This is not how Mario should die

27 Comments by Ross Miller May 18th 2008 8:30PM
Filed under: Culture, Retro, Video

Some death sequences hit the mark just right. Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Wadsworth the Butler in Clue, Pac-Man in Pac-Man ... all beautiful and masterfully orchestrated demises. Witness in the video above a compilation of death sequences that should never be used for Mario. Not all of the games referenced are listed in the video, so peep after the break for a full list.

[Via Digg]

Mega-Man
Q-Bert
Dragon's Lair
Smash Bros.
Friday the 13th
Paperboy

Tags: mario

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(Page 1) Reader Comments

Futuramaguy42: May 18th 2008; 8:36PM

I think its the death to Dragons Lair, not Friday the 13th

Futuramaguy42: May 18th 2008; 8:37PM

Woops nvm, that was in a different spot, I just got it confused.

Co: May 19th 2008; 12:22AM

Damn if that Paper Boy death didn't win it!

Just_a_guy: May 18th 2008; 8:44PM

this sucked more than anything i've ever seen posted here ever!

SoulBlade: May 18th 2008; 8:49PM

Sounds like you don't read enough Joystiq ;)

Zachary Hinchliffe: May 18th 2008; 9:04PM

oh they post this but not my mario board game?

Tegolin: May 18th 2008; 8:47PM

The video is gone!
Oh noes!

Just_a_guy: May 19th 2008; 1:28AM

geez I think this is just lame for what it is.. geez.

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859): May 18th 2008; 8:57PM

When I saw the Smash Bros. death, I thought it was a reference to how Team Rocket flys away in the Pokemon TV show.

Silicon Siren: May 18th 2008; 9:13PM

Perhaps that is where the Super Smash Bros. deaths were taken from.

Demaar: May 18th 2008; 10:03PM

Nah, that's a common anime cliché.

finnith: May 18th 2008; 11:20PM

When I was a kid I always wondered how they possibly survived the falls they did.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392]: May 18th 2008; 11:39PM

Really good health plan.

ssuk: May 19th 2008; 11:28AM

Blasting off agaaaaaaain...

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376): May 18th 2008; 9:00PM

AVGN reference FTW!!!

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!): May 18th 2008; 11:09PM

Totally diggin' the AVGN ref, Hey Ces, you have a MSN Messenger account?

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376): May 18th 2008; 11:53PM

Yessir, the name is cesariatic

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!): May 19th 2008; 12:27AM

Added, welcome to club Joystiq :S

Obie: May 18th 2008; 9:21PM

Heh. I liked it...wish there were more tho.

Kujel: May 18th 2008; 9:22PM

What I like best aboot this is it's related to stencyl :D

Mr.ESC: May 18th 2008; 9:36PM

Wow I was watching this exact same video a while ago.

Another kickass NES related video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3q9K4cHzY

cristian: May 18th 2008; 9:41PM

i thought one was the team rocket from pokemon lol

Andrex (NDF - Host): May 18th 2008; 10:36PM

Clue reference made this post.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392]: May 18th 2008; 11:41PM

"You're dead
Your friends hate you
Luigi got raped by Koopas
Peach is a slut
Bowser rules the land
Toad shoots himself
You suck at life

Game Over"

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Toad didn't shoot himself. He hung himself! Big difference!

KeenCommander: May 18th 2008; 11:46PM

That was genius, but you could definitely make it much longer. Still, instant classic.

refinedsugar: May 19th 2008; 3:20PM

The Paperboy bit was good, the F13 NES bit f'ing hilarious!

MasterOfHyrule: Jun 29th 2008; 12:06AM

Thanks for featuring my video! Probably should of replied to this sooner...

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