Super Mario Bros.

Cast Party: Who Should Star In A 'Super Mario Bros' Movie?
Cast Party: Who Should Star In A 'Super Mario Bros' Movie?
Cast Party: Who Should Star In A 'Super Mario Bros' Movie?
This week, in a departure from the usual format, we're adapting a classic video game, Nintendo's flagship franchise Super Mario Bros. This adaptation looks primarily at the premise of the first game. Mario and Luigi are NYC plumbers who happen upon a portal into the Mushroom Kingdom, and then join the fight against Bowser and his Koopas.
Playing With Power: Looking Back At 'Nintendo Power' Comics
Playing With Power: Looking Back At 'Nintendo Power' Comics
Playing With Power: Looking Back At 'Nintendo Power' Comics
If you adjust for the fact that I grew up in South Carolina, I wasn't raised in a particularly religious household. I mean, we went to church every now and then, but it wasn't, like, a thing, you know? There was, however, one publication in my household that I read with a faithfulness and devotion that bordered on religious fervor, that I looked to for guidance in times of struggle, and that may have even helped to shape my world view more than any other: Nintendo Power. This week, the first thirteen years of the magazine were uploaded to the freely accessible Internet Archive, and looking back through them, I'm pretty sure they're why I still, to this very day, have a completely irrational hatred of the Sega Genesis. It wasn't just the secret codes or hyped up previews for Daydreamin' Davey that kept me hooked, though. Those were definitely interesting, but there was something else in each issue that kept me wanting to read every single month: The comics.
Bringing Other Worlds to Life: The Best Video Game Cosplay
Bringing Other Worlds to Life: The Best Video Game Cosplay
Bringing Other Worlds to Life: The Best Video Game Cosplay
With such rich tapestries to draw from, video games provide cosplayers with incredible creative opportunities. We’ve compiled a massive collection of cosplay inspired by video game characters to celebrate the dedication and passion of these fans, with costumes that runs the gamut from the truly iconic to the downright obscure. Some of these costumes are simple and clean; others are dazzlingly complex; but each cosplayer brings a personal touch to these memorable heroes, villains, and side-characters. These are the best video game cosplays.
Fantastic Five: Video Games That Deserve Comics
Fantastic Five: Video Games That Deserve Comics
Fantastic Five: Video Games That Deserve Comics
Hello again and welcome to another episode of Fantastic Fives, the show where we tell you the irrefutably correct five answers to a particular topic in comics, and you tell us how wrong we are in the comments! This week we’re looking at five video games that deserve their own comics. There’s a lot of overlap between fans of comics and fans of video games. And there have been some great and some not so great video games based on comics and comic characters. So why aren’t there more comics based on video games?
Bizarro Back Issues: Mario Bros Comics Raise Many Questions
Bizarro Back Issues: Mario Bros Comics Raise Many Questions
Bizarro Back Issues: Mario Bros Comics Raise Many Questions
Like pretty much everyone else who owns a Wii U and a pretty healthy amount of nostalgia, I've been devoting a whole lot of time to Super Mario Maker lately. It's great, but while it does a fantastic job of making the actual process of building the levels really fun and intuitive, seeing all the stuff that everyone else is coming up with really makes you want to step up your game and do something that goes above and beyond just getting Mario to the goal. As a result, I've been looking around for inspiration in some of the... less beloved corners of Mario's history, something that led me to the Nintendo Comics System and the Super Mario Bros. comics that Valiant published way back in 1990. And folks, those things raise a whole lot more questions than they answer.
Best 'Super Mario' Art Ever: A Tribute to Satoru Iwata
Best 'Super Mario' Art Ever: A Tribute to Satoru Iwata
Best 'Super Mario' Art Ever: A Tribute to Satoru Iwata
Gamers of all ages and all console allegiances around the world have mourned the recent loss of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. To celebrate his life and work, we’ve put together this collection of art inspired by Nintendo’s most famous character and most enduring mascot, Super Mario! Leave us your thoughts or happy Nintendo memories in the comments and let us know if there are other games you’d like to see us explore in a future Best Art Ever feature!
Here's The Thing Episode 16: Why Do We Love Super Mario?
Here's The Thing Episode 16: Why Do We Love Super Mario?
Here's The Thing Episode 16: Why Do We Love Super Mario?
If our weekly Ask Chris column isn't enough of definitive comic book (and pro wrestling) opinions for you, good news: ComicsAlliance is proud to present Here's The Thing, a series of videos where you can join our own extremely opinionated senior writer, Chris Sims, as he dives into comics history to explain why you're wrong and he's right. This week, Chris takes a look at one of his favorite characters: Mario, the high-jumping, kart racing, princess-rescuing plumber from Nintendo's enduringly popular Super Mario Bros. games and spinoffs. ! He loves that guy, and odds are pretty good that you do too. But why? And how much of a character does Mario really have?
'Mario Kart 8' Will Feature A Mercedes Benz For Some Reason
'Mario Kart 8' Will Feature A Mercedes Benz For Some Reason
'Mario Kart 8' Will Feature A Mercedes Benz For Some Reason
If you were a kid in the '90s and you wanted to find out more about Mario once you were done with the video games, you pretty much had two choices: Sitting through a half hour of dance instructions from "Captain" Lou Albano, or flipping through the pages of Valiant's Nintendo Comics System/Super Mario Bros. comics, where Mario and Luigi frequently got into bizarre adventures alongside Peach's weird old dad. Needless to say, these comics were never really acknowledged in the video games. Or were they?!

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