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If Mario Was Designed in 2010

Posted April 29th, 2010. Filed under ,

If Mario was first designed in 2010, he’d probably have to adopt some of our modern trends:

Thirty minutes later…

Maybe this warp pipe is safe:

Damnit.

225 Responses so far

  1. Max says:

    Haaaah love it :D so true

  2. Cara says:

    it’s all coming from big corps trying to make money, the best games didn’t need achievements but we’re all so bored of the same crap every time. And f in-game tutorials :P

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  5. Chris says:

    You can buy Starman for 20 coins! And, can’t get through a level? Just walk around squishing goombas for a while. You’ll level up and be way stronger than all the enemies. And don’t forget that the blocks are really citizens of the mushroom kingdom transformed. Smash too many of them, you get the ‘evil’ ending.

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  7. FaFar says:

    ROFL nice ones :)

  8. Sam says:

    Really a trendy style.

  9. Helsic says:

    Hahahaha the facebook ads are so annoying!!! XD

  10. Cannes news says:

    Wot? No Twitter or Foursquare integration? Can’t I import my photos from iPhone to replace the faces of the characters or the locations? Old skool! ;-)

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  12. jacobian says:

    this is really funny.I guess the game use facebook connect then.haha…

  13. Jimmy says:

    This is why today’s gamers are all pussies.

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  17. David Wogan says:

    Love it. Growing up today can’t be nearly as fun as when we were kids.

  18. Haha Love It! says:

    Love it!! But …..

    Tell me it comes with a strategy guide! How will I know when I have EVERYTHING if it doesn’t come with a strategy guide!?!

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  25. Agatsu says:

    You forgot an “Press X to not die” quicktime event. ^^

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  27. Marshia says:

    haha true nice

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  29. 楓長瀬亮 says:

    これは素晴らしいです!私はどのように面白いこれは信じることができない。私は任天堂が今、別のリメイクを行う必要があるだけで、現在の気候についていくと思います。私が欲しいDLCが!エピックが失敗します。

  30. Cza says:

    Lol, funny though graphics could have improved.

  31. Pat says:

    Brilliant, I think you could also add a “if this level is too hard for you press the skip button to see the next one”

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  33. Keyvan Acosta says:

    What about the patch to reveal all the buggy invisible block that are all over the game!

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  35. Pankaj says:

    it was so so so hilariously awesome!!!

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  38. sofia afentis says:

    la mierda no me deja jugar

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