Mario Leaps Across the Virtual Pages of Kindle
Posted by James Newton
Amazon presumably thrilled
You might have an Amazon Kindle e-reader, but chances are you probably don't: all that reading is understandably off-putting. You know what might brighten it up? Some Mario, of course.
That was seemingly the thought process over at Klab, a Japanese company behind a NES emulator for Kindle. Although it's perhaps best not to consider the usefulness of such a programme, stomping Goombas whilst pretending to read Jane Austen has a certain appeal to it.
If Mario isn't your kind of thing, you may want to check out the rather good Tetris clone available for the Kindle too, which may be a good deal easier to control.
We're now hoping for a revamped Kindle with speakers and a proper D-Pad.
[via kotaku.com]




























#1
SuperPeach said:
Cool! I still don't want a kindle but at least it's not mario-less.
#2
skywake said:
the refresh rates would be horrible..... but at least it wouldn't strain your eyes
#3
Token_Girl said:
Now, if only Nintendo could come up with it's own NES emulator for the DSi, they could sell this game to me.
#4
MrWout said:
wow looking at the movie that seems rather unplayable
#5
timp29 said:
I bought my girlfriend a kindle and that mario looks awful. PASS
#6
MmBuddha said:
Yeah, I think I'll go for a DS and some actual books please.
#7
V8_Ninja said:
So let me get this straight; an NES emulator on a E-book?...did I miss something this past year?
#8
GreasyMcNugget said:
Hey look! it's Mario on the moon.
#9
sykotek said:
Did anyone else notice Mario running through the first goomba...?
#10
BlueFlameBat said:
So now you assume video gamers hate reading, huh?!! James Newton, you are working my last nerve!!!
#11
pixelman said:
Hey, for the past year I've read Don Quixote at least once a week, without fail.
I'm around 52 pages in now.
#12
ToastyYogurt said:
The HUD is invisible and everything looks dark. I'd rather have an AceKard 2i with an NES emulator for my DSi, thanks.
#13
RevolverLink said:
I'd still rather read physical copies of book and have a better emulation of SMB, but I guess this is neat for those that have Kindle.
#14
RetroBrony91 said:
I like playing video games, and I like reading.
#15
ueI said:
Is this legal?
#16
pixelman said:
I will make it, legal.
first person to catch the reference gets cake...
#17
BlueFlameBat said:
Apparently James Newton thinks we hate RPGs that lack character voices.
#18
RetroBrony91 said:
@BlueFlameBat - I don't think Prosody thinks we don't like reading, and I don't think Prosody thinks we dislike role-playing games without voice acting.
I like reading, and playing video games, and RPGs whether or not there is voice acting in them.
#19
ECM said:
I like cake.
#20
Token_Girl said:
This is great for me, because i'm illiterate.
#21
MrMartinLee said:
@ Token Girl: Hahaha... perfect!
This falls under the category of "brilliantly pointless, but inevitable" I have a Kindle, and some of the author portraits it shows while resting are very pretty, and nicely shaded in black and white. Probably still better for books, though...
#22
Chunky_Droid said:
I don't even know what a Kindle is
#23
RetroBrony91 said:
According to my Franklin dictionary, to "kindle" means:
1. to set on fire or to start burning
2. to stir up
#24
iSonic said:
Now I have a reason to buy a kindle! Yes!!!
#25
James said:
Note to self: make more jokes about gamers hating reading in future. Include Sagat where possible.
#26
Gogata said:
Is that C++ XD? Fan Made or real?
#27
StarDust said:
Goomba = cheat code
One major caveat with Kindle is that it is black/white only. The "electronic ink" system that Kindle employs presumably isn't available in color, or perhaps Amazon decided to cheap out. A gameboy emulator would have been much more fitting. I hearKindle's "ink" screen is much easier on the eyes than backlit LCD. But Apple's new iPad can do everything Kindle can do, plus a lot more, and it's in color. Not to mention, it's inherently difficult enough to play console games using a computer's keyboard, I believe the Kindle's shrunken keypad will render many games unplayable.
#28
RetroBrony91 said:
@BlueFlameBat - see? Prosody doesn't really think that we don't like to read, he's just joking about it. Lighten up.
#29
Bankai said:
I own a Kindle, and while it's the best possible thing ever for reading books and magazines, I wouldn't want to use it for anything else.
#30
Peacock said:
It's the Game Boy all over again!
#31
Simon_Deku said:
What is with your avatar dragoon?
#32
RetroBrony91 said:
@WarriorCat - oh, ryan's avatar is currently that of Cosmo from The Fairly Oddparents in a confused state. I like it, though.
I remember watching the show a bit several years ago.
EDIT: Well, it was. Now it's Hanataro from Bleach.