One of my favorite enemies from one of my all time favorite games and still, Baby Mario’s ceaseless crying did not make me hate this game.  Too much charm, way too cool of an art style and presentation, and genuinely heart warming.

Blaaaaargh…. by Efraimrdz

If you’re a fan of old school gaming you’re definitely gonna be a fan of these NEStalgia inducing wallpapers.  Cory Godbey has put together quite a cool gallery of some of Nintendo’s top franchise characters in wallpaper form.  And these can be your for the low, low price of free.  Link to the Flickr set below along with all kinds of other ways to contact this guy.  Let him know how cool you think these are!

Nintendo Wallpapers by Cory Godbey

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Nintendo mascots get’s mashed-up with the likes of Scorpion and 007 in this awesome design!  Poor Toad.

Good Guys in Bad Games by David Soames

1 Year of InsanelyGaming! by Brother Brain. 

Congratulations to InsanelyGaming! Keep up the great work Mal!
Super Mario World (SNES) Nintendo 1991. 
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (GBA) Sierra 2006.

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PS From Kody : I also want to amend this post and give my personal congratulations.  Mallory is a fantastic chick!  She blogs like crazy and I honestly don’t know how she keeps up… Or keeps her sanity.  LOL.  See what I did there?  But, for real, to one of the most affable bloggers on the Tumblr platform, congrats.  You deserve it.

Now go follow her!

Yoshi’s Island by Sprits

I really digg this familiar shot from Nintendo’s original Yoshi’s Story reimagined by this talented artist!  Go check out more of this stuff in her gallery.