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Tokyo’s “real-life Mario Kart” go-kart rental company loses lawsuit against Nintendo

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2018
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Court orders halt to cosplay rentals, payment of fine for copyright infringement.

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• (cars • crime • go-karts • lawsuit • MariCar • Mario Kart • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

Bowsette fan art spreads to more Mario characters with sexy princesses from Boo, Yoshi, and more

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2018

Mario’s friends and foes alike enchant the Internet as they fall under the enchantment of the Super Crown.

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• Japan
• (Booette • Bowsette • fan art • nintendo • Princess Boo • Princess Koopa • Princess Teresa • Princess Yoshi • Super Crown • Super Mario • video games • Yoshi)

Bowsette/Princess Koopa is getting her own dedicated fan event next month in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2018

Artist exhibition, cosplay contest organized to honor the current ruling monarch of the fanart kingdom.

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• Japan
• (Bowsette • events • fan art • Koopa-hime • nintendo • Princess Koopa • Super Mario • video games)

Crazy-athletic Japanese convenience store clerk may be employee of year, or Super Mario【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2018

Leaping into action and clearing Japan’s already high bar for customer service in an amazing way.

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• (awesome • convenience stores • crazy • customer service • Family mart • funny • Super Mario • video)

Super Mario is officially a plumber again, Nintendo says

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2018

Those Super Mario Odyssey royalty checks aren’t going to last forever, so it’s really about time the video game star rejoined the workforce.

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• (Mario • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games)

Cosplaying go-kart driver strikes bicyclist in hit-and-run collision in Akihabara

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2018

Police track down, arrest Taiwanese national. Mario presumed innocent.

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• (accident • Akihabara • cars • cosplay • crime • go-karts • Mario Kart • nintendo • Super Mario • weird)

The 10 most important Japanese video games ever made

• Viewster
  Nov 22, 2017

Has any other country given more to video games than Japan?

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • pac-man • Pokemon • Super Mario • the legend of Zelda • top 10 • video games • Viewster)

Nintendo reportedly close to agreement for U.S.-produced animated Super Mario Bros. film

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2017

Decades after the live-action Super Mario film’s flop, Nintendo is said to be ready to take another shot at movie magic.

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• Japan, USA
• (Illumination Entertainment • movies • nintendo • Super Mario • Universal Pictures • video games)

Princess Peach approves new Super Mario beauty products

• Anime News Network
  Oct 15, 2017

Japanese make-up cosmetic line Shu Uemura is introducing a holiday collection to look your Princess Peach best.

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• Japan, USA
• (Anime News Network • cosmetics • makeup • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

Nintendo confirms that yes, Mario is punching Yoshi in the back of the head in Super Mario World

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2017

As if we didn’t already feel bad enough from sending Yoshi plummeting into all those bottomless pits, Nintendo gives us yet another source of video game grief.

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• (nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario World • video games • Yoshi)

Super Mario’s super nipples make their video game debut in Super Mario Odyssey【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2017

Nintendo’s mascot goes bare-chested at the beach in his newest adventure.

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• (nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey • video • video games • weird)

Super Mario isn’t a plumber, Nintendo officially says

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2017

Like that summer in high school you spent flipping burgers at a fast food joint, Mario’s plumbing days are part of his past.

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• (Mario • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games)

Nintendo’s Mario “borrows” one of Sonic the Hedgehog’s signature moves in his newest game

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2017

The Nintendo star is seen getting around like his old rival in Super Mario Odyssey.

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• Japan
• (nintendo • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey)

Super Mario and Princess Peach wedding registration forms make matrimony super in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2017

The first couple of Nintendo grace the legally binding documents.

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• (COK • marriage • marriage registrations forms • nintendo • Princess Peach • romance • Super Mario • video games • weddings • Zexy)

Sorry, kids. The U.S.-based ESRB doesn’t recommend Super Mario Odyssey for gamers under 10

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2017

Nintendo’s Mario has been the face of kid-friendly gaming for decades, but the ratings board doesn’t think his new adventure is for everybody.

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• Japan, USA
• (ESRB • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey • video • video games)

Nintendo says there are no game overs, EVER, in upcoming Super Mario Odyssey

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2017

Mario’s newfound immortality looks to shake up the function of one in-game item in a huge way.

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• (nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey • video • video games)

After years of stomping on enemies, Nintendo’s Mario becomes a stamp series in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2017

Peach and Luigi featured too, but one series regular is left off the postage.

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• (cool • nintendo • stamps • stationery • Super Mario • video games)

Mario Kart makes the leap to virtual reality at new Tokyo VR entertainment center【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2017

Warm up those throwing arms, because it’ll take more than a button tap to chuck those Koopa shells.

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• Japan
• (Bandai Namco • Evangelion • Mario Kart • Ninendo • Super Mario • Tokyo • video • video games • virtual reality • VR Zone Shinjuku)

Universal Studios Japan just built a real-life Super Mario level【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2017

First glimpse of theme park’s Nintendo World expansion looks as awesome as we’d hoped.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

Uniqlo and Nintendo team up for awesome line of video game T-shirts representing 10 franchises

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2017

Super Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda series salutes among the winners in global design contest.

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• Japan
• (fashion • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • Pokemon • Super Mario • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video games)

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