[NSFW] --(to note: yes, she is nude, and the photography is not cheeky-clean either, like SI's Swimsuit issue)

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Onward to the Galaxy by =TheBourgyman on deviantART

author's comments: (Yves B.)
I'm probably not alone when I say I'm really looking forward to the release of Super Mario Galaxy 2. The first one is already a classic.

Total time from sketch to final export: 6 hours.

Any chance you could link or spoilertag that one or something Jetee?

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Mario | Savage Chickens - Cartoons on Sticky Notes by Doug Savage

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Super Mario Galaxy, by Nicole Gustafsson.

M is for Malevolent
 

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Това́рищ Марио by Doğan Kılınç

+ bonus

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M de Mario by ~clvago (Christopher)

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(M is for...) Majin. illustrated by TheGreyNinja (kevin)

"Spec Ops Mario keeps Scientist Peach safe while taking down Koopa terrorists."
 

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Super Mario Warfare, illustrated by agentscarlet (aka, Agent Melon).

What happens when Mario falls into the open void?
 

“God Save The Princess”
 

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design by Kuwahara.

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"The New Decree to Instate Peach of Mushroom as Princess of the Kingdom" - art by Elizabeth Sherry (Canadia).

author's comments:
An official royal-style portrait of Princess Peach, painted for this year's [2010] Fan Expo in Toronto.

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“The Mario Brothers” - illustrated by Luigi Lucarelli. [* -]

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Torn Daisy, illustrated by Jay Phoenix (Colombia)

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"Live-Action Cutscene" by Aled Lewis (London).

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(* -) ... [* -]

Heh, that was worth a chuckle.

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25 Years Of Dying, illustrated by Yves "The Bourgyman" Bourgelas (Canadia)

When did Mario ever die of Drowning or Long Falls? I've played most of the sidescrollers and it never happened in those that I can recall, was that one of the 3d games?

Without looking it up, and just relying on my twenty-five-year-history of playing the titles, a drowning death could be achieved in the original Super Mario Bros., I believe, in one of the two(?) water stages within the game. As you begin the level, you notice that there is a sea portion of the screen, with also, a little bit of sky available at the top. I'm not exactly sure how long Mario could hold his breath, but I always tried to manage 20 seconds under, but no more than 30 before sprinting toward the surface.

A "Long Fall" death - I was just about to describe a Super Mario Land stage, but that correlates to the Tornado death directly above the one in which you are describing. I don't really know about that one - do you think anyone else has a guess?

I don't think you can drown in the original super mario brothers, at least I never surfaced in them. I think drowning was n64.

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damn now I've got the water stage theme stuck in my head...

I should get this tattoo'd on me so I can quit saying it over and over: "I'm a little late with this, but... here you go"

as a part of... a play listing.

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Did Somebody Call A Plumber? - by Aled Lewis (London)