The itasha scene spills forth from Japan, but we don't recall ever seeing anything of the ilk for Nintendo characters and certainly none for gaming's best known tradesperson.

Bear witness now, as Singapore's streets have, to this road warrior's bold homage to Mario.

"It’s competition time again, so lets party, Mario style! That’s right, we’re teaming up with Game Share to give away Nintendo’s latest offering in the Mario Party franchise, Mario Party 8 for the Nintendo Wii."

"Nintendo has recalled all copies of Mario Party 8 in the UK due to it containing an offensive word.

The title was released for the Nintendo Wii on Friday and has seen heavy promotion over the weekend with TV advertisements.
"Unfortunately we have discovered that a small number of games contain the wrong version of the disk due to an assembly error," reads a statement from the company.

"We have therefore decided to recall all copies of the game from UK retailers so that this mistake can..."

"With the new E3 Business & Media Summit 2007 kicking off on Tuesday July 10 it’s perhaps scant little surprise that the already dire summer release listings – which have only kicked up two real games of note thus far in The Darkness and Ninja Gaiden Sigma – have hit a new all-time low."

"As the first Mario Party game created exclusively for Wii, this new installment has sold more than 550,000 copies in the United States during the weeks following its May 29 launch.

"The overwhelming response not only reminds us how much fans absolutely love the Mario Party franchise but also proves the unmatched ability of the Wii system to attract new players," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Wii users are keepi..."