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Report: New Mario Game, Online Wii Fit Plus For 2009
Nintendo will release Wii Fit Plus, recently trademarked in Japan, and a new Mario game later this year, both for the Wii, according to a report from Japan’s regularly reliable Nikkei newspaper. According to the report, the follow up to the 18 million unit selling Wii Fit will come with online functionality, allowing Wii Fit…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 30, 2009 -
Mario, Kirby Get Gory With 8-Bit Fatalities
Mario may have racked up billions of kills during his decades-long career, sending Goombas, Koopas and Bloopers to their deaths. But Mario’s not generally considered violent. Steven Lefcourt’s “8-Bit Fatalities” series may change that assumption. Lefcourt explores the gorier side of traditionally non-violent video game characters, including Pac-Man, Mario and Kirby, giving us a peek…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 5, 2009 -
How To Quit Your Game Development Job
Game developers – they always have to make a game out of everything, including quitting their job as a game developer for 2K Australia. Farbs will no longer be working for 2K Australia come June 5th, having resigned his position in order to work full time creating games like the most excellent ROM CHECK FAIL.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 28, 2009 -
Super Mario Chess Takes Battle For Peach To Boards
Regular chess not mustachioed enough for you? We’d think that USAopoly’s Super Mario Chess—totally Nintendo authorized, by the way—will fit the bill. It features no less than two mustaches! Toy retailer Entertainment Earth is now accepting pre-orders for the “Collector’s Edition” chess board, which is dripping with Mushroom Kingdom characters. The “most popular” Super Mario…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009 -
Now The Mushroom Kingdom Is In Russian Doll Form
The Matryoshka doll is the cake/custom action figure of 2009. Not the most obvious of pioneering creative avenues to pursue, true, but we can’t direct these artistic waves, only react to their flow. Where last week we saw the zombies of Left 4 Dead transformed into stackable little dollies, this week, it’s the inhabitants of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2009 -
Study Determines How Often The Princess Is Actually In Another Castle
The Princess is in another castle. The Princess is in another castle. GAH. Seems that stupid Toad says that every time you finish a level in Mario. But science shows he, in fact, doesn’t. No, it has now been proven – and this is proven by science, so it’s without refute! – that she is…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2009 -
What If Game Characters Were More “Real”?
Game characters are, by their very nature, unrealistic. But what if they were more real? Like, if Lara Croft was less athletic vixen, more, well, archaeologist? Let’s find out. Artist Tom Rhodes has come up with a series of paintings showing his own, personal take on many of the bigger names in gaming. We’ve got…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2009 -
Mario: The Board Game
Ever wondered what Mario would have looked like had Nintendo stuck to their background in making games out of paper and cardboard instead of going all electronic? Wonder. No. More. This is “Mushroom Kingdom”, by Ashley Buerkett. And no, it’s not really a game. It’s just an incredibly delicate, wonderful piece of papercraft. So you…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2009 -
Super Mafia Bros. 2
Ever wonder what the Mario games would be like if they were less like Mario and more like The Sopranos? Then maybe you should check out Super Mafia Land, an adorable Mario 2 tribute. Both presentation and controls are excellent considering it’s a free flash title, and after recent Mario dalliances with paper airplanes and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 16, 2009 -
Video Games’ Five Most Romantic Couples
It’s Valentine’s Day, the one day in the western world U.S. (sorry, forgot about you, Amsterdam) where it’s legal to pay for sex. So here’s a very NSFW video of gaming’s top five couples. Naturally, Mario and Peach (despite that affair with Sonic) are No. 1 – even if CitizenGame completely blew it by confusing…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 -
The World Is Ready For An $11,000 Diamond Mario Pendant
Who said economic times are tough? Not the makers of this Mario pendant, who somehow feel that a global recession is just the right time to be launching a diamond-encrusted Mario pendant worth around $11,000. It stands 4.5″ tall, and is coloured to match Mario’s distinctive overalls and hat. The frame is made of 10K…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009 -
Mario & Sonic To Meet Again, This Time In Canada
Fewer titles epitomise the gulf in potential and delivery on the Wii more than Mario & Sonic at the Olympics. I mean…Mario and Sonic? Together? With motion-sensing? How did this game end up rubbish? Who knows. All that matters is that it did. Though…actually, that not even that matters, since the game sold millions and…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 11, 2009 -
Your Mario-Themed Laptop Looks This Good…In Your Dreams
Reader Chris had his laptop laser-etched last night. He figured it’d look good with every level of Super Mario Land on the Game Boy laid out sequentially. He figured correctly. Chris writes: Last night I laser-etched the top of my Eee PC with the complete level maps of Super Mario Land ( on the Game…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2009 -
The Physics Of The Mushroom Kingdom Are Worthy Of Research
Glenn Elert is a physics teacher from Brooklyn. He and his students did a little research recently, and published a serious paper reporting their findings. How serious? Mushroom Kingdom serious. Yes, Ebert has wisely forgone teaching his kids about gravity the boring/realistic way, and instead decided to chart the gravity in the Mushroom Kingdom. So…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 17, 2009 -
Dr McNinja’s Super Mario Bros. T-Shirt
Chris Hastings is the man behind the internet’s premier medical/ninjitsu soap opera, Dr McNinja. And you know what? He’s also the man behind this reasonably badass Mario Bros. shirt. It’s called Warrior Plumbers, and…well…you see what it does. It’s $19.75 plus shipping, but by the time you read this, they’ll probably all be gone. Sorry!…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2009 -
Build Your Own Profanity-Filled Mario Level
Retro Sabotage, back at it. Their latest work? This create-a-Mario tool, which allows you to customise a few lines of text that appear in-game as giant banners. Made of coins. So you can fill in your name, your mum’s name, a season’s greeting, whatever tickles your fancy. Your imagination’s the limit! Golden Words [Retro Sabotage]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 9, 2009