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A plumbing of Marios invading Austin today
Marios in San Diego, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 4. Photo by Casey Rogers / Associated Press for Nintendo of America.
Hide your mushrooms! (No, seriously, hide them. The police might be watching.)
A group of people dressed as Nintendo’s famous plumber, Mario, are running loose in downtown Austin today and are converging upon Republic Square Park right now (Monday mid-day), according to Nintendo.
The event is to promote a new Nintendo 3DS game, “Super Mario 3D Land.”
Seen any Marios today? Let us know in the comments and post a link to any photos you took. We’ll post some here later as well.
Edited to add: in addition to the ones in the comments, here’s two Twitter photos posted of the Marios:
From @David7118
From @luria.
Edited to add: Here’s a photo from American-Statesman photographer Laura Skelding. In the photo below, dozens of Marios dressed in Tanooki ears and tails convened in Republic Square Park on Monday afternoon to advertise for the upcoming launch of “Super Mario 3D Land.” Ivan McCormick, 6, came out with his mother, Debbie McCormick, to witness the spectacle. And he was prepared with his own Mario costume. “He’s a little obsessed, he wears it every day,” Debbie McCormick said.
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By Kay
November 7, 2011 1:14 PM | Link to this
I think this is a clever and fun marketing concept. Here's a link to a pic of one of the Mario's, when they were making their way toward the Capitol: http://instagr.am/p/TKlCy/