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Nostalgic Elation — the Super Mario Crossover
eldavojohn writes "Sure, they're stepping all over proprietary rights and copyright, but something must be said about the amount of bliss-filled nostalgia inside Exploding Rabbit's Super Mario Crossover. If the plumbers never really did it for you, you can now kill those goombas as Link, Mega Man, Samus, Simon Belmont, or Contra's Bill. Goodbye jumping and spitting; hello slicing, whipping, and shooting. Is this one of the early firsts in the new genre of video game mashups?"
He's not in any trouble. He's one of the 4.3 billion people who lives in a country with "bad" IP laws.
There's ton's of copyright infringing material all over the net. Check out Super Mario Bros Z or a simple google search. Most of them are well done, but I'm sure no-one asked Nintendo or Sega if it was okay.
Is this one of the early firsts in the new genre of video game mashups?
Uh... Super Smash Bros.?
Libertarians somehow believe that private businesses should be stronger than governments but weaker than individuals.
Yeah, I also noticed that you can play as other characters besides Mario & Luigi which were _definitely_ not in the original. Also, there seems to be some pixels out of place in the castle, I haven't finished counting the bricks but I'll let you know when I do.