Joystiq [Nintendo]

Mario in the Jungle

Even though this is ultimately another hopeless attempt to merge Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom with Zelda, Link and the rest of Hyrule, we see no problem with dressing up Mario in a green tunic and sending him out into the land of the Triforce.

Alternatively, this might be a Vietnam simulator in which Mario strategically evades "Charlie" and leaps over sprawling napalm strikes in the heart of Vietnam's lush jungle. An unlikely setting for a video game plumber, sure, but if anyone can handle the challenges of an unpopular war it's Mario. Yeah...

Judging from the game's cover it looks like Mr. I found a way to pollinate himself and sprout up as green flowers. Your guess is as good as ours.

(Mario in the Jungle original boxart by Lodovicok)

21/08/08