Mario live wallpaper for Android: better than a Tanooki Suit in the summer

Seriously, words cannot describe how incredibly entertained we are by this Mario Live wallpaper for Android 2.1 and above devices. All across the home and locked screen, our favorite Italian faux-plumber protagonist runs through randomly-generated levels across various themes like outside, underground, and castle. It's very customizable, allowing you to change the level's difficulty, see the alternate paths Mario's AI has plotted, and rendering the background (all at a cost to CPUs and battery life, of course). Free download -- donations suggested, of course -- and if you're looking for a way to stare at your phone even longer, well, look no further. Videos through which you can live vicariously are after the break.

[StickyD Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:28AM]

@KetsuSan once again, you're full of shit!

[KetsuSan Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:52AM]

@StickyD Wow! Who pissed in your cheerios?? All i said was that my battery life has improved and that's something I'm happy about. You can be a douche all you want but don't become a ignorant, angry, obscene uncessarily rude fanboy. Grow up.

-sent from my iphone4 ;)

[sfox8 Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:14PM]

I've been using this live wallpaper all day and it's fucking awesome! And surprisingly, it runs a LOT smoother than most of the other live wallpapers. I don't know how it does it but I'll be showing this off for quite a while!

[bmtdan Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:18PM]

Love this wallpaper my girlfriends gonna love it on her Droid x

I'm totally enjoying it on my evo :-D

[StickyD Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:31AM]

@bmtdan I wonder how in the world your girlfriend is going to type and hold her Droid X with one hand? Unless she's Andre The Giant, there is no way she'll be able to do that. The Droid X screen is nice, but after you get over it's size, you'll soon realize it's not very practical, comfortable in the hand or easy to tote around. "Excuse me sir, is that a Droid X in your pocket or you just happy to see me?"

[trashk Posted Jun 29th 2010 11:50AM]

@StickyD awww it's OK lil' fella. I know it's easy to feel inadequate when you see someone else with something bigger and more powerful than what your sporting.

There are plenty of girls out there that like something small and adorable ...

[tones44 Posted Jun 30th 2010 6:32PM]

LOL now thats funny!!!

[incredibuyer Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:28PM]

QR code worked perfectly. Up and running on my Incred.

[RipTide357 Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:33PM]

Installed this and am in love! Pushes all my nostalgic buttons, in a good way. Actually runs a little too fast with the fps pushed all the way up on my Desire.

[hell hound Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:54PM]

How much battery is this thing gonna eat up ??

[function102 Posted Jun 28th 2010 11:56PM]

Running buttery smooth on my rooted moto Droid.

[blackmoses82 Posted Jun 29th 2010 12:06AM]

It looks incredible. My only fear is: what are the chances of Nintendo trying to come after this and kill it?

[Yandereboat Posted Jun 29th 2010 12:08AM]

Tanuki. Not tanooki.

[jonwil Posted Jun 29th 2010 12:15AM]

Cue lawsuit from Nintendo in 5....4....3...

[taciturnforsale Posted Jun 29th 2010 12:21AM]

awesome but would it affect the battery life?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2010 12:50AM]

cool!already got that on my desire

[Good Times Posted Jun 29th 2010 1:01AM]

That phones pretty choppy, isn't that thing supposed to have one of those 1ghz CPUs in it?

[Droidblowz Posted Jun 29th 2010 1:25AM]

Abha seriously? I had this on my phone 4 years ago

[n00neimp0rtant Posted Jun 29th 2010 1:43AM]

Where's the Sonic one? =[

[Hikarishade Posted Jun 29th 2010 3:08AM]

FYI, its spelled Tanuki, not Tanooki. As in the Japanese 'raccoon dog'. Known in Japanese folk lore to be a shape shifter, hence why the tanuki suite (also known as a 'raccoon suite') Allows you to turn to stone. The leaf allowing you to fly is also based on this, as in many stories, tanuki needed to place a leaf on their head to transform.

[Andir Posted Jun 29th 2010 2:12PM]

@Hikarishade
suit is a selection of clothing.
"suite" is a section of a building.

[Hikarishade Posted Jun 29th 2010 7:55PM]

@Andir
Eh.. it was reallly REALLY late when I wrote the comment. Im not surprised I got something wrong on it.

[Mehdi90 Posted Jun 29th 2010 4:07AM]

Can your iPhone do that?

[Ddust14 Posted Jun 29th 2010 6:10AM]

@Mehdi90 Can your evo battery last more than 4 hours? Huh huh

[KetsuSan Posted Jun 29th 2010 7:08AM]

@Ddust14 Well I personally cant speak for everyone else but ever since the update yesterday morning, my EVO battery has been doing better on a large margin. Ive been running this since last night and It has been fine. It only uses about 2% of battery life.

[StickyD Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:18AM]

@KetsuSan come on now. You're full of shit! You've been running this live wallpaper since last night continuously and you've only used 2%!?!

[KetsuSan Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:56AM]

@StickyD No dickhead! The draw from my battery is 2%. Do me a favor.

-build a bridge & get over it.

-get a job.

-Get out of your grandmas basement and explore the world. There are things on this planet other than porn, hot pockets, star trek and ant farm collections.

[MobileAllstar Posted Jun 29th 2010 4:54AM]

Can't wait to get my EVO and download this!

Sent from my iPhone 3G...

Not gonna lie... Will be really tough switching over but looking forward to something new, a BIGGER screen and SAVING $45 a month!

[compking Posted Jun 29th 2010 5:20AM]

MarioPhone

Mario Does...

[Ddust14 Posted Jun 29th 2010 6:17AM]

And they call the iPhone a toy...... Go figure

[Flix C Posted Jun 29th 2010 7:00AM]

Best live wallpaper ever.

[Rattle Posted Jun 29th 2010 7:13AM]

2nd video:
Gayest voice ever

[ChrisMav Posted Jun 29th 2010 7:34AM]

Looks amazing on my Galaxy S :)

[ModernTenshi04 Posted Jun 29th 2010 8:26AM]

This is why I bought an Android phone.

[cruncis Posted Jun 29th 2010 10:08AM]

That is very cool. Impractical, but cool.

[xray12275 Posted Jun 29th 2010 2:07PM]

I can't find it in the market. I've tried the link and searching, what gives?

[kevinkaran Posted Jun 29th 2010 2:32PM]

And Installed

[Jomah7777 Posted Jun 29th 2010 4:24PM]

I just put it on the droid...this is the tightest livewallpaper ever...thanks to the creator.

[Widgetech Posted Jun 29th 2010 5:40PM]

tanuki*

[randalldeflagg Posted Jun 29th 2010 10:53PM]

runs very nicely on my Hero. FTMFW!!!!!

[bokehkkake Posted Jun 29th 2010 11:07PM]

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[aphextwin07 Posted Jun 30th 2010 12:10PM]

that is awesome!

[sighclops Posted Jul 9th 2010 11:41AM]

ffs when will we see and international evo model :( :( :(