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General Chat / This looks so beautiful.
« on: August 01, 2013, 09:37:23 PM »
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Game Blog / What if SMB was made in 2013?
« on: August 01, 2013, 09:22:03 PM »
YouTube user Deloix created a pretty awesome video that shows what he thinks a 2013 version of Super Mario Bros.'s World 1-2 would look like.
Check out the video here and also see his recreation from last year that took us through World 1-1!
Check out the video here and also see his recreation from last year that took us through World 1-1!
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Game Blog / Sequel to Super Mario RPG? Original director says...
« on: August 01, 2013, 01:13:31 PM »
Back in the mid-90's, Nintendo and Squaresoft formed a dream team that created Super Mario RPG, arguably one of the best Super Mario games ever. The director for that game, Yoshihiko Maekawa, is now on a new team called AlphaDream and works on the Mario & Luigi line of RPG games, most recently releasing Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Jason Schreier from Kotaku chatted with Mr. Maekawa and amongst questions about the new game, had a chance to sneak in one question about the potential of a sequel or remake of Super Mario RPG:
While it's a shame we'll never get to return to the world introduced by Super Mario RPG, I am still holding out hope for Geno to make an appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4!
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"Actually, I don't feel like I want to return to that world and use those characters in another game," Maekawa said through a translator. "I feel like I was able to accomplish what I wanted to with that world and those characters and the gameplay ideas that came out of those, and now I mostly feel like I want to make something different."
While it's a shame we'll never get to return to the world introduced by Super Mario RPG, I am still holding out hope for Geno to make an appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4!
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Game Blog / Play as Princess Peach in the new freeware game Sorry Mario Bros!
« on: July 31, 2013, 10:55:10 PM »
Wouldn't it be awesome if Nintendo game made a Super Mario Bros. style game, but let you be Princess Peach instead? Okay, sure, they got close with Super Princess Peach (which was fantastic in its own right), but if you ever wanted to see how Peach would escape King Koopa once she was in his clutches, then you'll want to check out Sorry Mario Bros!, a freeware game created by brothers Casey and Scott Goodrow, who founded their own indie game studio called "The Wild Eternal". In two weeks, the duo was able to completely recreate three of Super Mario Bros.'s original levels (I don't want to spoil which levels, but you'll be pleasantly surprised) with the ability to play as Princess Peach as she escapes Bowser's castle and heads back to her home in The Mushroom Kingdom. The reason she can suddenly free herself? Why, the ability to jump of course!
Princess takes action, utilizing her classic "float" ability from Super Mario Bros. 2 to soar past enemies, which in this version of the game you must avoid, lest you have points taken away from you. In addition to special "pink" coins, this game has plenty of little things going for it that make it a must play for any Mario fan, especially when you see what happens when you meet up with our favorite mustachioed turtle-stomper.
Download the game and read what inspired the developers to create it by clicking here!
Princess takes action, utilizing her classic "float" ability from Super Mario Bros. 2 to soar past enemies, which in this version of the game you must avoid, lest you have points taken away from you. In addition to special "pink" coins, this game has plenty of little things going for it that make it a must play for any Mario fan, especially when you see what happens when you meet up with our favorite mustachioed turtle-stomper.
Download the game and read what inspired the developers to create it by clicking here!
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Game Blog / K'NEX unveils new Super Mario building sets
« on: July 30, 2013, 04:52:22 PM »
K'NEX and Nintendo have already teamed up to bring us awesome Mario Kart Wii building sets, and today K'NEX announced that they are expanding their Super Mario product line to include figures and building sets inspired by New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario 3D Land, and New Super Mario Bros. 2. Along with entire sets such as "Bowser’s Castle" and "Ghost House", they are also releasing individual "Mystery Bags" which hold either Mario, Fire Mario, Luigi, Ice Luigi, Blue Yoshi, Yellow Yoshi, Blue Toad, Yellow Toad or Princess Peach.
Check out the press release, which includes pictures of the toys and a short video!
Check out the press release, which includes pictures of the toys and a short video!
