When on a mission to rescue the princess, Mario has been known to use any means necessary to defeat his enemy—even wearing the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers.Tanooki may be just a ...

Mario may be many things -- fat, moustachioed, Italian -- but we never had him pegged as the type who would endorse cruelty towards animals. Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment ...

After a stormy night, Princess Peach takes a stroll outside the castle to check out the Tanooki leaf tree… without Mario or her toadstool attendants. Bowser was apparently waiting right outside ...

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New campaign targets Mario's fur suit. Guess PETA never had an issue with everyone's favorite plumber stomping on turtles and using their shells as weapons. Jeff is CNET Editor at Large and a host for ...

Super Mario 3D Land is one of the most anticipated games of the year, but if you haven't yet got your pre-order down then GameStop is hoping to change that pretty quickly. The retailer is offering an ...

One day, Lakitu was carrying a question block full of Tanooki leaves. A bullet bill whizzed by and Lakitu dropped them just by chance into factories making stuffed Marios. That’s why Nintendo is ...

Nintendo's family-friendly Super Mario games are among the best-selling in history, having sold 200 million since the early Eighties. But U.S. animal rights group PETA has seen a sinister side to the ...

Beloved videogame star Mario is back in action this week following the November 13 release of Super Mario 3D Land. Now animal rights group PETA is attacking the hero plumber for wearing "fur" --the ...