Thursday, June 30, 2011

6/30: Super Mario and Pauline break up? Is this the end of "Pario?"

Dorkly has a whole Web series of hilarious Mario cartoons, done in the sometimes-not-ever-8-bit style of the original games. There's ever more than the four I linked to, but I'm pretty winded from copying and pasting four different links. Oof, and I just had to click the italics button, plus I before that has to highlight some text. It's a tough life.

Dorkly's newest jam answers the question of where Pauline is. You remember Pauline? The lady Mario has to save in the original Donkey Kong? Who only shows up in the Mario vs DK Mini game series? What ever happened to her? Why isn't she riding a go-kart and joining Mario's tennis, golf, and board game parties? Click the link to see the falling out.

On a personal note, I think a Web series about Super Mario is a great idea. I only wish that it could be live action, though, and feature the real Mario, talking about his experience over the years. Perhaps with atrocious production values, and me, and people in silly costumes.

Yeah, that would be something, wouldn't it?

More news on this as it develops. Keep checking the skies! YouTube!