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Super Mario Avengers Mashup T-Shirt on RIPT

Today on RIPT, pick up a really cool tshirt featuring the stars of the Mushroom Kingdom dressed up as The Avengers. There is Mario as Iron Man, Peach as Thor, Luigi as Captain America, Yoshi as Hawkeye, and Bowser... Read More »

Life-Size Mario Karts at the L.A. Auto Show

To promote the release of Mario Kart 7 (releasing December 1st in Japan, December 4th in North America) Nintendo commissioned  West Coast Customs to create life-size replicas of vehicles from the Mario Kart franchise. “These are the only cars... Read More »

Star Fox T-Shirt on TheYetee

Check out “The Barrel Rollers” on TheYetee. $11 + shipping (about $4) nets you the shirt. Lost on the reference? Maybe you should pay more attention to our Geek Speak segments, one of which we highlighted Peppy Hare, of... Read More »

Geek Speak Daily 8/18/11 “Peppy Hare”

PEPPY HARE – from Nintendo’s Star Fox For the non-nerds: Peppy Hare is a prominent member of the Star Fox team. He is the rabbit most commonly quoted on the internet for saying, “Do a barrel roll!” in the... Read More »

Terrifying Revisions of Mario Villains

Artist Mike Puncekar has drawn up these rather scary versions of the once cartoony villains of the Mario franchise. Check out the rest over at Geekologie. Read More »

Algorithm ‘De-Pixelizes’ Video Games in Real Time

Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski have created an algorithm that ‘de-pixelizes’ games in real time, resulting in smoother, cartoon-ier looking graphics for classic console games. The key of the algorithm is that it can detect the intention of curves... Read More »

Mario Kart K’NEX Coming This Summer

Nintendo and K’NEX have teamed up to release a Mario Kart themed K’NEX set of vehicles. Featuring Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi the sets consist of either a go-kart or a bike. The go-karts are priced at $19.99 and the... Read More »

Next Nintendo Console to be Revealed at E3 2011

GameInformer has announced that their staff has confirmations from various sources that claim Nintendo will officially announce  their next console at this years E3. The console is to be Nintendo’s first HD system, bumping them a generation behind their... Read More »

Nintendo 3DS is Pre-Order Ready

Nintendo 3Ds can be pre-ordered now. Read More »