These animated clips harken back to a simpler time–a 16 bit time. But the magical world has suddenly become very real for Mario & Luigi.
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While I admit I’m rarely up late enough to catch The Pete Holmes show on TBS following Conan, I have become a fan of his YouTube channel. More specifically, I find a cleverness at work with his Realistic Mario clips–a close look at what would happen in Mario and Luigi’s cartoonish world if bricks were bricks, if turtles really were jumped upon (or set on fire), if you suddenly found yourself immersed in water after lowering into a pipe, if you ate random mushrooms, or if a miniature dinosaur hatched before your eyes.
For just a moment, let’s overlook the obscenely stereotypical Italian accents, the cartoon animal cruelty, and the helpless princess waiting for her man to save her and simply enjoy some comedy that harkens back to a simpler time. A 16-bit time.
Here are just two selections.
Enjoy!