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In October, a special Super Mario Bros. screen painting will go on display in Kyoto. It comes in celebration of the series’ 30th anniversary, as well as the 400th anniversary of the Rimpa school.

Mario is represented as “Raijin” (Japanese god of thunder and storms) in the piece while Luigi is shown as “Fujin” (Japanese god of wind). These two tend to be paired in Japanese art, much like Nintendo’s famous brothers.

The painting itself is created in Rimpa style. For a look at its creation, check out the official Nintendo video below.

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Super Mario Bros. is getting a soundtrack in honor of its 30th anniversary. In Japan, the two-disc set is due out on September 13. Pricing is set at 3,240 yen.

Here’s the lineup of games featured in the soundtrack:

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Land
Super Mario World
Super Mario USA
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario 3D Land
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. U
Super Mario 3D World
Super Mario Maker (bonus track)

There’s no word on this time about the soundtrack’s availability outside of Japan.

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As we reported earlier today, a few Super Mario toys will be sold at McDonald’s in the UK starting on August 12. Each one will be included in Happy Meals. Nintendo Life has since posted photos of the different items, which can be viewed in the gallery below.

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McDonald’s locations in the UK will begin offering Super Mario Happy Meal toys next week. Starting on August 12, customers will be given items including a Mario visor and Yoshi toy.

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Mattel is teaming up with Nintendo for an interesting product collaboration. As discovered by Brazilian toy site T-Hunted, six Hot Wheels cars based on Mario games are on the way.

Four of the designs are inspired by Mario platformers, and feature a Super Mario Bros. 30th anniversary logo. The other two tie into Super Mario Kart and Dr. Mario.

Here’s the full lineup:

8 Crate Delivery (Dr. Mario)
A-OK (Mario Kart)
Cool-One (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Dairy Delivery (Super Mario Bros.)
School Busted (Super Mario 3)
Volkswagen T1 Panel Bus (Super Mario World)

All of these Mario Hot Wheels are releasing in October.

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Mario has the capacity to resonate with kids, but that doesn’t mean that’s the franchises only demographic. This is something that creator Shigeru Miyamoto echoed in an interview with NPR.

He told the publication:

I would never call Mario a kids game or a mascot that only kids understand. It taps into fundamental building blocks of play. It’s fun to jump and it’s fun to run and feel free and fly up into the sky and all those things.

You can have a full listen to the interview below.

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A Super Mario 30th anniversary video landed on Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube channel today. We’ve posted it below.

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Nintendo is releasing a new Mario vs. Donkey Kong 3DS theme in Japan very soon. For 200 yen, it will be possible to obtain the theme shown below. It’s out on Thursday.

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Members of the Cognitive Modeling Group at Germany’s University of Tubingen are working on something called the “Mario AI Project”. The team is attempting to make an artificially intelligent Mario agent that becomes aware of himself and his environment. Mario can also make decisions about what to do based on spoken instructions. Take a look at the video above to see what progress has been made thus far.

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