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The ever-changing sizes of Mario and Bowser

From NES to Wii, we chronicle the fluctuating stature of Nintendo's biggest icons

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US
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mfwahwah  - 1 year 1 month ago 
@GamesRadarTylerWilde

That was the best comment I have ever read haha.


"Fearn grafting"
Herschal  - 1 year 1 month ago 
@GamedRadarTylerWilde
LOL That was amazing, but was the Fresh Prince thing plastered over a bunch of profanities?

Anyway, nice article, I never even thought about this until I saw the article of the front page. I approve.

And that flamy guy, shameful.
DELTA8558  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Ignore tomkinite people, eventually he might get off the computer and get a life instead of moaning about a brilliant article. Great job, GR!
tomkinite  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Did you post a comment just to ask if I signed up just to say that?
ultra.starr  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Why is Mario the standard for size, we already know he changes based on the mushrooms. I bet Bowser has actually stayed the same size and the potentcy of mushrooms has fluctuated over the years - the sunshine days mark a severe mushroom depression...

How is -At the Olympic Games, I the read reviews at http://www.buzzillions.com/dz_1995324_mario_sonic_olympic_games_wii_reviews
but would be interested in a more gaming oriented perspective?
LuckyNumbr73  - 1 year 1 month ago 
tomknite, whatthecrap? this isnt meant to be serious. its just for fun. These guys just notice a lot of different funny things that people dont really pay attention to. oh, and the fresh prince rox
fionnoh  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Internet: serious business.
georgeguy  - 1 year 1 month ago 
god that was halarious tyler

good artical anyways
markv  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Great Bowser history lesson! I sense a Super Mario steroids scandal coming soon...
thejanitor44  - 1 year 1 month ago 
fianally someone noticed thqat bowser dies so grusomely in new mario bros I though that was the only one for awhile

anyways great article keep it up XDDDD
Thequestion 121  - 1 year 30 days ago 
That was a great article, guys!
Defguru7777  - 1 year 30 days ago 
Bowser's height just keeps fluctuating wildly. If this keeps up, he may just implode.
noofer7  - 1 year 30 days ago 
Ah, Giga Bowser...
al455  - 1 year 30 days ago 
Bowser designed by Cliffy.b , ha,ha!
Ravenbom  - 1 year 29 days ago 
@ultra.starr:I was just going to type that! I was listening to Talk Radar 22, and started thinking, why is Mario the size standard? He normally grows and shrinks with every mis-timed jump.(or dies)
Then again, maybe the whole princess thing is a drug induced hallucination in the 2-D games and a dreams of regrets in the 3-D series ala Braid. Like Braid takes on the nuclear bomb, while Mario Sunshine takes on pollution ala Captain Planet.

As for Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, I'd say it's solidly in the rental category. My friend who likes more casual games to drink to liked it a lot, I thought it was just OK, but we had a lot of fun one night drinking and playing it while smack talking each other. While I'm a bit of a Nintendo fan-boy, I'll admit it's another mini game collection, and Warioware Smooth Moves and the first Rayman Raving Rabbids and even Carnival Games did it better... IMHO, of course.

If you're looking for a good semi-casual Wii game, I'd suggest: Order Up!. It's basically a cooking game, but really, it's like playing 5 minigames at once. It has some depth too, at least more than the typical shallow gameplay on Wii. It's short, so I suggest renting that one too, but it's really good, for what it is. 50 times better than Cooking Mama on Wii.
clever123  - 1 year 29 days ago 
Wow i never really noticed the size differences between mario and bowser
Wizrai  - 1 year 29 days ago 
Yet, beating Bowser's #$% has always given a great pleasure.
Graham  - 1 year 27 days ago 
You know, I think I noticed this back when I first saw Bowser in Mario 64, but I never really thought anything of it since.

Great read.
brummboy12  - 1 year 26 days ago 
I haven't played Super Smash Bros Brawl much but why is Bowser so weird in that one.
sage62  - 1 year 25 days ago 
Dude, tomkinite, what the hell man? This website clearly isn't for you if you get like that over an article because things like this are pretty typical here, if you can't handle that, then I don't know what to tell you, go join a website that talks about the art in gaming or somewhere else where people sound like douches on a regular basis
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