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Tag: Super Mario Bros

Shoe Company Creates Real Life Version of Mario’s Boots

Shoe Company Creates Real Life Version of Mario’s Boots
Since riding the Nintendo train is a very lucrative ride indeed, Red Wing Shoes teamed up with the gaming giant to create a real-life pair of Mario’s boots from The Super Mario Bros. Movie. These are those boots.

Animated LED Super Mario Bros. Clock: The Time is 1-Up

Animated LED Super Mario Bros. Clock: The Time is 1-Up
Crafted by software engineer and Instructables user jnthas, this Super Mario Bros. animated LED clock features Mario jumping up to hit a question block to change the displayed time. How clever is that? Very clever – the answer is very clever.

Super Mario Bros. Warp Pipe Can Koozie: Don’t Drink the Piranha Plants

Super Mario Bros. Warp Pipe Can Koozie: Don’t Drink the Piranha Plants
Keeping your drink cold: it’s a necessity. Unless you’re drinking coffee or hot chocolate, then it’s the exact opposite of what I said. Besides, there’s already a coffee mug warp pipe for your hot beverage needs.

Super Mario Bros. Build-A-Light Level Is a Definite 1-Up

Super Mario Bros. Build-A-Light Level Is a Definite 1-Up
The original Super Mario Bros. changed the course of video games as we know it, and arguably the most influential game of all time. And what better way to celebrate that than with a Super Mario Bros light with stackable, interchangeable, light blocks?

Guy Loops and Remixes Super Mario Bros. Underwater Theme Into Musical Madness

Guy Loops and Remixes Super Mario Bros. Underwater Theme Into Musical Madness
Digital music artist GLASYS looped and remixed the underwater theme from the original Super Mario Bros. using Blooper, a looping pedal recently released from Chase Audio. GLASYS came up with the idea after realizing Blooper is also the name of the squid-like creatures found in underwater Mario levels.

Super Mario Piranha Plant Light Flexes Its Stalk

Super Mario Piranha Plant Light Flexes Its Stalk
One of the most pesky and persistent enemies in the Super Mario universe is the Piranha Plant. These little buggers like top pop up and chomp down on your butt just when you think you can get across a jump.

Super Mario Coin Bank Deposits Into the Mushroom Kingdom

Super Mario Coin Bank Deposits Into the Mushroom Kingdom
The currency of choice in the Mushroom Kingdom is the Gold Coin. But here in the real world, it’s pretty rare that you’ll come across coins made out of anything besides nickel, zinc, copper, or if you’re really lucky, silver.

Classic Video Game Themes Played Backwards

Classic Video Game Themes Played Backwards
The video games of old, like Super Mario Bros. and Tetris had some of the best music ever. But would we even recognize them if the music were played backwards? Listen and find out. Musician Stemage created a digital album featuring several memorable NES game themes performed in reverse.

Mario Desk Calendar Keeps Track of Days, Not Coins

Mario Desk Calendar Keeps Track of Days, Not Coins
Is it just me, or every time you see anything with Mario jumping up to smack a box with a coin inside, do you hear the “ding” sound the video game makes inside your head? That sound will surely be stuck in your head all the time with this official Mario desktop calendar.

Working LEGO Piranha Plant Will Chomp Your Minifig’s Butt

Working LEGO Piranha Plant Will Chomp Your Minifig’s Butt
LEGO and Nintendo are two of geekdom’s favorite things. Here they come together in an awesome build that replicates one of Super Mario Bros.’ most iconic villains – the nasty piranha plant. But this is no ordinary LEGO model – this piranha plant actually works.

Artist Animates Super Mario Bros. in His Notebook

Artist Animates Super Mario Bros. in His Notebook
Do you love Super Mario Bros.? Then check out this very cool Super Mario Bros. level 1-1 stop motion animation that takes place entirely in a notebook. The animation was hand drawn by artist and YouTuber Kisaragi Hutae 6 and it really looks amazing.

Super Mario Bros Pipe Mug Warps Caffeine into Your Plumbing

Super Mario Bros Pipe Mug Warps Caffeine into Your Plumbing
I have a love-hate relationship with Super Mario Bros. I really like the game, and played it a lot back in the day on my NES. I also died a lot and remain utterly convinced to this day that the game cheated.

Charles Martinet, Voice of Mario, Lands Guinness World Record

Charles Martinet, Voice of Mario, Lands Guinness World Record
Fans of video games might not recognize the name Charles Martinet, but you have heard his voice if you ever played a game with Mario in it, as Charles has been the voice of the character since back in the early 1990s.

Super Mario Piranha Plant Puppet Doesn’t Shoot Plush Fireballs

Super Mario Piranha Plant Puppet Doesn’t Shoot Plush Fireballs
If you ever played Super Mario Bros. back in the day, you will remember the sinking feeling of moving through a level only to find a giant fire piranha plant shooting fireballs and set to eat you.

Mario Meets Léon The Professional

Mario Meets Léon The Professional
One of my favorite movies of all time is Léon: The Professional. Not only was it the big screen debut of Natalie Portman, but she played a complete badass in the film, which she starred in at age 12, but it was helmed by the wonderfully over-the-top French director Luc Besson.

Building a Super Mario Bros. Maze for a Rat

Building a Super Mario Bros. Maze for a Rat
Do you have a pet rat? Do you want to build a maze for him or her to hang out in? If so, you might as well make a geeky one – something that will entertain you as much as it does your rat friend.Â