Nintendo has embarked upon various promotional activities for the 30th Anniversary of the Super Mario franchise, and this example from Japan is certainly one of the most appealing yet.
It's a collaboration with the artist Taro Yamamoto, who is a skilled painter in the Rimpa style, a traditional approach that has been celebrating 400 years over the past few years. It typically focuses on bold colours, particularly gold and silver; in this collaboration Mario and Luigi are worked into a re-imagining of "Fujin Raijin-zu Byobu", which is a folding screen portraying Raijin (Thunder God) and Fujin (Wind God). The effect is impressive.
You can see a video focused around its creation below - let us know what you think.
[source nintendo.co.jp, via ajw.asahi.com]
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Such a sweet idea. Mario continues to be a more than just a game character...
Ha, I saw a bit of the title and thought this was M&L RPG-related. XD
This piece of art is amazing, though the nerd in me is bugged by the fact that Mario is the Thunder God, not Luigi. Won't let that take away from the impressive collaboration.
Oh, that's beautiful.
that looks amazing! need that as a desktop wallpaper!
Very cool, I also recognize the original paint as the "Wild Painting" in Animal Crossing New Leaf.
This is what I posted on the forums but the thread got locked.....I don't understand the logic here. When I posted the news, its bad but when its posted here, its not?
Anyways, like I said earlier, I feel the hair is too long for both but otherwise its ok.
The Raijin/Fujin look is so cool for these guys. I hope a wallpaper gets released soon.
@Artwark The hair length matches Raijin and Fujin.
The artwork is great, but YouTube's translated subtitles need work.
@Artwark The mod probably posted the reason your thread was locked in the thread before locking it.
@Tasuki But he didn't say anything but gave me a warning instead!
I feel like I'm getting blamed for no reason. >:<
Simply beautiful, and I can't get over the fact that Super Mario Maker is actually coming this Friday (I've been so preoccupied with other things, that although I didn't forget about this game, time's just flown by).
@Artwark the mod probably thought it could be covered in an existing thread. Like the chit chat or art threads.
I understand you though, the first thing I thought when I saw this news was "is it the same one artwark posted?".
@Morpheel But what does that mean now? So like even if its actual news that I post, It would be locked because its me who did that? I'm now scared of making threads because of the warning that I got if I ever made one more.....some convenience! >:<
well.....atleast someone here understood me.
@Artwark oh well don't worry to much, articles are different to forum threads. I'd say the main site has a number of articles that would get closed pretty quickly had they been forum threads created by normal users instead.
About creating threads, its usually advised to keep that as a last option. If you create threads for every idea and thought, people will get annoyed. You've gotten better at it (you now frequent the chit chat thread instead), but if you really think something deserves a thread, go for it.
@DreamyViridi Well Fujin is green in the original... although I thought they should have used fire Mario clothing so that it matches the white/ivory/silver of the original as well. Either way it looks amazing.
@DreamyViridi "This piece of art is amazing, though the nerd in me is bugged by the fact that Mario is the Thunder God, not Luigi."
This is Redd's knockoff. Mario and Luigi are reversed on the legit piece.
Cool!
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