Comments on: Go Mario

Go Mario

bingo — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:33:54 -0800

The Nintendo Physically Augmented Reality Amusement Park

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:38:17 -0800

Yes. Oh my god yes.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:38:46 -0800

Colossal Reality Amusement Park.

By: Sk4n

Sk4n — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:46:21 -0800

Paul Rogers was singing "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" in the background when I opened that link and it's ensuing sounds. It was hawt.

By: oxala

oxala — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:48:48 -0800

W TF

By: Bighappyfunhouse

Bighappyfunhouse — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:50:16 -0800

This is pure goodness

By: bingo

bingo — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:52:57 -0800

Note that if you're in NYC, you can be a beta tester.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Tue, 16 May 2006 18:55:18 -0800

I'm all for All Things Mario, but I don't really get it. Strap into a bungee cord and jump around in the same place? How about putting that cord on a track and run through a big course, with the pipes and everything. Maybe that's what it actually is, but the video didn't show that.

By: hugecranium

hugecranium — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:18:25 -0800

My Mom told me that no one would ever see this video.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:20:07 -0800

Hmm, that seems a little too real for me.

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:22:18 -0800

I think they've mocked up a course in a bid to get investment, Zardoz. For the real thing, they're planning to use cutting edge mycotechnology to breed actual giant goombas for players to stomp on.

By: pokermonk

pokermonk — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:25:21 -0800

From Wired: "Venture capitol has gone to worse ideas." I'm still deciding if I can agree with that statement.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:41:28 -0800

Uhm, yeah. Looks like they've collected enough magic mushrooms already.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:44:51 -0800

I can't wait to get on the roller coaster at this amusement park and go "Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!"

By: heydanno

heydanno — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:47:28 -0800

ok, was everyone else thinking "implants" when they read the post?

By: ulotrichous

ulotrichous — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:49:56 -0800

From their legal page: We'd like Nintendo to pay attention and come talk to us. If they don't, and we begin discussions with someone else, we will probably have to take the Nintendo name off. Uh, yeah. This is a fun idea, but if they actually want to get some capital, they might want to get someone involved who knows something about business. You don't usually get funding when your pitch is built on uncleared use of high-profile intellectual property.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:52:27 -0800

"Don't die!"

By: trishthedish

trishthedish — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:18:26 -0800

i think my boyfriend and i are going to go test the beta... at least we should get some funny photos out of it.

By: andreaazure

andreaazure — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:26:01 -0800

Yey - intellectual property infringement.

By: MrBadExample

MrBadExample — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:36:03 -0800

It would be much more entertaining if they'd let you play in a virtual Wario World. That Wario guy, he cracks me up.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:58:25 -0800

I honestly get the impression that several someones made the terrible mistake of chewing on a few too many wild shrooms and watching "Super Mario Bros. - The Movie", when really they should have tangented right into the lovely Maximum eXtreme Challenge - which not only would have entertained the bejesus out of them and their mushroomy state of mind, but it would also have shown them the hilarious futility of average folks attempting to replicate video game acrobatics with or without augmentation. That being said, if they ever get this park off the ground I really want to see video of it. Lots of video. Lots of video of people going splat.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:38:18 -0800

Eh, I dunno, their use of "High profile intellectual property" is the reason this was posted here. They'll probably get lots of publicity before their shutdown notice. That said, it took me a while to realize this wasn't legit. I mean, Nintendo has been known as the 'innovator' in the video game industry lately.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Wed, 17 May 2006 01:52:28 -0800

When I read "power assist harness" I thought "OMG, they put you in a robotic exoskeleton, this will be the coolest thing ever!". Then I saw pictures of guys jumping around with those bungee cords attached to them. THIS is your "power assist harness"??? The same damn thing that acrobats and gymnasts have been using for many many many years? LAAAAAAAAME!

By: blendor

blendor — Wed, 17 May 2006 02:27:44 -0800

A little warning next time on the audio/video would be nice.

By: wilberforce

wilberforce — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:41:00 -0800

Yeah, I read the blurb below while the video was loading, and I thought 'This is going to be brilliant!'. It wasn't brilliant. But the idea deserves to be done properly! I like my augmented reality to be a wee bit more augmented, that's all. Basing it on bungy cords is never going to work. A motors-and-sensors rig that senses that you've jumped, and *jumps* you. That's what you need. The moustache was a nice touch.

By: wilberforce

wilberforce — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:42:12 -0800

Not jumps you in a dirty sense, mind.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Wed, 17 May 2006 04:33:05 -0800

They had more of a course to jump around, but the first fire flower test, well... it didn't go well.

By: InnocentBystander

InnocentBystander — Wed, 17 May 2006 09:00:55 -0800

Now, of course, the next step would be to put this rig in a multi-story building. Why? METROID.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Wed, 17 May 2006 10:30:14 -0800

was everyone else thinking "implants" This may be due to a subconcious desire to see Mario with big projectile tits. Test subjects will be shown a series of images, including Bugs Bunny in drag, and their brain activity meaured in an otherwise neutral environment.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 17 May 2006 10:57:57 -0800

This TOTALLY rules.

By: nobody

nobody — Thu, 18 May 2006 12:02:38 -0800

Basing it on bungy cords is never going to work. A motors-and-sensors rig that senses that you've jumped, and *jumps* you. That's what you need. I'm as skeptical as the rest, but that's exactly what they're proposing.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Fri, 19 May 2006 02:26:48 -0800

Ahh, see, now THAT is what I'm talkin about. Why would you have that totally lame video on your website? Better to have nothing at all, IMO.