No one ever talks about the tragic side of Mario. He spends his life running after a princess who seemingly wants little to do with him. Sure, she may accompany him for a round of golf or a couple of laps around the kart track, but why isn't she Mrs. Mario yet?
Tragically, she only realized how much she loved him when she was holding his lifeless body [via gaming.reddit]:
Sadly, I know nothing else about the origins of this story. I found the picture on reddit but no article to back it up. Do any of our readers know more about this statue? Is this something you could buy? Not that I want to buy it....
Although it would look nice next to my National Treasure 2 poster....
I can tell you that statue's a nod to Michelangelo's Pieta - http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=chrome&q=pieta&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=xlKqS5TpN4rasQP1gOmYAw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQsAQwAA
Kotaku posted this last week. I believe the artist was a student who crafted this out of styrofoam. He took his inspiration from Michelangelo's first [html=http://images.google.com/images?client=opera&rls=en&q=la+pieta&sourceid=opera&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=J1OqS5K7LY78tAOspvyiAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA4QsAQwAA]La Pieta[/html], largely considered his masterpiece.
Fucking ninja'd! This has also been my background for the last week.
You gotta move quick.
I am quick, it's the internet that's slow.
Thanks everyone. I wish I had you guys to do the research for my college paper.
Even better, since the Pieta depicts Mary holding a freshly crucified Jesus, this work surely has all kinds of religious significance. Mario died to save us all.
Although I'm not sure what that analogy says about the relationship between Peach and Mario...
....... it is simultaneously wonderful and deeply disturbing.