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Let’s Make a Deal with Awkward Nintendo Cosplay

TV game show Let’s Make a Deal recently had the honour of featuring not one, but two Nintendo cosplayers. The first, dressed as Link, had the honour of being an actual contestant. The second, dressed as Mario, did not. Link, Mario and Luigi visit Let’s Make a Deal [Go Nintendo]

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2011

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Let’s Watch Old Japanese Nintendo Commercials

July 15, 1983. If that’s your birthday, happy birthday! If it’s not, that’s cool. It’s still a very special date in history. Because it’s the day the Nintendo Famicom first went on sale in Japan. Later released in the West as the Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES), the Famicom is where things really got serious…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2011

Miyamoto’s, Where You Know Everybody’s Name

For its cover of this week’s edition (on newsstands today) the Portland Mercury commissioned this painting, an homage to Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks with Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto and three characters he introduced to America 30 years ago this week. The cover highlights a story about GameOn 2.0, a playable history of video games showing…

By Owen Good Published July 14, 2011

Do You Have Ten Hours? Over a Hundred? This Post Is for You.

YouTube user TehN1ppe posts ten hour clips. Ten hours! Ten hours of endless loops, like Mario climbing a vine. For ten hours. Or Mudkip. Yep, Mah, Hiep, Mah, Hiep. For ten hours. Or Nyan Cat. For ten hours. Or epic sax guy. For ten hours. Trololo? Ten hours. As website Game Set Watch points out,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2011

The Horror of Mario’s Enemies

It’s a good thing the early Mario games were so low-fi. If they’d shown your enemies in as high a resolution as they appear here, we’d have all been crapping our childhood pants. These, uh, interpretations of some of Mario’s foes were drawn by Mike Puncekar. Some of them, like Lakitu, are just cool. But…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2011

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The Mario Movie Could Have Been so Much Better

The Mario movie we ended up with in 1993 was nothing like the games it was based on. An earlier draft for the film, however, was a lot more faithful. It’s impossible to tell whether it would have been any good, of course, but in sticking to the basics of the Mushroom Kingdom it at…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2011

Mario Robs Banks, Waves the Union Jack for Proper English

I thought I knew Mario, but I was wrong. Apparently Mario robs banks, dresses up like a cowboy and crushes koopas while waving the Union Jack. But why would Mario do such things? To teach English of course. Super Mario: Super Englisch is an officially licensed Mario themed German to English dictionary published in 1993…

By Sam Winstrom Published July 13, 2011

Donkey Kong Turned 30 Yesterday—or Did He?

Researching the exact birthday for a tribute to the 30th birthday of Donkey Kong, Patrick Scott Patterson of the Arcade Examiner came up with conflicting information. Absent official word from Nintendo, he thinks the big ape—and therefore Mario (né Jumpan)—turned 30 yesterday, July 9. “Some sources specifically state the date as July 9, 1981,” Patterson…

By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011

Mario Bids Bon Voyage to the Space Shuttle

So you’re attending the final launch in the U.S. space shuttle program’s 30-year history. How would you document the moment? One guy whipped out his 3DS and AR cards and put Mario among those in attendance. Alberto Saldamando of El Mundo Tech covered the liftoff (writing for Piensa Digital), which he shot on a digital…

By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011

Mario Was Dead Before He Hit the NES

Before the cellophane came off your freshly shipped copy of 1985’s Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment Center, Mario was already one life in the hole. Twas unfortunate cover art that killed the plumber. How closely do you pay attention to your video game cover art? If you paid as much as Reddit user…

By Mike Fahey Published July 1, 2011

A Mario Made of Meat, A Luigi Made of Vegetables, Both Suitable for Framing

The beef and veggie Mario Brothers are now part of a well balanced meal thanks to artist Jason Fischer. Both tasty illustrations are now available as prints over at Kill Screen Magazine (Mario | Luigi). Eat up! >Mario Meat & Luigi Vegetables by Jason Fischer (Tumblr) (Twitter) Via: studiojfishart Need your daily fill of geek…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 30, 2011

So That’s What Happened To Mario and Pauline

At some point during his illustrious career Nintendo hero Mario swapped girlfriends, dumping Donkey Kong‘s Pauline for Super Mario‘s Princess Peach. How did that go? A little something like this. Mario and Princess Peach are one of video gaming’s premiere couples, but that wasn’t always the case. We often discuss the great success of Shigeru…

By Mike Fahey Published June 29, 2011

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The Horror of Nintendo’s White Knuckle Scorin

In 1991, before the company realised it was a good idea to pay closer attention to the shit it was licensing its name and characters for, Nintendo gave its blessing for the release of a CD called White Knuckle Scorin While the name and the cover art give faint hope that this might be a…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011

Watch Bowser and Sheik Kick a Man’s Ass (For Real)

The recent Anime North convention in Toronto, Canada, had its fair share of cosplayers. Nothing new there. So Yung Lee decided to go along, take his camera, and let people kick his ass. In character. While some of the characters on show here are obviously from anime, there are enough game cameos – like Zelda’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2011

When Mario & Metal Slug Become One

Mario and Metal Slug. They’re two of 2D gaming’s most wonderful franchises, and for these three shining moments, they become one. Mr.ラビット [pixiv, via Tiny Cartridge]

By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2011

The Story Behind Mario’s Name Change

Mario hasn’t always been known as Mario. Back in the day, one of his earlier names was Jumpman. The story of how the change came about is informative, if also a little sad, especially for poor Pauline. [via neatorama]

By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2011

1Up Your Food with These Mario Mushroom Shakers

Spotted at the Tokyo Toy Show, this Super Mario salt and pepper shaker set will be released in Japan this November for ¥712 (US$8.88). Porta sale e pepe di Super Mario – Ensky Salt’n Pepper al Tokyo Toy Show 2011 [Hobby Media]

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011

An Old Building Becomes a Battleground For Old Games

How exciting can you make a drab old apartment building in the Czech Republic look? Turns out, with some video game effects, pretty damn exciting. Pavel Novák made this video, called 8-bit invader, showing a building being turned into a retro video game extravaganza. It’s not an actual projection, as it’s all computer work, but…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2011

This is Why Mario’s Tanooki Suit Used to Fly, and Why it Doesn’t Anymore

As many of you know, the upcoming Super Mario game for the 3DS will be bringing back Mario’s iconic Tanooki suit, the raccoon-like outfit that allowed Mario fly in Super Mario Bros. 3. Though the suit has returned, its functions have changed. As it turns out, Mario will not be able to fly this time…

By Mike Epstein Published June 15, 2011

Nintendo’s Favorite and Least Favorite Screenshots

Nintendo has a habit of being especially uptight about the press’ use of imagery from E3. Nintendo sent a message along with the screenshots they distributed at the show, stating that the enclosed images were “prioritized”, and that magazines and blogs like ourselves should try to use the higher rated images if you had to…

By Mike Epstein Published June 15, 2011