Provided you can ignore the discomforting sing-along soundtrack that kicks in around 29 seconds, this video is more than capable of eating up a few minutes of your day. It shows Mario (then many Marios) being controlled by some sort of hand movement recognition technology. Think Sony EyeToy, but, somehow, more gimmicky. Wow that reminds me of LittleBigPlanet, a game I’m actually looking… → Read More
http://update.videoegg.com/flash/proxy.swf?jsver=1.4 “You could transplant the head of Josef Goebbels on the body of a preying mantis and it would still compare favorably to Mario Sunshine.” Good lord. I’m home among my people. Zero Punctuation: Super Mario Galaxy [Escapist] → Read More
I can only guess that when Super Mario eats too much pizza, his dreams look more like this than Super Mario Bros. 2. I don’t know what’s going on here, but it gets better and better as it goes on. I really want to play this game. It’s times like this I wish I’d payed better attention in Japanese class, but it has something to do with Syobon Action. → Read More
This Mario Christmas stocking reminds me of a Leonardo one I had as a youngster. I used to get quality toys in that stocking, too, like X-Men action figures and X-Men action figure accessories. Created by Greg, a certain loyal Kotaku reader (who isn’t one?), it depicts our favorite plumber in a Kuribo’s Shoe, an exceedingly rare power-up from Super Mario Bros. 3. It seems to me that I… → Read More
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x3sq7a&related=0 Joel likes to think of these sorts of things as hobbies, which I’m inclined to agree with in regards to LEGOs but this is too much. I prefer this video anyway. → Read More
Come back with me to a simpler time. It was twenty years ago, I was about 12, and the coolest stuff I owned was a huge set of G.I. Joe figures and, as I recall, an NES. I was late to the video game party mostly because I used my Atari 800XL a lot at the time and I recall getting the Bridgelayer vehicle and, that year, a few NES games. I could spend hours setting up my guys in battle formation and… → Read More
"It’s me…Mario!" That’s Charles Martinet talking. Upon first glance, I noticed that this clip is damn near 10 minutes long and thought that it might drag on and on but it’s actually got some pretty interesting factoids and tidbits about how game development and video game voice-overs work. WiiWii interviews Charles Martinet, voice of Mario, Nintendo [YouTube] via… → Read More
http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=27021 Four new Super Mario Galaxy commercials. The game will be available stateside on November 12th. More after the jump. → Read More
The year 1988 brought forth two things noteworthy: Mario and floppy disks. Combine the two with some spare time and you get the above result. 1.44MB of fury baby! Mario Made from Floppy Discs [Kotaku] → Read More
Howsabout a little mini golf before your mid-morning accounts receivable meeting? These remote controlled Mario and Luigi figurines would be great for just that. At $25 each, they’re not exactly cheap given that "frustration may ensue when trying for the perfect putt" but can you really put a price on the nostalgia-meets-mini-golf craze that’s about to sweep the nation? The… → Read More
Yesterday, I managed to muster enough strength to drag myself to SEGA’s Winter Wonderland event at the Royalton Hotel in Manhattan. Upon arriving at the Penthouse floor, I saw a few LCD screens setup, all with Xbox 360s or Nintendo Wiis – not one PS3. There were only seven to 10 games total to see and all the coolest ones were under embargo, so the event was pretty lame. → Read More
I bet the ink gun sounded like this: Doo da doo da do do Doo da doo da do do Doo da doo da do do do do do do dododododododo da da da doo. (Hint: 1-2) Remember kiddo, it’s on there forever. Your grandkids with the PS9 are going to bust on you. Official Site [Sam M.] → Read More
Now, friends, we’re playing with power. Who here remembers this old school Nintendo commercial, complete with R.O.B. and the real light gun, not this Zapper nonsense? I don’t, per se, because I was about 2-yeard-old at the time, but the point remains: video game commercials used to be so cheesily magnificent it’s a shame what they’ve become. Shall we? → Read More
Meet Mario. He’s a plumber who picks up random coins he finds and sits around all day taking mushrooms and picking fights with some dude named Bowser. That Mario can be sort of a deadbeat. This Mario can be very delicious. You see, he’s a Mario made out of individual cupcake squares with flavored frosting. He is delicious (and certainly not nutritious), just the way we like him. It… → Read More
Die pasta boy The original Mario games were fun, but when Mario died, it was a static event. He always just jumped up in the air with a forlorn face and was whisked away off screen. When Super Mario 64 came out for Nintendo 64 however, we were able to witness the death of a plumber over and over again in multiple forms of torture. Whether it was fireballs, drowning, or falling off a cliff, nothing… → Read More
