You know, when you stop and think about it, Mario has had a pretty hard life. He's single-handedly saved pretty much everything that can possibly be saved, from princesses to whole entire galaxies, but it's still never enough. There's always one more mountain for Mario to climb, one more castle in need of conquering, one more koopa to coop up.
Now, in what may be his most sadistic and tragically doomed challenge to date, Mario has been tasked to climb a tower that is destined to fall, in the form of Super Mario Balance Block, a table-top Jenga derivative due out in Japan this November. Not to be confused with that other Mario-infused Jenga derivative, Balance Block somehow augments traditional Jenga gameplay with Super Mushrooms, although we doubt Mario will be able to complete his impossible task, even with their help.
Currently, it doesn't look like Super Mario Balance Block will be officially released stateside, however there are a few different import options in the source link, if that's your thing. You monster.
Reader Comments (10)
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 1:13AM (Unverified) said
....shouldn't I just play Boom Blox instead?
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 1:18AM Mike Kelehan said
This shall forever be known as the week for importing Nintendo-related things.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 1:27AM 66jzmstr said
Nice. My wife picked up the Donkey Kong version of this. The wood blocks are painted as the pink girders featured in the original game. Kinda cool.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 2:00AM pluupy said
Mario's never fixed that leaky faucet in the Mushroom Castle, though.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 6:15AM ShadowXIII said
@pluupy
Probably because it was the warp zone to 8 - 1.
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Probably because it was the warp zone to 8 - 1.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 10:22AM oOWallaceOo said
@pluupy
My contractor uses the same excuse, it must be a union thing
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My contractor uses the same excuse, it must be a union thing
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 2:40AM Trilancer said
radioactive shrooms....
...does anyone know if its back to normal in Nippon? media doesn't seem to keen on reporting any news from there anymore, it's worrisome.
...does anyone know if its back to normal in Nippon? media doesn't seem to keen on reporting any news from there anymore, it's worrisome.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 3:15AM afrosheen said
@Trilancer Things are better but Fukushima is still leaking some radiation. Japan was pretty prepared for a disaster but according to PBS the rescue efforts were disorganized due to the decentralized nature of their govt.
And now back to our regularly scheduled stamp anything with Mario program.
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And now back to our regularly scheduled stamp anything with Mario program.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 9:15AM joevill said
This is pretty cool!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2011 11:42AM Courtney said
I gave the Donkey Kong version of Jenga to my Secret Santa recipient during last year's JPAG Secret Santa gift exchange.






