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Mario goes anti-gravity to promote Galaxy photo

Mario has always been obsessed with air time. In the beginning, he could only hope to run fast enough to jump high, but later he gained the ability to concentrate and jump even higher. Eventually, he found that some self-modification could bring about short bouts of flight. Even with that, I'm sure he never imagined he'd be gliding in space from planet to planet, or that he'd be doing the space float with Dr. Buzz Aldrin.

That's right, the pilot of the Apollo 11, and the second man to step foot on the moon is now doing air tumbles with Mario. Of course, this WTF-worthy stunt was an effort to promote the upcoming Wii game Super Mario Galaxy.

If you were going anti-grav, who would you rather float with: Mario, Buzz Aldrin, or Jennifer Love Hewitt?

There's two more pics after the jump.

[Via Go Nintendo] 


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F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 11/05/2007 09:39
um...wut?
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 11/05/2007 09:43
great socks!
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 11/05/2007 09:43
HAHHA @ linuxguy
liqideos's Avatar
liqideos at 11/05/2007 09:44
How horrible would it be if that plane blew up coming down, and a flaming Mario head just kind of plopped in front of a GameStop as it was opening?

Wait...that'd be fucking awesome.
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 11/05/2007 09:47
Mario and Hewitt?
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 11/05/2007 09:47
liqideos - hahah!

Also, alternate caption: I'ma not feeling so good.
liqideos's Avatar
liqideos at 11/05/2007 09:49
Also, have to do it, you need to change the headline to use the third picture, only put: "Nom, nom nom", in front of Buzz Aldrin and Marios mouth.

Just look at it for a minute....
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BlueJester at 11/05/2007 10:02
I wonder who got to wear the mario suit for the trip.
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yourfriendawk at 11/05/2007 10:13
i wonder how much barf ended up in that mario head when they started to come down?!
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TNTv at 11/05/2007 10:21
Is the game called Super Mario Galaxy or just Mario Galaxy?
liqideos's Avatar
liqideos at 11/05/2007 10:30
TNTv-

Think about it, it went Super Mario for the Super NES, Mario 64 for the 64...and er...Sunshine...

Yeah, that explanation fell apart right there.

He isn't Super anymore...there.
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ShadowXOR at 11/05/2007 10:36
liqideos: It is Super Mario Sunshine.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Super_mario_sunshine.jpg

It was also Super Mario 64.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Super_Mario_64_box_cover.jpg

It is now Super Mario Galaxy.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Smgboxartwii.jpg

I don't know where the hell you've been but he always was and still is Super.
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liqideos at 11/05/2007 10:42
Yeah, like I said...that explanation fell apart once I realized I was wrong...but I still went for it.

You win this round Trebeck.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/05/2007 10:56
WHY IS MARIO TWICE THE SIZE OF ANYONE THERE?
Lord_Satorious's Avatar
Lord_Satorious at 11/05/2007 11:00
Because he ate a Super Mushroom.
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A New Challenger at 11/05/2007 11:11
And Satorious wins the comments. Goodnight, everybody.

It'd be really funny if that was actually Charles Martinet in the costume.
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Variable Gear at 11/05/2007 11:21
Jennifer Love Hewitt?

Yeah, I'd probably go with that.
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king3vbo at 11/05/2007 11:21
My head explode.
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Mr Jonson at 11/05/2007 11:25
someone should photoshop this with the pics of Stephen Hawking on that flight, for epic win
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Upgrayedd at 11/05/2007 11:35
UR MR GAY in space?
Tiff's Avatar
Tiff at 11/05/2007 11:43
This is silly, and I don't know how I feel about Buzz Aldrin holding hands with Mario like that.
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Sharpless at 11/05/2007 13:07
How fast can I say "Jennifer Love Hewitt"?
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Dexter345 at 11/05/2007 15:27
I'd rather float with Mario, since he's the only one who has ever actually been to other celestial bodies.
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Orionsaint at 11/05/2007 16:25
Buzz looks a little too BUZZED in that first pic hehe
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 11/05/2007 18:35
True story: When I was a kid, Buzz Aldrin's son was the roommate of one of my parent's friends. He really resented being asked questions about his dad.
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Airship Aciddent at 11/06/2007 14:16
I for one welcome our new upside down Buzz Aldrin overlords.

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