Nintendo has released an adorable new piece of artwork featuring Mario and Luigi to celebrate the warm, relaxing Summer months (thanks, Tokyo Game Life).
Available to download over on My Nintendo, the artwork features Mario and his brother Luigi chiling in the shallow depths of the ocean, while a cute Blooper gazes up from underwater. We can also see a standard Super Star nestled in the sandy beach, which suggests that Mario and Luigi's vacation getaway probably wasn't Isle Delfino, where the native Shine Sprites boast a different design.
Nintendo often releases specialised artwork depending on specific events or seasons of the year, but this one has to be one of our favourites. The download options allow for landscape orientation on monitors and for portrait use on mobile devices.
At least this is something we can enjoy over here in the West. Japan residents have recently been going wild over Nintendo's 'controller button' collection of keyrings available in the Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto Nintendo stores. New designs include buttons from the SNES, N64, and GameCube in addition to the original lineup of Famicom and NES variants. We can't have it all, we guess.
What do you make of this Summer-themed artwork from Nintendo? Leave a comment with your thoughts down below.
[source nintendo.com, via bsky.app]
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This is so cute.
I like the art-style, very 90s. Wish their boxart still looked like this instead of those plastic-looking 3D renders
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem available to download with a european account. 😓
They still don't have six pack, tho. 😁
@Anti-Matter Maybe Nintendo could make Super Mario Gym Bros. to tackle that issue.
What a nice artwork, love its artstyle and the extra details like the Star in the sand!
How can we jet over the fact that Mario’s nipples make another appearance…..again…nipples I can handle Mario with out a mustache….the nightmare will start over again….
@ludotaku It worked for me while being logged in with my Italian account, maybe it's an issue of a different kind like device (I'm on PC), browser (I'm using Firefox) etc.?
@Hemibear might be the reason why they covered up Luigi's
@Hemibear It wouldn't be summer without them!
Who's the artist? This drawing style has been so iconic.
@JohnnyMind I tried on Firefox Android but I will test on my PC when I will be back home then. Thanks for tour advice. 🙂
@Anti-Matter most of their physical activity goes to the legs.
Mario is so vain and lewd. He should have the modesty to cover his nipples like his brother, Luigi. Note the book placed on Luigi's chest. Luigi is doing the responsible thing and averting our eyes from his glorious mammaries, as he knows that the sight of them would be overwhelming and cause us to weep uncontrollably in admiration. This is why he is the superior brother.
@ludotaku You're welcome, hope you'll find a way to download it, too!
Mario and his little dot nipples
Well at least Luigi is hiding his nips with a book
I love this mini annual tradition of releasing new Mario summer artwork every early August!
@nhSnork
Well, then they must have sturdy legs like Chun Li. 🤭
Great! But do we really need the hats? The shorts are enough, no? These two need a proper day off.
they be chillin fr fr chat
@Vivianeat
It's most likely Shigehisa Nakaue who's been the main 2D artist for Mario for decades. However Yoichi Kotabe originally drew the classic Mario art style back in the 80s and 90s.
@ludotaku You can. Just enter the Japanese site and you can reach it. I could download the images from Hungary.
Ayy, Mario's nipples are canon once again! They were there in Odyssey, but then removed in another piece of summer artwork.
@JohnnyMind and @supermario4ever Thanks, it worked from my PC!
@ludotaku Cool, enjoy the wallpaper.
@ludotaku Glad to hear it!
It's nice to see the old school throwback cartoon artwork of Mario once in a while.
and probably still without their belly buttons lol
Thats cute. Very reminiscent of SMB3's manual artwork.
@Clyde_Radcliffe Same here Clyde.
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