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Nintendo Rejects Mario Theme Use For Justin Bieber Movie

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:29:02 +0000

Nintendo has rejected use of the Super Mario Brothers theme song for the movie Never Say Never. Never Say Never is a concert documentary of pop artist Justin Bieber. Bieber was a YouTube celebrity before Usher had signed him to his label.

The Never Say Never director John Chu wrote a tweet this past Saturday that said “aw C’mon Nintendo! Y won’t u let us use the Mario theme for 15 secs in the @Justinbieber movie…talk about free advertising passed up. Oops.” Nintendo had allowed the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World to use The Legend of Zelda theme song for their movie. What does this mean? Either Nintendo doesn’t like Justin Bieber or the Super Mario Brothers theme song is too valuable to allow movies to sample.

Microsoft Kinect Hacked To Work With Super Mario [VIDEO]

Amit Chowdhry — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:12:57 +0000

Yankeyan has been able to hack the Microsoft Kinect to make it work with a lightsaber. And now he has at it again by making it work with Super Mario Brothers. When he jumps, Mario jumps. When he runs, Mario runs. When he ducks down, Mario can do down a pipe or duck. Check out the video below:

[Technabob]

Farbs Quits His Job Using A Super Mario Message

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:26:24 +0000

Farbs is a game developer that used to work for 2K Australia. He decided to quit in order to work on my indie video games. But before he did that he decided to resign the position by submitting a video game called A Message For 2K Australia. The game is based on Flash and you can give it a shot at his website.

[via Kotaku]

Video From 1988 Shows Bill O’Reilly Talking About Super Mario On NES

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:43:48 +0000

In 1988 when Bill O’Reilly was about 39 years old, Inside Edition did a special on the Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Enjoy the video, you’ll get a kick out of the hair styles and the call center where they give level tips. Bill O’Reilly still looks like the same disgruntled guy he looks like today. WE’LL DO IT LIVE!

The video also features Howard Phillips who was “Fun Club President” at the time. I wrote about Phillips last month when he joined Chair Entertainment. Phillips is wearing his signature bow tie in the video which was the inspiration behind the Howard & Nester comic.

[via Mental Floss]

Mario Toots The Whistle & Ends Up In Chi-Town

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:15:25 +0000

Matthew Dominick came up with this clever mash-up of Super Mario Brothers 3 and the real world. He used the whistle superpower to transport Mario into the city of Chicago in the video. Once arriving in Chicago, Mario runs from cars, finds a raccoon suit, and shoots fire at a guy throwing fire balls at him out of a recycle bin. This is very well done, I recommend taking 3 minutes and 11 seconds to watch it. Watch what happens to Mario at the burger place towards the end of the video.

[via CrunchGear]

Haruna Anno Can Beat The First Level Of Super Mario Without Looking

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:56:33 +0000

TechEBlog has found out there is a Japanese gamer and model named Haruna Anno that loves Mario so much that she could play it and beat the level without even looking. If you’re a male gamer, this should be your kind of woman. Basically she is able to play and not look at the screen by listening to the music and playing by ear. Check out the video above.

Video Game Fashion: Super Mario Star Cufflinks

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:11:28 +0000

When Mario touches a star in the video game, he suddenly becomes superhuman and get destroy everything in his path. You should get this same feeling when you slip on these Mario star cufflinks. The cufflinks are handmade using plymer clay. The cuff links are available for $24 at The Clay Collection.

[via Walyou]

Mario Fan Hacks A Road Sign: “Sorry Mario The Princess is in Another Castle”

Amit Chowdhry — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:37:03 +0000

[via BBG]