#fanart
Jude Buffum's excellent piece for Giant Robot's "Water Works" exhibition in Los Angeles, CA from March 19th to April 13th. This will be a benefit for UNICEF and child victims of the earthquake in Japan. All profits will be donated. More »
Attendees of SXSW were privy to a trailer promising a more dramatic version of the tale of the brothers Mario. Now said trailer is online for all to see and we'd be remiss not to bring it to your attention. Joe Nicolosi's take on the Mushroom Kingdom is not only irresistible, it's pretty hilarious -- oh, and NSFW.
#video
Stripping the familiar 8-bit sound effects from Super Mario Bros. and replacing them with realistic "nextgen AAA sounds" makes for an unsettling, but awesome, audiovisual experience. You've never heard coins collected with this level of fidelity. Promise. More »
#video
Today in Japan, the 3DS got its first update. Much of the update is typical firmware stuff, fixing bugs and improving the network connection. But there was also a special treat included. More »
#speakuponkotaku
It's a musical edition of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku today, as commenter Harrier entertains us with more than 25 minutes of Mario piano music, played nonstop and without the aid of sheet music. More »
#mods
Long story short, this modder built a controller that, when plugged into a Nintendo Entertainment System, auto speedruns Super Mario Bros. in just a shade under 5 minutes. Naturally, commenters have shouted it down as a fake, but the Tool-Assisted Speedrun community is unanimous in calling the mod real. More »
#wii
Nintendo is cutting off your supply of the Wii version of Super Mario All-Stars, the limited edition collection of four NES era Super Mario Bros. games with a 16-bit makeover. But it's also giving you one last chance to buy it. More »
#toyfair
By the time I saw some Mario and Luigi Halloween costumes at Toy Fair in New York City today, I was done taking pictures of Mario merchandise. There's a lot of Mario stuff being made by a battalion of the world's toy-makers. Perhaps you've seen some of it. Around many corners at Toy Fair there was more Mario.... More »
#video
A plumber. Laying pipe. A lady in a pink dress, and oh, those mushrooms. Super Mario Bros. is not a dirty movie, but if it were, it'd probably look something like this, complete with obligatory Dr. Mario gag. More »
#art
Casey Fleser and his wife thought it would be cool to paint their son's room in a Super Mario Bros. theme. So they did. And the end result makes the word "theme" sell it a little short. More »
#mods
This looks a lot like the re-creation of World 1-1 in Half-Life 2 - it and Left 4 Dead use the same engine and toolkit, after all. But Left 4 Dead Super Mario Bros does include subterranean rooms. More »
#mario
Super Mario Bros. was first released in 1985. Back then, games weren't designed on computers, using fancy 3D models. They were designed on paper, by men who ate nails for breakfast and wrestled bears after supper. More »
Just in case the very existence of the 3DS wasn't enough to convince you that there would eventually be a traditional Super Mario game for it, Nintendo has made it official. In the company's latest Iwata Asks feature, Mario maestro Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game is indeed underway for 3DS -- that's in addition to the upcoming iterations of Mario Kart and Paper Mario for the new handhled. "In the interests of adopting new technology for the Super Mario Bros. tradition, I am now making a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo 3DS system," Miyamoto revealed.
"I want to show everyone as soon as possible what the new Super Mario Bros. will be like on the Nintendo 3DS," he added. We're going to go out on a limb and guess the new game will involve Mario and a daring royal rescue.
#oddities
Super Mario Bros. made the leap to the big screen, and that didn't work. What about the leap to ballet? One school in Brazil tested out Mario's twinkle toes. More »
#screengrab
Custom piranha plant scarf by An Enemy Airship, whose work we've featured before. Though this item is not available in her Etsy shop, she has supplied the pattern if you're a knitter. Seen via Hot Blooded Gaming More »
According to a tweet from director John Chu, Nintendo prohibited a 15-second clip of the Super Mario Bros. theme song from being used in an upcoming film adaptation of pop prince Justin Bieber's life, Crank 3Never Say Never. Chu seemed frustrated, but we understand why a company like Nintendo has to be so careful about how its flagship property is used. Also, our condolences to Justin Bieber, whom Nintendo apparently ranks just slightly below shampoo, cereal, slippers, piñatas, and, of course, this. Sleep well, buddy.
Hey, maybe Chu should have just used it without asking. ... What's that, Captain Lou? ... Oh, OK, never mind.
#3ds
While Hollywood and Nintendo haven't exactly hit it off (remember that Super Mario Bros. movie?), that doesn't mean Tinseltown is soured on Nintendo. It's totally excited about the 3DS. More »
#art
Super Mario Bros. has mushrooms that change your size, grant you extra lives, and even poison you. That's not enough fungus for deviant artist MyBurningEyes, so he came up with 120 new types of Mario mushrooms. More »
#clips
Jumping the flagpole in Super Mario Bros. is possible. This has been proven. Have you seen it on World 1-1, though? Well, thanks to this glitch, you will. [NSFW audio because this guy's nom de plume is 'Mother*crag*er Mike']. More »
#supermariobros
You don't have to like football to be impressed by Marshawn Lynch's incredible touchdown run for the Seattle Seahawks against the New Orleans Saints on Saturday. But if you appreciate the sounds of Super Mario Bros, it helps. More »
#art
Mario needs to swing that flashlight around right quick! Excellent character filled Super Mario Bros. illustration by Maicon Costa. View in High-Res HERE. More »
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