Super Mario

One Backpack, Two Super Mario Levels

When you play video games as an adult, you have a lot of moments when you find yourself wishing you could be a kid again. Like this morning, when I came across a reversible Super Mario-themed backpack I would have worn until the straps fell off and my teacher asked me: “Shouldn’t you have graduated…

Peach and Link… They’ve Changed

They’ve changed so much that it even inspired someone to draw the perfect fan-art of it. Meet Petch and Lonk: Iguanamouth [Tumblr] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

When not busy with Heroes of the Storm, artist Luke Mancini draws wild fan-art, like this cartoony one with Super Mario, Peach, and Yoshi, who transformed into a beast. Or he’s Bowser’s hand, as you can see in the full picture: Maario by Mr—Jack [DeviantART, Gamers for Good] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs…

An Amazing Glitch That Makes Super Mario World Way Easier

Ever heard of the “cloud glitch” in Super Mario World? It’s a technique that allows you to spawn a usable Lakitu cloud in your item box, which you can then use to speed through the game. Heck, the glitch even allows you to skip some of the animations in the final Bowser fight, peculiarly enough.…

Bowser Gets His Own Converse Sneakers In Japan

Converse will launch two new Super Mario-themed sneakers for no less than ¥20,000 (roughly $200) in late August in Japan, with Bowser and Mario on them. The stars in Super Mario games match Converse’s ‘All Star’ brand after all. They’re a follow-up to a black-and-white series, released back in 2012, this time the design is…

With all the clone characters, like Metal Mario or Pink Gold Peach, introduced in Mario Kart 8, DeviantART artist TheBourgyMan played with the idea of what a future Mario Kart would look like if Nintendo stayed on this path. Well, I hope we don’t have to wait 9 more games for Grandpa Mario. Someday in…

Eating Mushrooms Would Have Horrible Effects On Mario In Real Life

Pete Holmes‘ latest clip puts poor Mario into the painful situation we all probably joked about before: Filling yourself with mushrooms in a realistic Mushroom Kingdom would have different effects, and it would be a nightmare. Scroll to the 44 second mark for the worst part of his trip. It’s brutal. Realistic Mario: Mushrooms [Pete…

Someone Beat Super Mario 64 In Record Time

120 stars, all collected in under two hours—1:43:54, to be exact. The time is a new world record, and you can watch speedrunner Siglemic collect it with a mesmerizing efficiency here. Siglemic is playing the Japanese version of the game because it “has a 2.7 second advantage,” according his Twitch page. And in case you’re…

​Not the Fastest Super Mario Bros. 3 Speedrun. Surely the Prettiest.

Nintendo just release their classic platformer Super Mario Bros 3 for Wii U and 3DS yesterday. The NES classic probably looks great on the company’s current hardware. Good for them. But SMB3 looks utterly amazing in this 4K resolution tool-assisted speedrun posted on YouTube. A/V specialist Andy Dick creates insanely upscaled versions of old games…

Keep it up Luigi, you don’t wanna fall behind. Here’s a superb animation from Slamschultz made for National Sibling Day, featuring the greatest brothers in video game history. Slamschultz [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us…

Super Mario Risk board game concept by Luis Huertas

Guy Beats Super Mario Bros. With The Lowest Score Possible

It’s always amazing to see people take a game, turn it inside out and bend it to their whims. Mario is no different, particularly when it’s beaten with the lowest score possible. In a heart-stopping run—allegedly performed with no tool assistance—YouTube user NotEntirelySure clears Super Mario Bros. with the lowest score possible: 500 points. A…

The Best Nintendo Stuff We Saw at Toy Fair

Every year, it seems like more and high-end merch from Nintendo lands on the shelves of Toy Fair. Once again, Kotaku hit the annual trade show in New York City and, this year, we might have seen some of the most beautiful sculpted versions of the company’s characters yet. Look at these figures of Link…

Mario Gets Angry, Goes on a Rampage Across Gaming History

Seeing poor Mario like this, as an angry anti-hero, going against other famous video game protagonists, is a really weird concept. Sebastian von Buchwald, an artist on DeviantART created a pretty big gallery around this idea, featuring some rather unconventional fights. So here’s a really upset Mario, and video game characters from all points of…

The Most Popular App On iTunes Is An Impossible, Ad-Riddled Mess

Flappy Bird is a game in which players tap the screen to make the titular Nintendo sprite conversion navigate a series of familiar pipe obstacles. It’s sloppy, frustratingly difficult and covered with in-game ads. It’s also the most popular free app download on iTunes. What gives? That’s the question being asked by Joseph Bernstein, who…

Mario & Co. in Wonderland, which is a bit darker than the Mushroom Kingdom. And the best part of DeviantART user SkribbliX’s fan art? No, not the edgy princess or the evil Goombas, but the Donatello Koopa! Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

2013 is slowly coming to an end, which means video game characters can finally enjoy their holiday feast, thanks to creator AnimatorAR’s vision of it… even if it’s tiny and made of plastic. Bonus points for finding the Portal Turret in the photo. Oh and why isn’t poor Luigi sitting on a throne? It was…

No Cat Should Be Without A Mario Warp Pipe Climbing Box

Cat Mario, meet Mario cat. Redditor Collinferal had a friend with a bored cat. With $140 in materials and his carpentry skills, he made her a magnificent Mario-themed toy that will keep said cat occupied for minutes. As the owner of two cats, I am constantly looking for ways to keep my feline friends from…

Super Mario 64 As A Glitchy Nightmare

I’ve played Super Mario 64 before. Maybe you have too—but you’ve probably never played it as a horrific corrupted hellscape, like it appears in this glitch run of the game by vinesauce. I like to imagine this is what Mario might’ve been like if the development team was on shrooms, though. [Vinesauce] Vinny – Mario…

Fresh Prince + Super Mario 3D World = This song by BotanicSage. An unlikely mix, but it works!