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Game Blog / Pop Up Tee combines the Magic Kingdom and the Mushroom Kingdom
« on: July 30, 2013, 10:43:26 AM »
PopUpTee.com feature T-shirts that all take the iconic Walt Disney Pictures logo and transforms it to fit a different pop-culture themes. Today, they released a version that takes the logo to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Click here to see it and purchase your own!
Click here to see it and purchase your own!
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Game Blog / Takashi Iizuka wants Sonic: Lost World to appeal to Mario fans
« on: July 29, 2013, 08:52:09 PM »
Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka spoke with Nintendo Magazine UK and shared that he hoped their upcoming title Sonic: Lost World would appeal to platform gaming fans, especially those fans of Super Mario:
"Sonic started out as a platform title but, as we got to the more recent ones, it changed to be a more speed-based game. Recent fans will be familiar with that speed-based gaming, but with Lost World, we wanted to win back the platform fans. We don't just want old Sonic fans to come back, though: we want Mario players and other platform gamers to enjoy the new game, too."
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"Sonic started out as a platform title but, as we got to the more recent ones, it changed to be a more speed-based game. Recent fans will be familiar with that speed-based gaming, but with Lost World, we wanted to win back the platform fans. We don't just want old Sonic fans to come back, though: we want Mario players and other platform gamers to enjoy the new game, too."
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Game Blog / San Francisco's rail transportation system, Super Mario Bros. 3 style!
« on: July 29, 2013, 08:42:19 PM »
Reddit.com user joshing_uno spent the last few months recreating the San Francisco Bay Area's Rail Transportation (known as "BART" to locals) map in the style of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Check it out here!
Check it out here!
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Game Blog / Super Mario spotted on reality show Big Brother (US) 2013
« on: July 24, 2013, 10:24:52 PM »25
Game Blog / Some cool Super Mario cosplays from PAX Australia
« on: July 23, 2013, 09:23:29 PM »
Vooks.net gathered some awesome cosplay photos from PAX Australia this past weekend.
Check out Vooks.net's report and feel free to share pictures of any Super Mario cosplaying you do!
Check out Vooks.net's report and feel free to share pictures of any Super Mario cosplaying you do!
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Game Blog / Is Mario stuck in the past? Kotaku seems to think so!
« on: July 23, 2013, 09:18:27 PM »
Videogame megasite Kotaku.com put together a fun little video that brings to light a serious issue: Are Mario games going stale by sticking to closely to their original formula? Are the adventures that we once took for granted such as exploring the galaxy being replaced by same old backgrounds that only allow Mario go "left to right"? Personally, while I think the New Super Mario Bros. series has been a great way for younger generations to get started on Super Mario (and are also quite a bit of fun), I sincerely hope the Wii U gets a full-fledged and rightful successor to Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2.
Check out the video and let us know what you think!
Check out the video and let us know what you think!
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Game Blog / If M.C. Escher designed Donkey Kong, surely this would be the first level.
« on: July 23, 2013, 09:06:34 PM »
YouTube Channel AWE me has a thing for making cool 3D chalk art, and their latest theme is Donkey Kong with an M.C. Escher twist. While the video of them putting it together is cool, the best thing is seeing it put into motion at the end.
Check out the video: http://youtu.be/71A6Rk1XWE0
If you have any cool Mario videos or artwork you want to share, send it over to us or share it in the Fungi Forums!
Check out the video: http://youtu.be/71A6Rk1XWE0
If you have any cool Mario videos or artwork you want to share, send it over to us or share it in the Fungi Forums!
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Game Blog / GameForAReason sets up week long Mario Marathon to help young family
« on: July 23, 2013, 09:16:14 AM »
All week, GameForAReason will be playing through Super Mario games in order to raise money for the Rousseau family, whose father was in a serious car accident:
As not only a huge Mario fan, but a single father whose son would be devastated if something like this ever happened, I cannot stress how much I support this cause. As of this post, they are playing through one of my all-time favorite Mario games, Super Mario Sunshine.
If you can't donate, then I hope you'll take a few moments to check out their live webstream.
