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Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia

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In 2015 when our fave plumber, Mario, celebrated the 30th anniversary of his Super Mario Bros. game, an epic book was released in Japan to coincide with this momentous occasion. The Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros., also known as Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: Nintendo Official Guide Book was available to lucky Japanese gamers all the way back in October 2015.

Just like the good (Ed: or bad!) old days where we would wait two years for a western release of awesome Japanese gear, the wait is (almost) over! The Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia will be available (in Europe and North America) in June this year via Book Depository.

We can’t wait to wrap our hands around this tome!

image source: mariowiki

 

Mario Question Block Surprise Cake – Nerdy Nummies

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Rosanna Pansino makes an awesome Mario Question Block Surprise Cake full of gold coins in this episode of Nerdy Nummies – yum!

Source: Rosanna Pansino via Laughing Squid

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Mario Propaganda Posters

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LA-based graphic artist and web designer Fernando Reza of Fro Designs has just released 8 new posters in his Mario propaganda poster series, see them all on the Fro Designs website.

Source: Fro Design Company via Laughing Squid

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LEGO Piranha Plant Kinetic Sculpture

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Jason Allemann has made an amazing working LEGO Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros.

“The model features some interesting mechanics in order to get the plant’s mouth to open and close as it is raised and lowered in the pipe. In this video I explain how it all works. More information can be found on my website”


Source: JK Brickworks via Technabob

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Super Mario Ping Pong

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Roommates Kal Fadem and Warren Strickler were playing ping pong back in 2009 and by amazing coincidence they hit a series of shots that sounded just like the beginning of the Super Mario Bros. theme ‘Da-da-da-da-da-da — dum’ – wow, check it out!


Source: Fadem12 on YouTube via Laughing Squid

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Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Paper Video Games

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In this clever stop motion animated video by MysteryGuitarMan (a.k.a. Joe Penna), classic video games (Asteroids, Flappy Bird, Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario Kart, Pac-Man and Pokemon to be precise) are recreated using printed or projected stock footage – very impressive and very cute!

Also by MysteryGuitarMan:
Stop Motion Mario

Stuck in a Video Game

Source: MysteryGuitarMan via Laughing Squid

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Catastrophic Creations: Mario Cat Complex 2.0

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If you and your cat love retrogaming, look no further than the Mario Cat Complex 2.0 by Catastrophic Creations. We don’t have any cats, but we’re tempted to buy one anyway because they’re just so cool!

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MB1We hope you have a big house because they also make an amazing Pac-Man Cat Complex.

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PM2Here’s where it all started, the Indiana Jones Cat Bridge.

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IJ1Sadly the Chain Chomp Cat Bed is no longer for sale, but we can still admire its simple brilliance.

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Source: Catastrophic Creations via Laughing Squid
Image source: Catastrophic Creations

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Martin Scorsese’s Mario By ADHD

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featuredADHD have done it again with another hilarious video. This time they show us what it would be like if Martin Scorsese directed a Goodfellas-style Super Mario Bros. film – would watch! (Warning: slightly NSFW).


Video source: Animation Domination High-Def on YouTube

Source: Via Laughing Squid

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Video: Miyamoto On How World 1-1 Was Made

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In this adorable and fascinating video from Eurogamer, Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka explain (with much enthusiasm) how Super Mario Bros.World 1-1 was made.


Video source: Eurogamer on YouTube

Source: Eurogamer via Laughing Squid

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New Super Mario Bros. Speedrun World Record

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On 18 October 2015, US speedrunner darbian set a new Super Mario Bros. speedrun world record of 4:57.627. The run was completed on a NES (not an emulator) and only took 6,607 tries!


Video source: darbian on YouTube

Source: darbian via Cheezburger

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