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Super Mario World: The Kotaku Review
Super Mario World, which is a game about a plumber riding a dinosaur, is filled with rules that make absolutely no sense. For example, if you — and by “you” I mean the character you inhabit, Mario the plumber — jump on something dangerous, it will kill you, unless you are big, or wearing a costume, or riding a dinosaur.
It’s Called Hipster Mario. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of It.
Artist Sam Milham, attempting his own swing at the whole “video game characters as hipsters” thing, knocks it out of the park with a range of Mario characters so well realised you’ll probably never want to play another Nintendo game in your life. Some are nice and messy, but man, that Bowser is just perfect.
Dammit, Mario, Can’t You Let Luigi Have His Moment Of Glory?
Japan is getting a very pretty Luigi 3DS XL handheld later this year. It has little green Luigis all over it, and a special logo for his 30th anniversary, riffing on the Super Mario Bros 25th anniversary logo we saw a few years back. But wait, what’s that? In the top-right corner, as spotted by Tiny Cartridge?
A Look At The Political Situation In The Mario Universe
Have you ever considered the political situation in the Mario universe? Over at the Slate Quora blogs, Domhnall O’Huigin dives into the question, concluding that the universe is in a “ever-ending condition of war within and war without, fraught and constantly changing as one faction or another vies for control.”
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