Geoff was involved in a serious car accident on July 18 on his way to work in which he sustained extensive injuries. He had a concussion, bleeding in the brain, 2 back fractures, a broken sternum and rib, and a heart contusion. Thankfully he will be alright, though it is anticipated that it will take a least 6 months for him to heal and return to work.
As not only a huge Mario fan, but a single father whose son would be devastated if something like this ever happened, I cannot stress how much I support this cause. As of this post, they are playing through one of my all-time favorite Mario games, Super Mario Sunshine.
If you can't donate, then I hope you'll take a few moments to check out their live webstream.
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Game Blog / All Night Nippon SMB is one of IGN's Top 10 Best Kept Famicom Secrets
« on: July 23, 2013, 09:07:31 AM »
The Famicom turned 30 in Japan last week, and how else should a website celebrate such an occasion than by having a Top 10 list? Well, IGN headed the call, and while I don't usually intend on sharing every website's top 10 list, this one struck me because it included a game that perhaps only a few know about; a game called All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
First of all, no, it's not some kinky Japanese version of Hotel Mario. Rather, it was an important occasion in Nintendo's history because it was one of the first and perhaps, only times, that they allowed a company to place their marketing and promotional materials right into the game itself. All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros played just like Super Mario Bros. (with some basic graphical updates from Japan's Super Mario Bros. 2) but was remade have the All Night Nippon theme. The Goombas and Piranha Plants have been replaced by bespectacled, big-headed creatures. Microphones replaced the mushrooms in the background, and the Fujisankei logo adorns the flag raised from the castle when Mario reaches a flagpole. (Fujisankei owns Nippon Broadcasting, which runs All Night Nippon.) A slightly bigger version of said logo also is in place of the axe that sits behind each Bowser. By far, the most interesting change is that the seven Mushroom Retainers and Princess Toadstool were replaced by people who are supposedly Japanese celebrities. There is nothing quite like it in America, and in Japan the contest was a success for both Nippon and Nintendo.
Yes, it's one of the more obscure titles in the Super Mario library, but we here at TMK always are proud when someone brings up those quirky little moments in Mario's long and storied history. Even if they are just product placements.
Check out IGN's Top 10 list that prompted this nostalgia wave.
First of all, no, it's not some kinky Japanese version of Hotel Mario. Rather, it was an important occasion in Nintendo's history because it was one of the first and perhaps, only times, that they allowed a company to place their marketing and promotional materials right into the game itself. All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros played just like Super Mario Bros. (with some basic graphical updates from Japan's Super Mario Bros. 2) but was remade have the All Night Nippon theme. The Goombas and Piranha Plants have been replaced by bespectacled, big-headed creatures. Microphones replaced the mushrooms in the background, and the Fujisankei logo adorns the flag raised from the castle when Mario reaches a flagpole. (Fujisankei owns Nippon Broadcasting, which runs All Night Nippon.) A slightly bigger version of said logo also is in place of the axe that sits behind each Bowser. By far, the most interesting change is that the seven Mushroom Retainers and Princess Toadstool were replaced by people who are supposedly Japanese celebrities. There is nothing quite like it in America, and in Japan the contest was a success for both Nippon and Nintendo.
Yes, it's one of the more obscure titles in the Super Mario library, but we here at TMK always are proud when someone brings up those quirky little moments in Mario's long and storied history. Even if they are just product placements.
Check out IGN's Top 10 list that prompted this nostalgia wave.
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Game Blog / Reminder: Dodge Game & Go Sweepstakes is open!
« on: July 23, 2013, 08:46:51 AM »
Nintendo's facebook page sent out a reminder for everyone today that Dodge & Nintendo are teaming up until August 19th to give away some awesome prizes. Daily, you can score yourself a chance to win two Nintendo 3DS games. Weekly, you could win a Nintendo 3DS and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. Ultimately, you could take home the grand prize of a Dodge vehicle plus a Wii U Deluxe Set system and games. How cool is that?!
Enter the contest now and good luck to everyone!
Enter the contest now and good luck to everyone!
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