What a Real Mario Brother Would Look Like [Mario]

Mario has a giant cap for a reason: so Nintendo didn’t need to animate his hair or eyebrows. That was back in the 1980s, though; if Mario was being designed now – or, heaven’s forbid, being redesigned – there’s every chance he’d look a little more realistic.

Maybe not this realitic, though, which would be a shame. I look at this guy, with the hairy arms and the grey hairs and the trucker’s cap, and I think, it’s Nintendo’s equivalent of Max Payne’s Brazilian meltdown. Which would be very cool to see.

It’s the work of artist Mike Meth, and you can see more of his work here.

Originally written and published by Luke Plunkett at Kotaku. Click here to read the original story.