#new super mario land

[deluric]

#Unboxing y #Review de New Super Mario Land de SNES

[freakattack]

A lot of people talk about the "mario timeline" i.e. placing games in chronological order, which is respectable, but currently i am thinking about how long in-universe 1 mario game is. How long is a level? You could probably bang out at least a couple smb3 levels in a day (if you were mario), but something like pendulum castle is likely an all-day affair. This is also not accounting for the times that mario has an offscreen picnic between levels, or takes a nap in a picturesque field. Food for thought.

[retrogamingblog2]

The evolution of portable Mario

[theacumbawumba]

The new art style is giving me heavy SML2 and Mario World (espc beta) vibes. This is actually so good y’all I’m glad to see mario visuals take a new direction!!

[pownicmania5000]

A quicky comfort Wario doodle

[joshithekitsune]

Uh, here ya go!

[thepipeplaza]

Fact: In a previous post it was explained that Shells are not part of a Koopa’s biology, instead being more comparable to clothing and armour. This is further proven by a variety of other creatures commonly wearing Shells, such as Conkdors, Rocky Wrenches and even Mario himself.

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

The Prophecy about Mario and Luigi

So in the Yoshi's Island Manual there is an explanation about why Kamek is trying to kidnap Baby Mario and Luigi. Kamek had gotten a prophecy that 2 twin brothers would bring disaster for the Koopa Family. I find this extra interesting given the fact that this prophecy showed up even before this game. While non canon the Mario OVA has an old man speak of a prophecy about 2 twin brothers that would help the Mushroom Kingdom. Keep in mind this animation took place long before Yoshi's Island, and only one year after the original Super Mario Bros game. In addition it also sets Mario and Luigi living on the same planet as the Mushroom Kingdom, in a Kingdom of their own. This all before the introduction of the Metro Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey, and even Big Ape City being on the same planet in Donkey Kong Land and Donkey Kong 94. This prophecy could be the reason why Bowser's troops are in the sewers of Mario Bros/Did Somebody Call A Plumber. With Kamek with Bowser Kamek could have told him about this prophecy, and Bowser sent his troops to prevent the Bros from finding their way to the Mushroom Kingdom. Only to lead them directly to it.

[glitchmaker]

I'm tired of people being like "if you were born after 2002 you wouldn't even know what a Nintendo DS is"

First of all, I wanna slap them in the face

Second, I own a 3DS XL, a new 3DS XL, a DS Lite, a Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Switch, and got a GBA for my 17th birthday SPECIFICALLY to play Game Boy games like Super Mario Land.

Like, idiot, do YOU even know a console named the "Pokemon Mini" exists?!

And half the time, they don't!

[figuerosss]

New collection of the princesses from Mario Bros🍄

[snowyfrostshadows]

I seriously feel so bad for Luigi though

Like, most isekai stories have the main character start off in a fairly easy spot, get used to the world in a mostly safe and relaxed location like Mario so clearly has.

But Luigi?

Poor man got thrown in what looks like the Darklands (which, from his perspective probably looks like he fell into a horror game or straight up Hell)

God.

I hope they're sorta separated for awhile. I hope Luigi accidentally joins the bad guys solely because the Star(s) grant a wish or something and he just wants to go home to Brooklyn and as consequence is told a very slanted side of what's really going on to help collect said stars only to run into Mario and realize 'oh. wait. we've been played' and be torn between helping his brother stop Bowser or just. Full on take the stars himself to get him and his brother Out of this Fantasy/Horror World

[keineahnungwerdasistt]

geeky

[atomicowboy]

apocalypse dad moment

as always, six belongs to _local_court_jester_ on insta

[retrogamingblog2]

Nintendo Metal Band T-shirts made by MetalThrills

[jpeg-dot-jpeg]

The lights of the city twinkled below them in a patchwork quilt of streetlamps, glowing windows, and neon signs. In the distance, Clark could hear the shrill wails of ambulances and police cars, but the damage was minimal and the casualties few. The three of them were just waiting for Barry to return from his third sweep for emergencies before they could debrief, write their reports, and go home.

If he searched for it, Clark could make out the high pitched whizzing noise characteristic of the Flash in motion, blanketed by a million ambient sounds; the buzz of electricity, the hum of a million breaths, pagers beeping, cars rumbling, food cooking, bits and pieces of people���s lives snapshotted in the imperceptible ripple of waves through the air.

