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Mini Marios March On Washington

Nintendo gears up for this Sunday’s release of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem for the Nintendo DS with some breaking news out of North Bend, Washington. The latest installment of the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong series arrives this weekend, because Sunday release dates belong to Nintendo. Donkey Kong is in the line outside Mario’s…

By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2010

Japan’s Club Nintendo Joins Club Stingy

In years past, Club Nintendo gave loyal Japanese members a whole host of awesome prizes. This year, Club Nintendo won’t. This year’s “Platinum Member” prizes are so lame. This year, Nintendo is offering either a handkerchief set, a button set or a calendar as part of its “rewards”. For comparison’s sake, let’s review highlights of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 9, 2010

Which Mario Game Is His Creator’s Favourite?

Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario, having some part in most of the plumber’s games to date. But after nearly thirty years of Mario, then, do you ever wonder which game is Miyamoto’s favourite? It’s not Mario 64. Not Mario Galaxy, either, and it’s certainly not the original Super Mario Bros. Instead, it’s 1990’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 9, 2010

Mario Gets Serious Street Cred In Spain

Proud Italian plumber/princess savior Mario gets super excited at the christening of Avenida de Super Mario Bros, the first street to officially bear his name. The Spanish suburb of Zaragoza also has plans for streets named after Space Invaders, Sonic and Zelda. [CNN]

By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010

The Choicest Cuts Of Bowser, Ganon, Yoshi & Chocobo

What’s the sweetest meat of Mario’s eternal rival, Bowser? Artist Jude Buffum breaks down the choicest cuts of Nintendo villains Bowser, Ganon, Blooper and more in a new series of meat diagrams that video game butchers would swear by. Buffum answers the questions we never really wanted answers to, like “What’s the best way to…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010

Steamboat Mario Bros.

I like Paper Mario’s stylised ake on the Mushroom Kingdom, but I’d like this one even more. By belldandies, as seen on Rampaged Reality

By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2010

Club Mario Makes Us Want To Forget The 1990s

It’s easy to forget these days with Nintendo trying so hard to look all adult and stylish, but in the early 1990s, the company was anything but. Allow this montage of footage from Club Mario (a short “comedy” section of the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) serve as a reminder that not only did…

By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2010

Hands On With A Mario Halloween Jumpsuit

It’s a-me, Brian Ashcraft. And I’m checking out the “Deluxe Super Mario” Halloween costume. This isn’t the regular one Super Mario costume. Oh no, it’s the deluxe one. The costume even has the Nintendo Seal of Approval. Nintendo approves!

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2010

The Right Hand Of Mushroom

By Mister Hipp

By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2010

Mushroom Kingdom Gothic

As seen on TShirtLaundry, via Gamefreaks

By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2010

Which Game Series Should Go 3D?

3D televisions are expected to proliferate. More 3D TVs means more and more 3D games. Japanese research firm goo Ranking (via What Japan Thinks) polled folks in Japan regarding which game series they wanted to play on a 3D TV. The survey sample was mostly female (68.2 percent) and ranged from teenagers to senior citizens…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2010

The Princess Is In Another Castle… Feasting On The Flesh Of The Living

A zombie Princess Peach? Anyone would think Halloween was right around the corner. By Luke Denby, thanks Glob!

By Luke Plunkett Published October 25, 2010

Mario And Luigi Sitting On A Surfboard, Eating Popcorn

As seen by me. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2010

A Different Sort Of Card-Based Gaming

Flickr user Dr. Von Krakenstein finds a novel new use for Magic: The Gathering cards, using basic land to create this pixelated Link, along with a nifty Mario and a passable Companion Cube. Dr. Von Krakenstein’s alter-ego Jose Armallis fuses two geek passions into three card-based works of art. In a way it’s a metaphor…

By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010

Aren’t You A Little Short For A Plumber?

It’s quite literally the best of both worlds. As seen on looks like Yoda Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2010

Twelve Old Games, Fifteen Thousand Bucks

Let’s say you had a little over US$15,000. And let’s say you were in Tokyo. What would you do? Chris Kohler over at Wired.com recently put together a list of a dozen incredibly rare games on sale in Japan. There are only a couple hundred copies of some of these games, hence the insane prices…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2010

A Celebration Of Low-Resolution Game Heroes

Deciding to see how minimalist he could get before iconic video game characters became unrecognisable, artist Alexander Shen limited himself to a 5×5 pixel block. As you can see, even at such low resolution, you can still pick ’em. Street Fighter, Mario, Sonic, they all shine through (though at first glance I’ll admit I thought…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2010

Mario Kart? No, Mario Celebrates A Race

As seen during the Malaysian Grand Prix by はちま起稿

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2010

Now You Can Be The Third, Taller Mario Brother

Reader JC has a design up for voting on T-shirt site Threadless, and we think it’s one worth voting for. Unless you hate plumbers. And who hates plumbers? Anyone can be a plumber in this shirt, which makes us wish Threadless was a store that also specialised in caps and hallucinogenic mushrooms. In case you…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2010

Club Nintendo Of America Comes Through For Fans

The previously coveted Japanese folding fans—sensu, they call ’em in Japan—offered by Club Nintendo overseas are coming to North America, courtesy of Club Nintendo of America. How much will cost to experience this raw, manual cooling power? Just 300 coins for Club Nintendo members, a pittance for a fan that has Bloopers printed on it.…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 7, 2010