It’s easy with games to complain that there are few original ideas; everything just seems to be a rehash of the same old titles we’ve been playing for years. But then sometimes an old game re-envisioned for a new platform is more original than anything else out there. And sometimes a retelling of an old classic seems more innovative than everything else we’re seeing. While we can’t explain… → Read More
I’m trying to like the Wii. I tried my hardest to love Super Paper Mario. But this image essentially sums up my opinion of the game, the platform, and the other games available, including Zelda. Please, Nintendo. Please. Stop it. Treat me like I have a brain. I’m so tired of “whimsical” being equated to “mythic” and “classic characters” becoming an… → Read More
http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=19748 The PS3 may be getting a slew of new titles this summer, but I’ll still be playing my Wii because of games like Mario Strikers Charged. I know actual gameplay looks nothing like the trailer, but when the opposition pulls a “Mega Strike” and the ball splits into five separate balls and you’re taking a premature dump in your pants because… → Read More
After we saw the Hardest Mario Level Ever we were fascinated and/or in awe. BoingBoing uncovered a walk through of the level along with three other hard levels and then uncovered that this is actually tool-assisted, which means someone basically slowed down the level to a crawl and bonked around like VV on ketamine. Feh. I moved the video under the jump because it seems to be auto-starting. → Read More
This week’s episode of E! True Hollywood Story focuses on our favorite ‘Player 2’, Luigi. The Segali Brothers started out as simple plumbers and made their way to Hollywood to hit it big. Sadly, Mario’s super stardom leads Luigi down a very dark and lonely path, where his Fire Flower addiction, life of crime and allegations of punching kittens in the throat almost bring about his utter… → Read More
<div class="center" OMG, OMG, OMG!!! Poor Mario couldn’t control his mushroom addiction and he goes on a drug induced rampage through Brooklyn and…I can’t, it’s too painful. This is what happens when you’re on your last life and the drugs take over. Don’t do drugs, kids. → Read More
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6204903272262158881&hl=en Apparently this came from a Chinese site and shows one of the hardest custom Mario levels ever. However, the best part is the voice-over by RubixsQube, who considers his work “performance art.” Turn down your speakers — NSFW. via BoingBoing → Read More
This is so cool. It’s great to see the Apple TV is a full-bore mini-PC with some amazing power under the hood. If I didn’t love my the Apple TV on its own so much I’d tear it down and make it a Nintendo 64 in a second. via Giz → Read More
http://gamevideos.com:80/swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://gamevideos.com:80/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D9890%26ordinal%3D1173393229698%26adPlay%3Dfalse Galaxy is a little aged by now but it still looks hot. I still feel a little funny over Paper Mario, though, like my pants are too tight. → Read More
Keeping with the spirit of my weekly Mario posts, here is a GooTube video of the man who gives Mario and other Nintendo characters their voices. Charles Martinet also does the voices of Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and Toadsworth, according to his Wikipedia profile. Although his landmark game was Super Mario 64, I’ll always have Mario’s “Let’s Go!” phrase drilled into my… → Read More
At $17, the Super Mario Bros. Rubik’s cube is a good companion to those Mario-themed stress relievers I posted about last week. After all, if you ever become frustrated with a puzzle cube, you can just go over and squeeze on some soft foam! The six sides of the cube feature Mario, Luigi, Goomba, Bowser, Koopa Troopa, and the Question Mark block. Why Princess Toadstool, Yoshi and Toad all… → Read More
As a child, nothing frustrated me more than trying to find the negative worlds in the original Super Mario Brothers game for the NES. I just couldn’t get the technique with the blocks and the ducking and the jumping right. Sigh … all those sleepless nights. However, If I had these Mario-themed foam stress relievers, perhaps I would have turned out more well-adjusted. Available for $8… → Read More
While Communism may be a relegated to the dustbin of history, as this video shows, Eastern Europeans with little to do still walk among us. Click through to see the full collection of crazy Mario theme songs replayed on odd instruments. Super Mario Brothers Theme Song – Homemade Versions [FanTent via BoingBoing] → Read More
Another day, another plot to blow airplanes out of the sky. That’s why we had such a nice time looking at these charming walking Nintendo figurines. Sure, they use a wired controller – but it’s the retro Famicom controller! – and they cost $30, but what better way to while away the hours between terror alerts than by moving Toad and Fire Mario back and forth, back and… → Read More
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