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Super Mario Brothers Get the Indie Film Treatment in ‘Mario’ [VIDEO]
Super Mario Brothers Get the Indie Film Treatment in ‘Mario’ [VIDEO]
Super Mario Brothers Get the Indie Film Treatment in ‘Mario’ [VIDEO]
A  live-action re-imagination of Nintendo 8-bit hero Super Mario as an angsty, mushroom-eating, down-on-his-luck plumber was a big hit this week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas. "Mario" is a trailer-length short which filmmaker Joe Nicolosi doesn't intend to turn into a feature film. You can check out all two minutes of the project below.
Mario Is The Number One Video Game Character of All-Time
Mario Is The Number One Video Game Character of All-Time
Mario Is The Number One Video Game Character of All-Time
According to the 13,000 gamers who voted on the Guinness World Records' website, Mario is the greatest video game character of all time. The plumber with amazing leaping abilities edged out another Nintendo favorite, Link, from "Legend of Zelda," for the top spot. All told, Nintendo had 11 characters among the top 50.