Mario controlled by a giant ghostly hand

Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 22, 2008 10:23 AM | permalink

In this stupendous youtube, Japanese hackers merge an old (pre-EyeToy) hand-recognition system with Super Mario Brothers, and screengrab several rounds of bonkers Mario, nudged along by a ghostly, giant hand. In the climax, over 100 Marii are unleashed into pale-blue-sky-land and set to running and bouncing by the Barely Visible Hand. That is some primo video game reimagining stuff right there. Link (Thanks to Dan and Kotaku)

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#1 posted by DGHilton , January 22, 2008 10:52 AM

Lovely re-imaging indeed. And I know I've seen that hand somewhere before. It was in Shibuya, I believe.

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#2 posted by bbum , January 22, 2008 11:50 AM

How could you post that without mentioning the totally awesome sing-song cover of the Mario theme??!?!?!

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#3 posted by Scypher

, January 22, 2008 12:18 PM

The music is really the best part.

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#4 posted by zombieite , January 22, 2008 2:00 PM

i thought the plural of mario was mariae.

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#5 posted by Geoff Sebesta , January 22, 2008 3:17 PM

Ah, yes. Every year, at about this time, the infant marios rush to their flagpole. Each individual baby mario faces insurmountable odds, but the survival of their species is at stake!

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#6 posted by Michael

, January 23, 2008 10:34 AM

I think a baby mario must be a mariino.