The Big Picture: Do the Mario! (Again)

[GamemasterAnthony]

*JAWDROP OF DOOM*

HOLY...

Back in 2001 in my fics, I came up with a fictional flower based kingdom called Floren...and I didn't even SEE this!!!

How did...? But this...? That's just...

*suffers a severe brainbreak and dies...and another GamemasterAnthony appears to claim the body*

LIVES REMAINING: 32

Sorry about that. I'll take care of this. *drags body of previous life off*

 

[Sylocat]

You know, I think I've found the one major problem with video games these days:

VIDEO GAMES
AREN'T
WEIRD!

...anymore.

 

[themilo504]

this time i rather watch the anime because the other show made by dic(realy no jokes here?)reminds me why animation and video games are not even close to what they could be.
also did you see the kirby cartoon? you can see the no 4kids japan with subtitles version here http://www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=237325.
talking about stuff only in japan have you played the sequel to earthbound? its called mother 3 it is awesome.
you do need emulators but those are easy to find and then all you need is a rom(i got mine here http://nr.emuparadise.org/NewReleases/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Gameboy Advance Roms/GBA Roms 2301 - 2400)the best part is that there is a patch that while translate the game it can be found here http://mother3.fobby.net/.
if you like earthbound the nostaliga will blow you away and even if you dident play it as a kid it is still awesome and can be realy realy sad and realy realy funny.

 

[Jin-Roh]

This... makes my head hurt...

 

[Strain42]

Well, I'm off the scour the internet for this now. Thanks Bob (not sarcasm, seriously, thanks lol)

This doesn't look overly fantastic, but I'd still like to see it.

 

[Jingermanoo]

The whole film is on Youtube in one playlist.
Tried five minutes of it but it really doesn't hold your attention too good.

 

[angel85]

I've seen many occasions in cartoons and comic books, and even in the games themselves, of Sonic playing video games, but I am surprised that no matter how I search my memory, THIS is the only instance of seeing Mario play one (given the Mario party games you'd think he's actually a board game enthusiast.) BUT WHAT THE HELL IS THE FLOWER KINGDOM!? I guess it's kind of funny in a twisted way, but some effeminate douche from a land of FLOWERS gets the girl at the end? I haven't seen such a random prince reveal since Turnip the Scarecrow from Howl's moving castle, but at least he didn't take the girl away from the main character at the end.

 

[yourbeliefs]

The whole film is on Youtube in one playlist.
Tried five minutes of it but it really doesn't hold your attention too good.

Seconded. There's multiple versions of it online on Youtube, even with English translations.

 

[MowDownJoe]

I laughed at the mention of "super blue balls"...

And I honestly remember enjoying the Super Mario Bros. movie (the one with Bob Hoskins) as a kid, but re-watching my old VHS of it, it doesn't hold up. Had to grab some RiffTrax for it. (Well... not exactly RiffTrax [http://www.destructoid.com/podtoid-148-bob-hoskins-is-watching-you-f-ck-172128.phtml]...)

 

[Optimystic]

Is't just me, Or does This Luigi looks like Wario?

Agreed, this Luigi was definitely Wario!

Also, what kind of shit was that?? Prince of the Flower Kingdom? Mario should have flushed his sissy-boy ass down a pipe!

 

[head desk tricycle]

This "Big Picture" is getting smaller every week.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

Ok, I don't care how good or bad it is, I'm gonna try and hunt this down. I want to see this. Especially that ending.

Here you go. With subtitles and everything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6FC5DIBR4

 

[Arkvoodle]

Will the live-action version be another story for another time?

 

[A Gray Phantom]

I remember really liking the live action Mario Bros. movie when I was a kid. It made Luigi, my favorite bro, so cool. And Dennis Hopper made a great King Koopa. It's a guilty pleasure of mine, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Anyone else liked 1993's Super Mario Bros?

 

[hazard99]

Bowser looks like.... modern Bowser. I'm surprised he doesn't look more like king kooper from the american cartoon.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Well that was a very..unexpected ending to that anime.

 

[Aureliano]

That was interesting. Not something I'd ever want to watch (the anime that is, since anime is bad) but the analysis was neat.

And I need to point out, there exist a few (maybe four or five of us) people out there who actually enjoyed the '90s live-action Mario Brothers movie. Dennis Hopper, Fischer Stevens and that guy who worked at the parking garage in Ferris Bueller's Day Off as off-beat bad guys and the Divinyls doing a cover of Roxy Music's classic 'Love is the Drug' all in weird 90s fashion is pretty neat if you're into that scene.

 

[shogunblade]

I really want to find this. I would kill so many people to watch this.

Actually, as I looked at it, it reminded me of the Felix The Cat Movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat:_The_Movie] that was made in the 80s, both visually as well as in a WTF sort of sense.

I still stand by my guns, but I definitely want to see this.

P.S. - It's the stuff of legend that Miyamoto said [http://www.next-gen.biz/features/miyamoto-the-interview?page=0,0] that the problem with the Mario Brothers Movie was that it was too much like the video games. When you compare the Mario games to the Bob Hoskins/Dennis Hopper live action movie, that sounds incredibly weird. But when you think about it, once you look at this movie and compare it to Miyamoto's ideas on the Mario Brothers movie, doesn't it seem a little bit more...appropriate?

 

[Snotnarok]

About onpar with the Sonic anime...but that got an english translation...And ...my ears they bleed.

 

[Shadow-Fox]

"They don't even get any cake!"

No wonder! the cake is a lie!

muhahahahah sorry I just couldn't resist