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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 - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:39
F Whipple
um...wut?
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:43
linuxguy
great socks!
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:43
Dale North
HAHHA @ linuxguy
liqideos's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:44
liqideos
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 - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:47
BlindsideDork
Mario and Hewitt?
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:47
Dale North
liqideos - hahah!

Also, alternate caption: I'ma not feeling so good.
liqideos's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 09:49
liqideos
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....
BlueJester's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:02
BlueJester
I wonder who got to wear the mario suit for the trip.
yourfriendawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:13
yourfriendawk
i wonder how much barf ended up in that mario head when they started to come down?!
TNTv's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:21
TNTv
Is the game called Super Mario Galaxy or just Mario Galaxy?
liqideos's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:30
liqideos
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.
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:36
ShadowXOR
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.
liqideos's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:42
liqideos
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 - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 10:56
Necros
WHY IS MARIO TWICE THE SIZE OF ANYONE THERE?
Lord_Satorious's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 11:00
Lord_Satorious
Because he ate a Super Mushroom.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2007 11:11
A New Challenger
And Satorious wins the comments. Goodnight, everybody.

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

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

nom
nom
nom
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