If you live in the U.S., you probably know that there’s a presidential election coming up this November. As it stands, you currently have a few front-runner options: John McCain, Barack Obama, or … Mario and Luigi?
Yes, the joke’s been done before (especially because of the nine thousand Mario Party games out there), but now it’s on a t-shirt. Yet, that’s not where Nintendo stops interfering in politics.
Supporters of presidential candidate (and popular Mii), Barack Obama, have made a ton of 1up themed paraphernalia endorsing the candidate. The “O” in “Obama” was replaced with the green power-up, and the slogan reads, “Obama: 1up for America.” Check past the break (or just click here) to see the design made by the Leftique.
Now all we need is some game gear for McCain, and Nintendo will have completely taken over this election.
The eternally excellent Retronauts podcast returned last week for a Mario-centric episode. In our opinion, Retronauts is the best retrogaming podcast on the Internet (the best podcast on the Internet? Maybe!), and is rarely worth missing. The panel in this episode is especially great, as it consists entirely of snarky, animated people who happen to know everything about games, ever. Of course, the availability of Super Mario Bros. 3 on the VC and the upcoming release of Galaxy have us all in a Mario mood, so we can all enjoy this episode even more (if we can hear it over our own hyperventilating, a symptom of Mario Madness).
If that's not enough Jeremy-Parish-talking-about-Mario, check out the latest 1UP Show video (easily accessible at the top of this very post), which features, in addition to Super Mario Galaxy video footage and a ton of discussion, a brief West Side Story-esque musical interlude from Parish about receiving the game in the mail.Read | Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
If you live in the U.S., you probably know that there’s a presidential election coming up this November. As it stands, you currently have a few front-runner options: John McCain, Barack Obama, or … Mario and Luigi?
