What if Niko Bellic was in Mario Kart?

… and 9 other ludicrous game mash-ups

Words: Dave Meikleham on September 16, 2009

So what would happen if amoral Balkan sociopath Niko Bellic was in everyone's favourite cute and cuddly cartoon racer? Would Mario and chums accept him into the line-up with grace and humility? Would Niko keep the lid on all his murderous rage when Yoshi was firing red shells up his tailpipe? Of course, not. This is what would happen if the worlds of Liberty City and the Mushroom Kingdom clashed...

And that got us thinking. What if more of our most beloved characters jumped the shark and tried different types of games? Have you ever wondered how the famously tight-lipped Gordon Freeman would get on in the chin-wagging-athon that is Mass Effect? Or pondered on what would happen if Leisure Suit Larry bumped into a Left 4 Dead witch? Well ponder no more, because we've put some of your favourite games into a big game-melding blender and come up with the following mash-ups.


Marcus Fenix in Cooking Mama

The space marine with a neck thicker than a Redwood has sawed countless pesky aliens in half with that Lancer of his. But, personally, we think it's high time he put his slicing and dicing skills to better, more culinary-centric use.


Pokémon in Afrika

Those little Nintendo blighters think they’re pretty tough with their electricity and other elemental-powered attacks, eh? Well, let’s see how they cope when they’re introduced to a little thing we like to call the circle of life… or, in this case, death.


Alex Mercer in Trauma Center

Prototype's puerile antihero can do almost anything with those claws of his. And after gutting most of New York we think it's time he gave something back to society. And what better way to be integrated back into the realms of social acceptability than trying your hand/giant pointy fingers of death at a bit of surgery?


Leisure Suit Larry in Left 4 Dead

Seeing as Lovage is the randiest thing on stubby, sex-starved legs and Left 4 Dead witches are eligible, independent females... kind of, it's pretty much a date made in heaven. Well, until the nasty evisceration part of the night that comes after dessert.

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  • coolpants96

    coolpants96  - 2 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    haha, broom stick
  • FETALJUICE

    FETALJUICE  - 2 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    Marcus Fenix cooking and the guy from Prototype in the hospital made LOL
  • jackthemenace

    jackthemenace  - 2 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    omg i loved the marcus fenix and alex mercer bits.
  • CORNHOL0

    CORNHOL0  - 2 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    "Then I found out she was a stripper, and I told her to SUCK ON MY BOOMSTICK! BLARGH!
  • jar-head

    jar-head  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    lmao! Banging Zombies, Riding up on Duke's "100 kiloton Nuke" Dead Safari Pokemon! GR kicks ALL Ass! Great Work Dave
  • Rhesus

    Rhesus  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    HaaaaaaHHHHHHAAAAAAHHAAAAAAaAaaAAaa
    Clever stuff

    reCAPTCHA:
    10 corona,
    nah I'll just have one thanks.
  • TheNinja

    TheNinja  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    poor freeman
  • TreeWhale

    TreeWhale  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    If these games were made like that, the developers would be trillion ares.

    Look I am a Whale
  • Cyberninja

    Cyberninja  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    if sonic keeps getting worse than i want him in burnout
  • Hurricrane

    Hurricrane  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    that pic of Marcus Mama is a brilliant combo of creepy and hysterical
  • EmmaXII

    EmmaXII  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    Awesome article!
    I loved the kh one XD
    Nd th mass effect/half life XD
    And Yorda
    "Can't we jst hold hands?"
  • Conman93

    Conman93  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    My favourite was the sonic and kingdom hearts one.
    Kingdom hearts would be like GTA with goofy if Duke joined
  • dweller

    dweller  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    That's some good mash ups. I definitely didn't see the Prototype + Trauma Center coming.
  • Terro

    Terro  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    What if Final Fantasy somehow merged with Disney and-
    Oh...
    It was a ludicrous, but awesome combo though.
  • kc2

    kc2  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    C-C-C COMBO BREAKER........
    Lol " I acciedently botched your husbands surgery and cut out his spleen
  • noobeater

    noobeater  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    ye ye 2nd wats it to ya


    awesome article left 4 dead would be hilarious
  • allthegoodnameswheretaken

    allthegoodnameswheretaken  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    Stoic Silence. First !!!!!!!!!!
  • Spybreak8

    Spybreak8  - 2 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    This was an office banter wasn't it!? ^^
  • waffledragon33

    waffledragon33  - 2 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    dude
  • CH3BURASHKA

    CH3BURASHKA  - 2 years, 5 months ago  - Report

    I lol'd at the Mass Effect/HL mash up. Also, props for getting Yorda in there. I'm thinking about playing Ico again, seeing as how I've been listening to the soundtrack nonstop for the past couple months.
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