The best thing you'll see today: Mario vs. Buzz Aldrin

by Justin McElroy { Nov 7th 2007 at 3:55PM }

So what's more disturbing to you personally? Is it that this video of Mario wrestling with Buzz Aldrin in zero gravity exists? Or is it that at the Super Mario Galaxy marketing meeting someone stood up and said "I have the perfect idea..." and followed it up with this?

We're still deciding if we're more in love with the most erotic zero G scene since Barbarella or the part where ~~Buzz Aldrin~~, ~~Dr. Buzz Aldrin~~, the second man to walk on the moon Dr. Buzz Aldrin is forced to talk about what a great job "Super Duper Mario" did during his flight.

Just to reiterate: Someone suggested this. And they weren't shot with a tranquilizer dart. Hell, they may have been promoted. At least now we know how Nintendo's spending all that Wii money: On hallucinogenic mushrooms big enough to choke Mr. Snuffleupagus.

Tags: mario, mtv, supermariogalaxy

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Antonio @ Nov 7th 2007 4:01PM

Damn I was thinking Mario would take on Buzz Lightyear until I saw still for the video and realized my mistake. :(

Deck @ Nov 7th 2007 4:02PM

Wow... I don't know what to say. Its, uhm.... scary?

Roger @ Nov 7th 2007 4:03PM

I need to stop smoking weed....

gwangi @ Nov 7th 2007 4:04PM

I wanted to see the part of the video that they cut out. You know where the guy in the Mario suit is floating upside down and they pull out of the decent restoring normal gravity and Mario comes crashing the the ground head first.

JodyAnthony @ Nov 7th 2007 4:04PM

"Just to reiterate: Someone suggested this"

even worse, the second man to walk on the moon Dr. Buzz Aldrin AGREED to do this.

HineyWipe @ Nov 7th 2007 4:07PM

Ah, but who gets to clean out the costume when the "Vomit Comet" lands?

arrakisman @ Nov 7th 2007 4:08PM

I met Buzz at a rocket contest once. Nice guy. His publicist wouldn't let him sign my model rocket though.

jesus_bon_jovi @ Nov 7th 2007 4:08PM

i am scared

Shagittarius @ Nov 7th 2007 4:13PM

now this IS living.

The True Gamer @ Nov 7th 2007 4:20PM

Damn, I thought Mario was going to tell him he never walked on the moon, and Buzz came out with fists flying like in 2002:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQKxAqpjroo&mode=related&search=buzz%20aldrin

zuburi @ Nov 7th 2007 4:21PM

I'm pretty sure that when you say "the best thing you'll see today," you're not taking into account the scads of asian butt porn I have on my hard drive.

Jerk Face @ Nov 7th 2007 4:43PM

LOL

h2c @ Nov 7th 2007 4:24PM

I prefer the recent nightmarish PS3 over this thing: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/05/european-ps3-ad-takes-a-step-back-into-crazytown/

As weird as the PS3 ad is, at least it doesn't feature an astronaut awkwardly groping and leglocking a fat plumber while freestyling Shakespeare.

Gregorius @ Nov 7th 2007 4:44PM

Creepy. How much money did this ad cost Nintendo?

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 7th 2007 4:50PM

The big punchline is gonna be how Buzz Aldrin actually approached Nintendo with this idea and funded it himself. I bet he even supplied the costume.

moominsean @ Nov 7th 2007 5:10PM

the inside of that mario head is probably coated with vomit.

Leobebes @ Nov 7th 2007 5:26PM

The sad reality is that Super Mario actually did walk on the moon (Mario Galaxy) unlike "sucker punch" Buzz.

AirIntake @ Nov 7th 2007 6:07PM

Buzz did walk on the moon, about 15 min after Armstrong. Unless you're one of those conspiracy whack jobs (who seem to have trouble with research and logic), this is a fact.

Leobebes @ Nov 7th 2007 6:15PM

It's a proven fact that Buzz and the U.S. did not walk on the moon. He would've been incinerated by solar flares or a cyclic radiation belt if they attempted to actually fly to the moon. Mario did because he used star power to circumvent those galactic issues. So Buzz is a poser and Mario is the real deal.