Vacation’s Over! Get Back To Work!, by Jeff Beckman.

I still have so much gaming to do… I still have so many Skyward Sword dungeons to clear, Pushmo puzzles to solve, and Mighty Switch Force speedruns to beat, and Mario Kart 7 online races to lose. But now the break’s over, and it’s time to get back on the grind. :o(

I blame my inability to finish all these games on Swapnote, which distracted me whenever I opened my 3DS.

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[Via Beckman Animation]

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“Exploitable” by Tom Preston (click for a larger version).

There’s a video for this dastardly Mario Kart 7 cheat that’s floated around for a week now, but I’ve avoided posting it because I don’t want dudes to use it in our small Mario Kart 7 community. I mean, if you’ve been one of the guys who’ve had a chance to race us, you would know that we’re already getting murdered out there without everyone having this additional advantage over us.

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[Via Tom Preston]

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Penny-Arcade on Super Mario 3D Land’s Invincibility Leaf (click for a larger image with legible text):

“Upon missing that same jump that you missed many times previously, you may find that a magical leaf has been provided.

This leaf is a kind of Super Tanooki Suit, which transforms you into a kind of sparkling megaraccoon which cannot be harmed. You don’t have to take it. You can just leave it there and continue to fail again and again, as you have so miserably.  But the strong implication is that you need this leaf very badly. 

You will most likely accept it, but you won’t like it; you’ll resent the leaf. You’ll feel the leer of a Koopa Troopa hot on your neck, its beak curled in disgust. You’ll get to the end, you’ll get the flag; you’ll tick your adventure forward one Standard Destiny Unit (SDU). But a taste will accompany the proceedings.

This taste will be bitter.”

I love that smarmy Goomba on the bottom right of the second panel: “Don’t jump on me, Mario.”

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[Via Penny Arcade]

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“Let’s Add Online To Monster Hunter 3DS!”, a Capcom board meeting comic by SwiftSketcher.

As predicted, when Monster Hunter Tri-G releases in Japan this December, the 3DS game will not have online multiplayer — just local hunting, I’m afraid, like all the other portable versions of the series. The online features are limited to downloadable quests.

You could always hold onto hope that Capcom (or Nintendo, if it assists with publishing) might decide to bring the game to America and add online multiplayer. But I’m sure you’ll eventually put aside that hope and let it sit on the shelf, gathering dust with other dreams like U.S. releases for Game Center CX 2 and Afterschool Boy.

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[Via @johntv, SwiftSketcher]

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“Tails on Everything” by Ryan Smith (click for a larger image). Nintendo really has gone Tanooki Tail crazy, eyes squirrely and grins wide as it affixes the striped, furry appendages to everything in Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7.

Brawl in the Family has a similar Tanooki Madness comic.

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[Via Ryan Smith, it8bit]

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“Playing DS in Public” by Alexandra Dal.

This is pretty much me. Outside, I’m keeping it low key like the boss of all bosses you all know me to be, but in my head, whenever I beat a particularly difficult opponent or stage, it is like the god damn “Make’em Say Ugh” video — I’m riding on a golden tank in a packed basketball arena, slam dunking over fools in a gorilla suit, rappin’ with pre-jail Mystikal while Shaquille O’Neal watches from the crowd clutching a “No Limit Soldiers” shirt.

In my head, I’m living that American Dream we all woke up from after graduating high school, the sleeping fantasy that faded as the grief and brutality of the real world crept into our lives. What happened to those promises? Of family and comfort? Of coming out on top after working your ass off for years and saving money for a better future? Where are our Silkk the Shocker basketball jerseys?

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[Via Alexandra Dal]

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“In the dream I am a Pokemon trainer” by Laura Knetzger.

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[Via Laura Knetzger, Mare Odomo]

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“And we never got tired. And we never got old. We just ran through the streets forever. And everything was perfect.”

Nintendo comic maker Zac Gorman is selling 13”x19” prints of his moonstruck Earthbound comic, but he’s only making 50 signed and numbered copies ($30 each), so order one before this sells out in the next hour.

So, uh, did I mention my birthday is next week?

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Wallpaper version of Anthony Clark’s Nedroid-ized Super Mario Bros. comic (click for a larger image — might need resizing to fit your display), colored in by Mike Horowitz.

This one was originally called “Mario we’re all very concerned about you”, and you can see that concern in Luigi’s worried pat, Princess Peach’s wiggly waggly arms, and Toad’s glum expression. What madness befell this once great brother and friend, that he now hops around the Mushroom Kingdom in frog pajamas?

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[Via Mike Horowitz]

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“Why Won’t You Stay Down?!” motion comic by Zac Gorman. More fanart, I know, but this is too good not to post. Here’s a close up of that third, badass panel.

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[Via Zac Gorman]

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“Da Na Na Nahhhh!!” by Skitchbot (click for a larger image). Since everyone is too busy playing Ocarina of Time 3D and finding all sorts of glitches in the remake to put up newsworthy DS/3DS stuff, you get some cute fanart.

And I forgot to mention it yesterday until a while after the sale post went up, but along with Amazon’s new 3DS offer for a bonus $25 store credit, you can now buy Ocarina of Time 3D and get a second 3DS game for 50% off at the store. I’ve heard that if you previously bought the game from Amazon, you’ll receive a $20 credit, too.

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[Via Skitchbot]

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