Don’t run over a banana peel
Of all the stupid holidays named after pop culture references — May the Fourth, It’s Gonna Be May, the day Marty McFly goes into the future that finds its way onto Twitter every couple of months even though it’s complete bullshit — Mario Day is easily the best. I don’t know how it started or who created it, probably some marketing internet at Nintendo who’s all hip with what the kids are into these days, but it’s always a nice opportunity to honor the only plumber in the world who hasn’t devastated an unsuspecting family with a horrid case of plumbers crack.
To mark the occasion, Nintendo has updated theMy Nintendo rewards, you know that program you don’t use, to feature a variety ofMariowallpapers, strategy guides, and 3DS themes, as well as putting several 3DS and Wii UMariogames on sale when you use your silver or gold coins. There is also the bigAnimal Crossing Pocket Campcrossover that is now underway.
I don’t care much about any of that, but as somebody who is going to be traveling back and forth between a hotel and theEGLXevent, I do want to see someMario Karton my Google Maps. So long as your Google Maps app is up-to-date, you too can transform your standard route marker into Mario for MAR10. Just hit the coin block at the bottom of the app before you start your trip to activate it.
It’s always a nice touch when Google Maps geeks out. I still remember when the company turned the entire program intoDragon QuestforApril Foolsand absolutely made my year.
