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Nintendo Chief: Mario Is Part Of Gamers’ DNA
The line of games that started with Super Mario Bros and extends to this week’s New Super Mario Bros. 2 have an unusual, innate appeal, according to the president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata. “Sidescrolling Mario has a special existence in that it really is part of the fundamental DNA of gamers,” a cheerful Iwata said…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2012 -
Super Mario Bros. As a Hole in a Miniature Golf Course
From afar, I thought I was seeing a Minecraft-inspired hole of miniature golf. Closer, I thought the inspiration may have been 3D Dot Game Heroes. No, the mini-golf hole made by a gentleman named Aaron Williamson was based on Super Mario Bros. The hole is part of an arcade-themed mini-golf course on New York City’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 13, 2012 -
The Best Super Mario Surprise Ever Made
Some of the most beautiful things in video games, as my colleague Patricia Hernandez noted on Friday, are the mistakes, the glitches. Some of the best surprises, however, are the ones game developers intentionally hid for us somewhere in the forests of the games we play. These delights are planted along the path to please…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 13, 2012 -
With a Mario Marriage Proposal This Super, How Could He Say No?
“Will you be my player two?” More beautiful words between two gamers have never been spoken. Offbeat Bride tribesmaid Kaharaminttu raised the phrase to new levels of sweetness with this creative coin box proposal to her husband-to-be. When Kaharaminttu’s “mancreature” told her that he felt it was silly that society always expected the man to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Mario’s Ghosts Just Can’t Handle the Real Thing
In the colorful world of Nintendo’s Mario franchise even the tortured spirits of the undead are cute and cuddly. Let’s see how they react to a real restless torture spirit. Well that didn’t go well. This is why you never hire someone supremely overqualified for the position. They’ll do the job so well it never…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2012 -
The 120 Stars of Super Mario 64
deviantART artist kitsovereign created an awesome montage of the 120 stars of Super Mario 64. Meaning each star mission, represented visually here. After making its rounds on the Internet, this Reddit user decided to partition and categorize them by mission. For ultimate nerdiness. And factiness. Check them out down below. Don’t forget to expand both…
By Tina Amini Published July 6, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Bowser is a Horrible Father
When I was a kid my dad would pick me up to spend the weekend at the house of whichever girlfriend he was living with at the time. It wasn’t pleasant, but at least he didn’t make me guard the airship from Mario. Super Mario Bros. 3 is a legendary game, but it didn’t do…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012 -
Money-Grubbing New Super Mario Bros. 2 is Looking Better and… Distinct
There are so many of these New Super Mario Bros. games. Two out already on DS and Wii. Two more coming this year, for 3DS and Wii U. They all look more similar than, say, Super Mario Bros. 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3 did, but a new trailer for August 19’s New Super Mario…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2012 -
Sex and the City‘s Samantha Gets Turned On By Mario’s Raccoon Suit
Now, I know that Samantha gets turned on by most things. But all the same, this one’s pretty funny. In a departure for Nintendo’s usually family-friendly celebrity spokespeople, a new British ad for Super Mario 3D Land features Sex and the City‘s friskiest character talking about her predilection for men who play dress-up. “I go…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2012 -
Hallelujah! New Super Mario Bros. U Coming to Wii U
You won’t have to wait for Nintendo’s most famous character to show up on its next home console. Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that a new Mario title New Super Mario Bros. U will be a showcase title on the Wii U. Gameplay will offer multiplayer options with both Wii remotes and the gamepad…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
The Sorry State of Mario & Sonic, Gaming’s Worst Team-Up
If Darth Vader and Captain Kirk ever meet, I hope they will not do so while ice-skating. When Optimus Prime finally crosses paths with Harry Potter, I trust they will not spend their first hour together bowling. Since 2007, Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario the plumber have co-headlined three video games. That’s not as…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2012 -
Winning Mario Party 9 by Doing Absolutely Nothing
How hard is it to win Mario Party 9 against computer opponents? If you set the AI difficulty to easy, you don’t even need to touch the controller. This video might be a month and a half old, but I’ve been watching it and laughing all morning, so I’d say that’s worth something. YouTube user…
By Mike Fahey Published April 23, 2012 -
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Hits 3DSes This August
A new side-scrolling Super Mario Bros. game called New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be released for the Nintendo 3DS this August, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced today in Japan. The game is a follow-up to the Nintendo DS mega-hit New Super Mario Bros. as well as New Super Mario Bros. Wii, both of which…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2012 -
Guy Wants $26k To Build All Of Mario Level 1-1 In Legos
A crazy maniac budding entrepreneur is looking to Kickstarter to raise $26,400 so he can buy a whole bunch of Lego bricks With those Lego bricks, the Portland, Oregon-based Zachary Pollock hopes to recreate level 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. in its entirety. The whole thing. Pollock estimates that the whole project will take “780,000…
By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Bringing New Wii U Pikmin and Mario to E3 [Update]
With Nintendo expected to make a big push with its next generation hardware at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto tells Spanish publication El Mundo that his plumber pal and plant lackeys will be there in full force. Fans anxiously awaiting a new entry Miyamoto’s quirky strategy series Pikmin look…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012 -
Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: The Hunger Games Versus Mario Teaches Typing?
This one was just too easy. I mean, who hasn’t imagined the characters from Suzanne Collins’ young adult novels interacting with the disembodied Mario head of Mario Teaches Typing 2? Fan fiction author Pantsamander wrote this story back in 2010, so let’s dismiss the idea that this is a shameless ploy to cash-in on two…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Toad is a Lying, Cheating Bastard
Toad was supposed to be Mario’s friend, right? Then why doesn’t he just give Mario what he needs instead of making him play his twisted games? Seriously, Mario is on a quest to rescue the princess, Toad has boxes filled with power-ups, and Mario only gets to pick one? I mean, I guess that works…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012 -
How Drawing Comics Helped Shigeru Miyamoto Make Great Mario Games
Stories of how Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto draws inspiration for game design from his everyday life have become beloved bits of video game mythology. The Legend of Zelda sprang from his experiences playing outside in caves as a child, his family’s pet canine sparked the idea for Nintendogs and so on. But the principles that…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 13, 2012 -
Hunger Games Stud Can’t Shake Off the Super Mario Theme
At the end of a nearly 13 minute interview, Peter Travers, the eminent film critic from Rolling Stone asks Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta in current box office smash The Hunger Games to sing the song currently on his mind. OK, Hutcherson says, just one problem: The song has no lyrics. For some reason, the…
By Owen Good Published March 29, 2012
