Super Mario Bros Gets Vibrating Booze Robot

[Logan Westbrook]

Super Mario Bros Gets Vibrating Booze Robot

You know what the Mario games have always lacked? Rum.


Some robots help us prevent car crashes [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95196-Japanese-Robot-Fish-To-Help-Prevent-Car-Crashes], some robots know tai chi [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96128-Korean-Engineers-Create-Sword-Wielding-Tai-Chi-Robot] and some, well some just dispense rum while you play Super Mario Brothers. The 'Adult Mario' robot, built by the Nonpolynomial Labs [http://www.nonpolynomial.cpm] for the Roboexotica [http://www.roboexotica.org] expo in Vienna, has fans to simulate the wind in Mario's face, a vibrator to simulate sliding down the flag pole at the end of levels - which is less wrong than it sounds, I promise - and mixes you a rum and coke as you play the game.

The whole thing seems pretty baffling to be honest, but there's room in my world for cocktail bots as well as sword wielding ninja droids I guess.

Source: Dvice [http://dvice.com/archives/2009/12/adult-mario-rob.php]


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[hazabaza1]

What.
No, seriously, what? Who wants an immersive Mario? It's bloody Mario! And alcohol? Won't that decrease your performance, giving you a big lump of water?

 

[Zenode]

Finally a motion feedback Mario game.

I would love to be poured a Jack Daniels and coke while playing a video game would calm me down no ends.

a vibrator to simulate sliding down the flag pole at the end of levels

I'm pretty sure you just gave millions of Japanese an idea for a product.

 

[qbanknight]

i can go for drinks while playin new super mario bros wii

 

[HardRockSamurai]

Firstly..."Immersive Mario?" You don't need expensive, state-of-the-art simulation technology to simulate jumping up and down.

Secondly, the alcohol. I understand that the whole point of Roboexotica is to celebrate the creation of robots that can serve alcohol (hell, I'm already saving my money for a plane ticket), but one that serves alcohol while you're playing a video game? That's like being a soccer player who kicks himself in the balls every time he scores. It's not really going to help you perform.

But to be honest, I don't know why I'm getting so riled up about this machine. All it really wants to do is let you play video games and make you alcohol: I can't really get too mad about that.

 

[Sporky111]

Interesting, especially if it works from the sound feedback (at least, that's what I got from the video). I wouldn't care for the vibrator, it would probably scare the shit out of me, but the rum and coke would quickly fix that.

 

[Crimsane]

After enough rum, I'm not sure what I'd be thinking about the vibrating and fan blowing. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fit the original vision for the machine, though.

 

[messy]

i can go for drinks while playin new super mario bros wii

that's what I was thinking; how cool would Mario be when the room starts spinning? And combine; mates, platformer frustration and slurred speech its going to be epic

 

[MrDarkling]

odd invention really....or more pointless if anything :I
Also it said the game ¬¬

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

Oh great, more excuses for people to go "Why is all the rum gone?" =P

 

[nick4118]

Theres a point where the whole game peripheral thing goes over the top. This is it.

 

[Vierran]

Well the tech was fun and interesting to see but i don't know that i need help to drink whilst i play games and even if i did i would want a Princess Peach robot serving them to me .

 

[BonerMacTittyPants]

I can hardly find that vibrator thingy innocent while there's alcohol being served. I wonder if it's really supposed to just lay on your desk.

"Adult Mario", heh.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Finally a motion feedback Mario game.

I would love to be poured a Jack Daniels and coke while playing a video game would calm me down no ends.

a vibrator to simulate sliding down the flag pole at the end of levels

I'm pretty sure you just gave millions of Japanese an idea for a product.

Please, they've had the idea for a while.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Two things that never should go together
Alcohol and Mario. Mario is an innocent jumping platformer game. Why throw rum in it? I mean if Mario drank as his power up, then okay. Really they should give us a 'shroom for getting a mushroom, and a flower every time we get a fire flower. now a star would be tough.

I hate to say this, because you know he worked hard on it, but what a waste of time and money. If I want to play mario, I'll play it on my GBA. And I wanted to get wind in my face, I'd run while playing mario on my GBA.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Rum and coke? I'll take a beer thank you very much you dumb robot

Honestly, Who drinks rum and coke while gaming?

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Now I can save the princess and get wasted. Sounds like a win win to me.

 

[geldonyetich]

Me: "Hey, miss, want to try this Super Mario Adult thing?"
Miss: "Sure, I love Mario, okay."
* World 2-1 *
Miss: "I'm starting to get a little tipsy, tee-hee."
Me: "Are you deliberately avoiding those coins? Seriously, raw rum isn't that good for you."
* World 4-3 *
Miss: "Oooh, I found out where to put the vibrator."
Me: "Uh..."
* World 7-2 *
Miss: "I am shooo hoorny right now."
Me: "Woah. Best invention ever."