GAMbIT Magazine #28 Sep-Oct 2017 | Page 20

The Super Mario Bros. Are Plumbers No More Welp, it’s official: Mario isn’t a plumber anymore. At least, according to the character profiles Nintendo put up for the Super Mario Bros. series on their Japanese site. Roughly translated (and edited to not sound balls to the wall insane): Great at sports, whether it’s tennis, baseball, soccer or car racing, he [Mario] does everything cool. Actually, he seems to have worked as a plumber long ago …. All in all, it actually make sense. Aside from the crappy cartoons from the 80’s/90’s, when was the last time you saw Mario do any plumbing? Like, the original Mario Bros.? In general, Mario’s profession is what they need it to be for the game in question. Do you really think Mario went through years of medical school while also learning several trades? I’m just wondering what this change in canon will mean for MovieBob. I mean, they’re already not from Brooklyn anymore.  Mario was pretty much the only blue-collar anything Bob doesn’t have seething hot contempt for. You know, considering everything outside of a coastal, Blue state is a “one-story meth desert” to him. Jesus Joins Fighting Game FIGHT OF GODS PQube ihas announced that both Jesus and Buddha have joined the FIGHT OF GODS roster, and that the game is OUT NOW worldwide on Steam Early Access. Existence itself is at stake in the greatest tournament ever devised in FIGHT OF GODS, the new 2D fighter from indie developer, Digital Crafter. When an unknown entity gathers the strongest gods and religious figures from throughout human history, mythological beings and holy icons must battle to uncover the truth and save the world. Who will prevail in the ultimate battle of gods? Will Jesus, fresh from ripping himself off the sacrificial cross, smite all his foes with the power of his Punishment Fist? Can Buddha slap his opponents into submission? Harness the power of fire, lightning, water, plagues and more as you pit gods and prophets such as Odin, Zeus, Amaterasu, Anubis, Moses and Athena against one another in one of the most unique and outlandish fighters ever created. I don’t know what to think about anything anymore. Also, we always figured the son of "God" would always be a little OP when it came to a fighting game. Not sure how the other deities are going to be able to counter him. Fingers crossed FIGHT OF GODS gets time at EVO!  20 GAMBIT | SEPT/OCT | 2017