See things through Mario's point of view [update]

by Candace Savino { Mar 10th 2008 at 10:30PM }

We've already seen Paper Mario transform Mario's world from 2D to 3D, but we like this picture that does it old-school style. It's also interesting to see Super Mario Bros. through a first-person perspective.

Our favorite thing about this picture is that Mario can see the scoreboard floating in the sky on the left. Also, he seems to have a nice view of the sun setting while he's running around saving princesses.

If you like this picture and want to see some more first-person Mario, you might also want to check out Techeblog's Doom/Mario mash-up. The poor goombas -- they never stood a chance, really.

[Update: The picture now links to a wallpaper sized version -- just click on it. Thanks, Jeff!]

Tags: 3d, art, first-person, mario

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

vidGuy @ Mar 10th 2008 10:36PM

Cool pic and neat idea, but wouldn't the Goombas be flat and/or Mario would be looking at their side? They move sideways in the game and face the player.

geckoboy @ Mar 11th 2008 12:13AM

Can we get a link to that wallpaper.

Colin @ Mar 11th 2008 12:50AM

Ollllllllllllllllld. I had this as my wallpaper over a year ago. Still cool though.

Andy @ Mar 11th 2008 7:43AM

I need this as a wallpaper!!! Where's the link?

Metacore @ Mar 11th 2008 1:32AM

Can we have a link then?

Arthur Lucena @ Mar 11th 2008 8:04AM

Very nice idea and composition... does somebody knows where we get a link to the wallpaper?

Mr Khan @ Mar 11th 2008 9:33AM

He has to be heading towards the sunrise, since all the worlds of the original game were oriented from left to right

dannybuoy @ Mar 11th 2008 10:24AM

I'd love to play a mario game with this perspective! I love the flat colours with the lighting effects.

Candace Savino @ Mar 11th 2008 10:30AM

Sorry guys,

I didn't realize it was old or a wallpaper, because the place I found this picture from (Techeblog) doesn't link it to anything. I had assumed it was just a fan creation sent into Techeblog. I've been looking around and haven't found anything, but if I manage to dig up the wallpaper, I'll update the post.