Next to him, Diana’s was a low, steady wave, feeding Batman the few scraps of intel he didn’t already have. The words slipping out of her mouth in their smooth alto occupied his attention until-

bee-boop bee-boop bee-boop-bee-boop-bee

The ring of a mechanical melody jarred Clark out of his reverie. Clark blinked. The strange 8-bit chorus continued to play, soft enough to escape the notice of his colleagues.

The sound of video game jingles was becoming more and more familiar to him these days, filling shops and living rooms, often accompanied by the delighted cheers or defeated groans of children. But as far as Clark could tell, there weren’t any children at the top of the insurance building they were currently loitering on.

In fact, if Clark didn’t know any better, he’d say the noise seemed to be emanating from Batman. With his cape wrapped all the way around him, a huge swath of black fabric concealing his body and the numerous weapons no doubt stored on it, the source of that noise was hidden from him. And while it was common to hear an alert or signal beeping a warning from somewhere on his body, those alerts didn’t come in the form of music. 

“Do- do you guys hear that?” Clark interrupted, possessed by the need to understand where that noise was coming from.

His two companions went silent, listening intently for anything unusual in the night around them.

After a moment, Diana replied, “Are you talking about that music?”

“Yeah,” Clark answered. “What is that?”

“Oh,” Batman said in that rasp of his. 

Then he peeled back his cape, parting the black curtain of it to reveal a child curled up at his feet.

“Say hi, Robin,” Batman instructed the boy.

“Hi,” The boy obliged, glancing briefly up at the superheroes above him before immediately returning his attention to the Gameboy clutched in his gloved hands.

Clark and Diana stared for a moment in stunned silence.

At first, Clark wondered if he might be hallucinating. Then, his mind rationalized that perhaps this was just a victim being cared for under the watchful eye of Batman before he could be taken back to his family, or wherever else he belonged.

But then he processed the colorful costume the boy wore, the domino mask covering his eyes, the way he was sat crisscross-applesauce between Batman’s boots, leaning comfortably back against armored shins. 

The cape was lowered back down, hiding the boy from view and returning Batman to a shapeless blob.

Diana was the first the gather her wits back up.

“How long has he been there?”

Batman’s face betrayed nothing. “The whole time.”

“The whole time we’ve been on this roof?” Diana clarified, incredulous.

“The whole time we’ve been in Metropolis.”

Clark’s jaw dropped. Surely, if Batman had been carting an elementary schooler around all night, he would’ve noticed.

Right?

Barry chose that moment to flurry up the side of the building, appearing next to them less than the blink of an eye. “Hey guys. We should be good to go for tonight. Someone should check back in in a day or so to make sure everything is resettling, but there isn’t anything else for us to do tonight.” Then he took in Clark and Diana’s flabbergasted expressions and Batman’s unwavering impassivity. “What’d I miss?”

Clark pointed at the bottom of Batman’s cape and said, “Show him.”

When the fabric parted a second time, he half expected to see an empty space where the boy had been. But sure enough, there he was, tapping away at the gaming console. He peered up at Batman from the ground and asked, “Is it time to go home?”

“Not yet,” Batman replied.

“Okay.” Then the cape dropped back down again.

Barry cocked his head to the side, staring curiously at Batman. “Where did you find that kid?”

“The circus.”

“What?” Clark exclaimed, thoroughly bewildered.

“It’s not relevant,” Batman told him, as though that answered any of the questions that had been raised in the past 5 minutes.

“Is he... you son?” Diana asked cautiously. 

“Hm,” Bruce replied, and Clark had no idea whether that was a confirmation or a negation. He nodded anyway.

For a moment, all four - five - of them stood in silence. Then Barry broke it.

“So... we’ll reconvene at the watchtower?”

A chorus of affirmations followed, but for an awkward moment, no one moved, everyone waiting for Batman to be the first. When it became clear he had no intentions of being the first to leave, Barry said, “...right,” and zipped off.

With no clue what else to do, Clark lifted off, rising into the air, closely followed by Diana. When they were far enough away to be sure Batman was no longer watching them, he asked her, “So was that a yes-hm or a no-hm?” 

“I have no clue,” Diana replied. “We can find out during the debriefing, though.”

Clark nodded. The rest of the flight was spent in silence, broken only by Diana’s soft, melodious humming.

It took until they finally reached the watchtower for Clark to realize that it was the same tune from the video game.

[pownicmania5000]

Relaxing at sunset ☀️ REDRAW ☀️

2024 vs 2023. I always wanted to redraw this artwork as I felt I definitely could do it more justice than I did initially, and Valentine's Day yesterday gave me the perfect opportunity lol