After watching the above video of these people showing off his skills on the New Super Mario Bros Wii, make sure to pick up your jaw as you might drag it on the floor.

Dueling Analogs caught this rare moment of Mario finding another “companion.”  Sorry if this photo is too shocking for the faint of heart.  Mario, whenever I look at you now, all I’ll see are moobs. (Man-boobs)

I can just imagine it now.  A new Mario Bros game.  Super Mario Bros Wii: Polynesian Vacation.

This is something better than that Humping Dog USB, you know why? BECAUSE ITS MARIO! booYAH.

Not only does this short Italian save princesses who are named after fruit, he saves 4GB of your data. Mmmm convienant. Esty, also sells a USB Koopa, Goomba, Shroom, and ALSO a Mario Brick Extension. The only downfall is that you need to cough up $55 to purchase them…EACH, with the exception of the Brick Extension. Worth it? Maybe not, but it would be cute to have a little Mario staring back at you while you download porn to your heart’s content.

For many gamers, this was what it was all about.

I’ve been gaming for a long time and it feels almost cliché to say that one of my first experiences in the gaming world was Super Mario Bros. But hey, that game was a key factor in the lives of many gamers.

Released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the game has been going strong for over 20 years. Some games don’t age well over time, but Super Mario Bros. is a game that I’ve always been able to go back in play anytime I feel like it. The game mechanics are simple, as was standards of games back then. With the B button to run and the A button to jump, the game mostly consists of stomping on enemies and jumping around.

The game itself is practically revered amongst the gaming community and I challenge anyone to claim to not have even heard of the Super Mario series. The music is great, even by today’s standards. Admittedly, the game is rather simplistic and, aside from the increase in difficult, the game mechanic never builds into anything new. But the game itself is fun and it is a timeless classic. Nintendo has rereleased and repackaged the game several times and every time, the game sells very well.

Everyone knows Mario, even non-gamers. Super Mario Bros. is where it all really started, despite Mario appearing in the original Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. arcade games beforehand. No matter how much I move onto bigger and more innovated games, I always make my way back to the NES and Super Mario Bros.

Here’s a video of two guys playing the Super Mario Land theme song on a violin and an acoutic guitar.  People with great musical talents that grow up with video games are always awesome. Just like Sam Hart and his Mario Kart Love Ballad or Andrea Vadrucci and his Super Mario Bros. 3 drum theme.

If you haven’t seen the viral link about how Conan’s new set design backdrop looks like a level in Super Mario Bros, check out the video above. I say, the next guest on Conan should be Miyamoto or Fils-Aime.

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Talk about right place, right time. Charles, the voice of Mario and other Mario universe characters, stopped by the Nintendo booth near the New Super Mario Bros. Wii demo stations. Now, I want to apologize for Jamie for acting like a little schoolgirl whenever Charles spoke on the mic. I guess she was pretty excited. If you notice, everytime I speak, the camera doesn’t really shake. Whenever Charles talks, she freaks out and shakes the camera… A LOT. So, again. Sorry for the bad camera work. (tsk tsk Jamie)

We all knew that Mario was an addict to “shrooming”, but we’ve never seen him like this. I guess this is what he does between games when he can’t get shroom’s from magical question mark boxes.

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You guys seemed to really enjoyed the first set of art, so I figured it’d be best to hit you guys with another one. Because the majority of these pictures were submitted by our readers, not all sources are available on this set. High-resolution desktop wallpapers at the end!

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