Even so, this image (which was created by Pixeloo using Photoshop CS2) isn't completely fair to the lovable Nintendo hero. For example, why are his eyes so unrealistically big? Also, that thing on his mouth looks more like a raccoon tail than an actual 'stache. Still, this is certainly an interesting conversation piece -- one that makes us hope that Mario will continue looking cartoony for eternity. A realistic looking Mario definitely enters the Uncanny Valley, which is one place our favorite plumber should never dare to venture.
[Thanks, Mark and Mikey!]
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3-17-2008 @ 6:04PM
Connor said...
My vote's for them to do Eggman next. shudder
Otherwise that's pretty cool :P
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3-17-2008 @ 6:15PM
Mr_oHH said...
yeah, i cant wait til another rendition comes out for a different character. scary... nice work none the less.
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3-17-2008 @ 6:19PM
Osaka said...
Oh em gee what would Wario look like...
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3-17-2008 @ 6:25PM
Croove55 said...
There are questions that should never ever be asked AND YOU JUST ASKED ONE OF THEM. If the internet heard you well enough, then the oncoming eye torture is your blame alone. You will not be unlike Albert Einstein, who for all his inquisition brought the world blazing, fiery DEATH.
3-17-2008 @ 6:36PM
Good_Bytes said...
That is why Nintendo doesn't apply "realistic" graphics on Mario games ;)
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3-17-2008 @ 7:05PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
"For example, why are his eyes so unrealistically big?"
Cuz his eyes ARE unrealistically big?
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3-17-2008 @ 7:27PM
Haohmaru said...
AHHHHHHHH!!! IT'S SMEAGOL.
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3-17-2008 @ 10:09PM
B1gg Randall said...
OMG.... that mario looks kinda scary man....
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3-17-2008 @ 10:41PM
Alexisonfire said...
But people, you must ask yourselves: What is creepier? A fairly accurate rendering of Mario's face that throws proportion out the window? Or Bob Hoskins Mario from the film?
I'm leaning heavily toward the latter.
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3-18-2008 @ 12:25AM
K Sawyer said...
I don't know man. I'm fairly certain they nailed Mario by casting Captain Lou Albano. That's definitely who I envisage every time I picture him in real life.
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3-18-2008 @ 1:48AM
Wushupants said...
if this was a real version of mario, first of all, it would be of old mario. the mario i know is not even old enough to have as many wrinkles as this one. and i know mario's been though a lot but, is it enough for him to look this worn-out and beat up? not likely. also... it's... it's just scary. the feeling it emanates from that image is unsettling indeed. this should sit atop the uncanny valley...
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3-18-2008 @ 4:49AM
Dan K. said...
hide ur children
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3-18-2008 @ 10:43AM
mike said...
LOL, Sonic Next!!!!!!
Better yet, I wonder what Peach and Daisy and Luigi will look like.
LOL or Toad!
No King Koopa or Bowser... what ever happened to koopa, did mario kill him?
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3-19-2008 @ 3:00AM
Soiden said...
Bowser and Koopa are the same. Bowser is the american name for Koopa.
3-18-2008 @ 3:58PM
George Arauz said...
Shit thats creepy
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4-11-2008 @ 4:15AM
D. said...
WTH...Who is messing with my childhood!
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