Portal, Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom

By: Samantha Thai

           Just admit it, Mario was probably was one of the greatest ideas ever created.  The more you play, the more you get mad at your stupid Gameboy for not responding to jump.  Even though it’s tough and difficult, it still made people’s days.  Have you ever heard of Portal?  You know, the game where you shoot one hole into a wall and another on the roof then you can teleport between the two?  It’s also possibly one of the most popular games among game lovers.  Now combine them and you get Mari0, a game where you can manipulate the battlefield with your portal gun and mess with goombas all day long. 

Mari0 was released back in the 3^rd of March by Maurice Guégan.  At first, Guégan only wanted to make a clone of Super Mario Bros with the multiplayer concept that New Super Mario Bros Wii had.  Later on, the idea was formed after he saw a video named Mario With a Portal Gun. It is a cross-platform using the original levels Super Mario Bros and concept of Portal.   Even if you’re an old fashioned gamer, you’ll end up loving this game because it gives off an awesome gameplay and fun feeling to it.  You can use your Portal gun to have koopa troopas falling into your traps constantly and even after watching it for 5 minutes, it’s still very entertaining.  What’s more fun than adding a little spice and adventure to an amazing game?  There’s no harm in it, especially if the gameplay is smooth and there’s extra options like choosing what hat Mario gets to wear or if he’s 12 inches bigger.

The game is free to play at stabyourself.net and even has other parodies like Not Tetris and Not Pacman. If you like to have different twists and surprises while playing then Mari0 is a must have for your Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.