Mix 93.1 » nintendo http://mix931fm.com Today's Hit Music Wed, 22 May 2013 22:25:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Super Mario Brothers Get the Indie Film Treatment in 'Mario' [VIDEO] http://mix931fm.com/super-mario-brothers-get-the-indie-film-treatment-in-mario-video/ http://mix931fm.com/super-mario-brothers-get-the-indie-film-treatment-in-mario-video/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:48:15 +0000 Lisa Thomas http://mix931fm.com/?p=4787 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.

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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.

The survey was done for the book "Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer's Edition," but we have a list of the top 50 after the jump.

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