Jan 2 2008Eye Candy: The History Of Mario Power-Ups
Not sure who made this nifty little picture, but it depicts the history of Mario power-ups throughout the years. Sure it doesn't show all of the newer ones, but it's still pretty awesome, huh? Yeah it is. It sort of reminds me of my history of power-ups, otherwise known as the list of drinks I had on New Year's. It started simple enough, with a beer I drank in the shower, but quickly escalated to one of the more potent power-ups known to man, a handle of Jagermeister I drank on the bus ride to my friend's party. Unfortunately it turned out to be less the "get laid" power-up I expected and more of a "get arrested" variety. Stupid unpredictable power-ups.
A video after the jump that shows the evolution of Mario from Donkey Kong to Super Mario Galaxy. And as if that wasn't cool enough, it's set to the Zelda theme, which totally made me want to do it.
Mario - The Power-Ups [techeblog]
Reader Comments
1. wiinja - January 2, 2008 5:43 PM
well done, brought my back to my ill-spent youth hanging out with that guy. i mean Mario practically RAISED me.
2. Cameron - January 2, 2008 7:23 PM
that video was UBER awesome
3. morga - January 2, 2008 11:18 PM
Is there a hi-res version of this anywhere? I can barely read the small text.
4. whistle - January 3, 2008 7:18 AM
I don't even recognize the star and star power icons that come after the frog suit from part 3. I can't believe that there was something from 3 that I had never seen!
5. Darin - January 3, 2008 12:52 PM
They forgot that Mario can ride in the cloud after he kills the dude that flies around and throws porcupine-things from it.
6. Spring Mario is the Devil - January 3, 2008 1:00 PM
Spring mario is to evil to be on that list
7. Geist - January 3, 2008 2:52 PM
Was featured in an issue of Games TM recently, not sure which. basically a British version of Game Informer.
8. nathalie - February 19, 2008 6:10 PM
so i want this. like a poster of this.