Posts with tag SuperMarioBros
Posted May 17th 2007 11:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff
NeoGAFfer Stumpokapow compiled this chart of Japanese
Mario sales throughout the series, and two things are
immediately obvious from looking at it:
- Mario sprites still look great! Seriously, yay Mario.
- New Super Mario Bros. is huge.
We knew that
NSMB was riding the combined influence of Nintendo nostalgia and Being On The Nintendo DS into sales Valhalla, but we didn't realize just
how successful it was. If Nintendo ever gets enough DS Lites into Japanese stores, we can almost guarantee that two-million copy gap between it and the original
Super Mario Bros. will disappear.
In other good news (in one blogger's opinion and pretty much no one else's),
Super Mario 64 is near the bottom of the list, providing evidence that 3D Mario was a failed experiment. This in no way means that
Super Mario RPG's position on the list is indicative of the quality of that game. That's, uh, completely different. Check after the break to see the full chart and to register your disgust about our treatment of
Mario 64.
Continue reading Super Mario Chart
Posted May 6th 2007 12:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff
This question mark block has extended its form into the fabled third dimension! This mysterious realm of
depth is unexplored by either 8-bit explorers or Perler bead artists. This bold scientific discovery promises to usher a new age for
Super Mario Bros. crafts!
Shown above, an artifact from the third dimension, looking very much like one of our own question mark blocks, but somehow composed of many two-dimensional blocks working in tandem to form a strange array of squares. These squares exist simultaneously in the normal two dimensions and in the newly-discovered third! This is a
hypersquare.
[Via Wonderland]
Posted May 2nd 2007 11:30AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff, Video
It got one guy on TV, at least, in Japan.
Super Mario Bros. has completely become a spectator event, and deservedly so-- check out this guy's virtuoso performance of the first stage (of the Famicom Mini version of
Super Mario Bros. played on a DS Lite). Sure, he wanders a bit, but that's only because
he's playing it without looking.
We're going to start training to perform this feat ourselves. And then we're going to practice our creepy vacant smile so we'll be ready for our big television debut. Check out the video after the break.
Continue reading Complete World 1-1 without looking, get on TV
Posted Apr 23rd 2007 11:00AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Fan stuff
As far as we're concerned,
Mario spends way too much time saving princesses,
racing karts, and partying with
minigames. Meanwhile, we've got leaky pipes, a shower with almost no water pressure, and no one around to fix them in sight. For a guy posing as a plumber, Mario doesn't devote much of his day to practicing his plumbing trade.
Extra Life's Scott Johnson,
bathroom gamer extraordinaire, devised an evil stratagem to put the lazy plumber back to work. Drawing upon the power of ancient gods whose names were long forgotten before our sun even birthed its first flames, he set off a chain of inescapable events that left Mario's visage and eternal soul trapped on a toilet seat lid. What once was an ordinary lavatory now serves as his dark prison.
Scott captured the sorcery on video, which you can watch past the post break. It's impressive to see that the only tools he used throughout the entire project were a Sharpie marker, a sheet of paper, and several demonic runes blessed by shadow priests of the underworld.
[Via Infendo]
Continue reading Super Toilet Seat Bros.
Posted Apr 20th 2007 10:00AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Homebrew, GBA, Features, Meta
All this week, the DS Fanboy staff is letting you in on a few of their favorite titles. Each day, a different member of the staff will present their personal top five DS games along with a snapshot of their gaming paraphernalia and habits, in an effort to provide our readers with a little more information on the tastes and personalities of our writers.
When my afternoons aren't busied by hours of photoshopping cat heads onto pictures of my friends, I pass the time with puzzlers and plumbers on my DS Lite. But those kitten-free days are few and far between, so I end up being able to only fit either the most polished or the most eccentric games into my packed schedule.
Wario: Master of Disguise? Sorry, I've got things to do and feline faces to retouch.
Lost in Blue 2? I'll have to pass -- I'm already lost in trying to get these whiskers to look perfect.
My collection is a mishmash of AAA titles and niche releases, their cases piled atop one another like a
Jenga stack of mismatched blocks, threatening to topple over at any moment. Just pulling a game from the middle of the shaky structure is an act preceded by hours of anxiety and self-doubt. Having my wife provide commentary during the ordeal, remarking "Oh god, it's going to crash this time for sure, I just know it. Why'd you even try, Eric?! Game over, man! Game over!" as I tug out my copy of
Advance Wars DS doesn't make the challenge any easier.
So when I do manage to put aside the pussycat photos and secure a game to play, it better damn well be worth it. Journey forth and read which of those titles have captured a place not only on my top five list, but in my heart.
Continue reading DS Fanboy Favorites: Eric's top five
Posted Apr 2nd 2007 3:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Fan stuff, Video
Of course, the
Mario theme has been done to death with a variety of instruments and without. But this is
Super Mario Bros. 2 and, upon hearing these fine kids rock it percussion style, we're forced to throw up the horns and bang our head with the best of them. Rock on young band folk, rock on!
Video, as usual, is embedded past the post break.
[via Infendo]
Continue reading Super Mario Bros. 2 theme done percussion style
Posted Feb 14th 2007 11:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video
Now, a couple of things should be noted before you head on past the post break and check the video out. For one, the individual in question does not use the original NES controller, opting out for the arcade joystick controller instead. Also, he does use a warp to zip past a few worlds. Still though, it's an impressive display of skill.
[Via The Last Boss]
Continue reading Guy destroys Super Mario Bros. with his feet
Posted Jan 24th 2007 1:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video
In one of the coolest school projects we've seen to date, some kids got together and came up with the following project for the
Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center's Building Virtual Worlds Show. That's a mouthful, yes, and the demonstration shown in the video, available past the post break as per usual, took place on December 6th. Punching blocks and smashing Goombas with our own two hands? Sign us up!
Continue reading Super Mario Bros. goes virtual reality
Posted Dec 11th 2006 8:00PM by Nikki Inderlied
Filed under: Fan stuff
It is no surprise when gamer kids get their gaming love from their parents. We are happy to see this happen and in fact encourage it. Especially when it stems from Mario Bros.
What started as a love for games back in the late 70's spanned to a family love for a certain plumber and his brother. This pair dress up as Mario and Luigi for Halloween each year and the kids room is nothing short of impressive. His mother and grandmother even helped out by supplying him Mario curtains and a comforter set. His walls show images of each game and painted as a border is Mario and a few items from his games.
There are a ton of pics to view of "Mario" in his room and a few of the family when they aren't displaying their fandom.
[Via QJ Net]
Posted Mar 7th 2006 11:11AM by Ludwig Kietzmann
Filed under: News, Fan stuff
Online everything-ever retailing giant,
Amazon, has posted what appears to be the final boxart of Mario and Luigi's latest and not remotely old adventure,
New Super Mario Bros. Depicting hapless Goombas thrown aside by the massive boots of Nintendo's portly plumber, along with a moderately-sized Luigi fleeing for his considerably less popular life, it's quite the enticing piece of art.
Also note that the game doesn't have an
ESRB rating yet. Judging by the cover's glorification of anti-mushroom violence, we're expecting a hard "M" for "Mature." Keep your children away from this
death stomping simulator starting this May.
[Thanks Bbasya!]
