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Mercedes-Benz GLA Enters the Mushroom Kingdom in the New Super Mario Maker

Finding a plumber is always a problem, and when you do find one, he’s usually late. And he does a patchy job. Two months later, you’re caught in this vicious circle you can’t get out of unless you learn about plumbing yourself.
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Story has it that, back in the day, there was this guy called Mario who was a plumber. Nobody speaks about his skills with a blowtorch and a wrench, but we hear he’s the guy to call if you need someone to jump on turtles and collect coins. Keep that in mind as you won’t find it in the Yellow Pages.

Mario’s success came in the mid-eighties to early-nineties when he was the center character in the game that made Nintendo famous. Games featuring his name have been rolling out ever since at random intervals and, believe it or not, the Italian plumber who seems unable to get out of Mushroom Kingdom is back in 2015 with the latest installment called Super Mario Maker.

Considering how the graphics and the gameplay haven’t changed that much over time, the fans of this franchise must be really passionate about their game. So it would be better to refrain from making any comments, leaving that to professional game reviewers.

What we can talk about is the inclusion of a Mercedes-Benz GLA in the game. If the Super Mario series has the plumber walking and jumping, the Mario Kart series puts him behind the wheel of a go-kart, eating mushrooms to gain speed and throwing shells at other racers to make them spin. These Italians can’t be trusted to play fair.

The Mercedes-Benz GLA is one of the several free to download vehicles for Mario Kart 8, the latest game in the series released in May last year. With the launch of the Super Mario Maker, Mario fans at Mercedes-Benz decided to find a way of including the car in the original platform version of the game as well, and they seem to have succeeded.

Players will get the opportunity of guiding Mario through an Event Course called “Mercedes-Benz Jump’n’drive” where the main character drives a Mercedes-Benz GLA. Upon completion, the GLA will be added to the player’s collection of “Mario Costumes” in the game.

Anticipating the obvious question “How will a Mercedes-Benz GLA jump around without looking terribly weird?” the team behind the project released a video.

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