UK theme park, Thorpe Park Resort, is gearing up for another year of fun as spring draws near. This year, the resort is hosting an eSports event, so several iconic Nintendo and Fortnite characters have come to celebrate. It looks like Mario and friends might have had a bit too much fun, though.
The event in question is called GameFX and will run from the 6th April to 31st May this year. It's said to offer "a fully-immersive audience experience, enabling gaming aficionados to watch master players from around the UK battle it out on the big screen".
It'll feature a live-streaming area, a retro gaming lounge, VR tech, and more - it sounds like it could be a great time for involved - but we just can't get over these mascots. We're pretty sure we've seen Mario and Luigi look like that before, but only in our childhood nightmares.
Still, if you're UK-based and want to see what it's all about, feel free to check out the park's website for more info.
It would appear that the mascots may only have arrived for photo opportunities, so hopefully you'll be safe from those creepy stares on the day.
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Looks like SonicFox will have some competition! Just look at the costume's quality!
Mario and luigi game being used in esports? or just marketing!
Take it down Nintendo!
Those are probably the creepiest looking Mario and Luigi costumes I have ever seen lol
that's not Mario and Luigi.
that's Marty and Louie, plumbers for hire.
Its looks like Mario and Luigi have bred with Frank Sidebottom
"Superhero landing! She's gonna do a superhero landing, wait for it!
Wooo! Superhero landing! You know, that's really hard on your knees. Totally impractical, they all do it."
In Thorpe Park Mario & Luigi haunt your nightmares.
Right I know they may have just put call out for local Cozplayers, some of their employees or just grabbed some bums off the street but if all you can provide is a ghetto Sonic, Mario & Luigi then you're not really trying hard enough.
why do these remind me of these creepy mario costumes I find on tumblr
The girl in the second picture looks too much like Stephanie from Lazy Town
.....Yeah that's not terrifying at all.
They look like they were once monkey costumes repurposed.
The Sonic looks bad too. Tweet Thorpe park people.
It’s things like this that make you feel ashamed to be from the uk lol
I know that Thorpe Park go all out on Halloween, but bringing it to February is really a bold move.
Haha! That’s even better than the time I went to Mexico and there was a guy in a very wrong-looking “Bob Esponja” selling Viking helmets on the beach.
@Bunkerneath "Its looks like Mario and Luigi have bred with Frank Sidebottom"
You've hit the nail on the head there, son! Mario & Luigi seem to have an awful dose of the mumps.
@BAN "Haha! That’s even better than the time I went to Mexico and there was a guy in a very wrong-looking “Bob Esponja” selling Viking helmets on the beach."
You've reminded me of my one night in Tijuana. I woke up the next morning with a whopper tequila hangover and saw a zebra across the street. Just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, I crossed the street and saw that it was actually a donkey painted with black and white stripes. Its owner was charging 100 pesos (which I think is around 5 dollars) to let you take a picture with it.
I live near thorpe park... The poor cosplay and lack of modern consoles to play leaves me uninterested. They should at least host a big switch battle area l, maybe for smash bros or summit. I'll stick to thorpe park halloween.
@The_Mysteron Haha, that’s Mexico for ya.
See, this is what happens when you have Lotsa Spaghetti all day, every day.
UK theme park and dodgy Mario and Luigi costumes? Reminds me of something....
Yep, I’m in.
They look pretty cool.
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