95.7 KEZJ - Southern Idaho's Best Country » mario http://kezj.com Southern Idaho's Best Country Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 PETA Slams Nintendo Mascot Mario For Wearing Fur http://kezj.com/peta-slams-mario-for-fur-suit/ http://kezj.com/peta-slams-mario-for-fur-suit/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:30:51 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://thefw.com/?p=56708 Animals rights advocacy group PETA has issued a scathing criticism of beloved video game character Mario in the wake of the new Nintendo 3DS game ‘Super Mario Land 3D’ for powering-up by wearing a “Tanooki suit.”

Named for Tanukis, the raccoon dogs that have long held an important place in Japanese culture, Mario’s “Tanooki suit” has drawn the ire of PETA for promoting the wearing of fur.

]]> http://kezj.com/peta-slams-mario-for-fur-suit/feed/ 0 Nintendo/Wikipedia Mario Is The Number One Video Game Character of All-Time http://kezj.com/mario-is-the-number-one-video-game-character-of-all-time/ http://kezj.com/mario-is-the-number-one-video-game-character-of-all-time/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:46:29 +0000 95.7 KEZJ http://kezj.com/?p=4114 According to the 13,000 gamers who voted on the Guinness World Records’ website, Mario is the greatest video game character of all time.

The plumber with amazing leaping abilities edged out another Nintendo favorite, Link, from “Legend of Zelda,” for the top spot.  All told, Nintendo had 11 characters among the top 50.

The survey was done for the book “Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer’s Edition,”  but we have a list of the top 50 after the jump.

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