Russian Mario
 

No idea how old this is, or if it's made its circulation through here before, but I thought this was wicked:

The mushroom was my favorite part.
http://www.mattandthat.com/flash/rusmario.swf

Oh man, that was pretty damn cool. I would have never expected seeing Mario like that (I was halfway thinking this was gonna be one of those Soviet Russia jokes).

I think so. Whether or not either (or both) is a parody I'm not sure.

Quite scary. I guess the goombas were the capitalists or something.

Cool. Eight thumbs up!

Great video. I think they need to make a mario game like that one day.

woah a bad ass mario. This one's a much better view than that retardo sonic flash.

There was something about that that really weirded me out. Good flash animation though.

Ah, nice flash. It kept me entertained. I loved the animation..

Hey, that actually was entertaining! Nintendo should make some sort of serious Mario game like that once. With guns, booze, cigars and hookers.

I think it is based off someone's comment about how Mario was full of communist propaganda. All the stuff you saw in the video are things that were thought to be promoting communism in Marioo Bros., like the red star flag.

The title of the song in the flash animation is Farwell to Slavania, also know as Slavic Farewell. I've played it before with our town's community band. I just thought I'd mention this since the title wasn't in the credits.

^.^

Interesting and stylish. Some of the animation was a bit off but overall it was pretty interesting.

Although I'm wondering if "Mario" is a name ever given to a Russian.

That's pretty badass. I liked it too. It somehow reminds me of another badass Mario image from a while ago:

http://blog.sanemonkey.com/images/_m..._mario_art.jpg

dude, that's awesome art,dark mario, who'da thunk? got any more? :)

That was pretty coo. I'm going to pass it on.

Was this based of a picture of Russian Mario with something about revolution?

I love the style! The harsh universe, the animation and the music - everything! Thanks for sharing.

You might like some of these then...

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Oh, and check out I AM 8 BIT too.

http://www.aethiamud.org/communist_mario/

Mario IS communist.

Wow really likeds it, espacially the mushroom bit.

That was great! I especially liked the "distressed" pattern that was applied to the animation. Really well done.

Cool video. I really liked the somewhat militaristic style of music used. Mario is a firm believer in Gorbachev's perestroika. Since both the release of Super Mario Brothers and Gorbachev's initial planning coincide (1985).:judge:

Cool. I also thought it would be one of these "In Soviet, Mushrooms eats you!"-jokes, but I was pleasently suprised!
I'd honestly buy a mature Mario the second it hits the street. Not because the 'kiddy' Mario is shit or anything, but if Nintendo ever made a Mario like this (Well, without communist propaganda, of course) that'd be so extremely awesome, it would be impossible to spell...

Heh, that was pretty damn good. Shame it didn't display properly in Bon Echo though.

I still prefer that one flash movie where it's all sprites and backgrounds from the original Mario Bros., and Mario's replaced with a huge version of himself with Lenin's head. He's walking on the bridge towards Bowser, who promptly grabs the axe and jumps into the lava. In the next room, Toadstool says her usual thing while Mario approaches, shortly before conjuring up an axe herself and jumping into a nearby pit of fire. Funny stuff, shame I can't find the link :(

That video was a fine piece of Soviet propaganda. So even the commies got Nintendo back then eh?!

I didn't know goombas had that much blood in them. Poor goombas. Funny flash nonetheless.