

The Bests

The 12 Best Games on the Wii

The Wii’s in a weird spot in its life cycle. Nintendo’s announced a successor and fans of the new eagerly await more details of the inbound system. But someone gave you the current system. Maybe that someone was you. What do you do once the parties are all over and Wii Sports has worn out…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 24, 2012

Japan’s Ten Biggest Games of 2011 Were…

2011 is over. So let’s look back at last year and suss out what the ten biggest games in Japan were. Japanese sales tracker Media Create tracked the sales for the period between Jan. 3, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. Here goes: 10. Wii Sports Resort Wii: 579,220 9. Dragon Quest Mosnters: Joker 2 Professional…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 17, 2012

Play Mario as Samus, Simon Belmont and Mega Man. Again!

In 2010, a fan-made game called Super Mario Bros. Crossover was released, which let players tackle the Nintendo classic using not just the standard plumber, but a cast of characters from other 8-bit games as well. It now has a sequel which is kicking things up a notch, taking the 8-bit visuals from the first…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 17, 2012

Shibuya, the Animated Version

Tokyo hotspot Shibuya means a lot of things to a lot of different people. To me, it means nice sneakers and a Starbucks with a hell of a view. To artist Andrew Wilson, it means Mario crossing the street. Shibuya [Andrew Wilson]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2012

You Cannot Unsee Yoshi. I Promise.

Right now, you may think you are looking at a new zero calorie lychee apple tea drink. You are. But you are also looking at Nintendo’s character, Yoshi. Yes. Don’t believe me? Check the second pic in the above gallery. The photo was originally uploaded to Japanese food blog Darksky::Weblog. 2ch forum users first noticed…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 13, 2012

Mario, That’s Inappropriate

There’s a reason Nintendo characters don’t turn up in each other’s games as often as they should. Mario’s a dirty grab-ass. [As seen on somethingsomething]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 13, 2012

Mario Trades His Pistol for Fireballs in the Updated ‘Real Life Super Mario Bros.‘

Filmmaker Andrew McMurry has posted this updated version of his last “Real Life Super Mario Bros“. In the last version, Mario, played by McMurry’s brother, finds himself up against a group of famous Mario enemies, eventually getting a “power-up” handgun and blowing away a bunch of poor defenseless Goombas. That was a funny joke! This…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 10, 2012

The Sexy and Sadistic Nintendo Art of NekoshowguN

You might not know Japanese illustrator NekoshowguN. But you damn well should. The young artist first made her splash as part of the Osaka art collective Digmeout. She’s done art for music games GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, but her highest profile work to date is lead character and weapon design for Goichi Suda‘s upcoming hack-and-slash Lollipop…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 10, 2012

The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots

Since running a big, enjoyable feature on Duncan Harris, the “video game photographer” behind the website DeadEndThrills. Harris takes some of the most evocative, compelling video game screenshots I’ve ever seen, and so I thought it would be fun to share some of his work each week here. Awesomely, he has also released a new…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 6, 2012

Bullet Bill Will Destroy This Man’s Kitchen

The aspiring baker at the wonderfully-named Bake With a Vengeance got just about the best Christmas present ever for someone who loves video games and who wants to bake stuff: a Bullet Bill blender. It was made by taking a black KitchenAid Pro mixer and getting some custom decals sent over. After that, the mixer’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2012

Sonic Races the Flash, Ryu Drinks All the Coffee and Mario and Luigi Give Each Other Dap In These Great Drawings

Way before dumb-ass pundits called it a “terrorist fist jab”, the act of greeting a homie by touching clenched hands was called dap. (We’ll also accept ‘giving a pound’ as appropriate terminology.) Characters from the worlds of film, comics and video games give each other dap—or, don’t in the case of Darkseid and Orion—over at…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 3, 2012