Nintendo-loving Houston T-shirt designer reimagines Texas as a Mario world Of course Larry Koopa lives in Austin



Keep going for a look at quirky Texas traditions as told by Reddit. less A Houston-based graphic artist has created a shirt that turns the state of Texas into a “Super Mario 3” map, specifically the first world that gamers had to beat in one of the most beloved video games of the 1990s. A Houston-based graphic artist has created a shirt that turns the state of Texas into a “Super Mario 3” map, specifically the first world that gamers had to beat in one of the most beloved video games of ... more Photo: Tyler Fatherree Photo: Tyler Fatherree Image 1 of / 26 Caption Close Nintendo-loving Houston T-shirt designer reimagines Texas as a Mario world 1 / 26 Back to Gallery

A Houston-based graphic artist has created a shirt that turns the state of Texas into a “Super Mario 3” map, specifically the first world that gamers had to beat in one of the most beloved video games of the 1990s.

Tyler Fatherree is a fan of Nintendo games and just recently stumbled upon the idea, based on the game that first debuted here in the United States in Feb. 1990. This was the game where our hero Mario was able to turn into a flying Raccoon Mario.

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Fatherree is selling the shirt on his online store for $25. Make some room for it on your Christmas shopping list.

The shirt design has the state capitol of Austin situated as a castle surrounded by a moat. Houston also gets its own castle.

Fatherree says he is planning more Texas-related Nintendo artwork, and is currently working on a pixelated Astrodome shirt. An upcoming shirt, he says, will cast California as the second world in “Super Mario 3” complete with the desert and palm trees.

One of the hottest gifts this holiday season is Nintendo's NES Classic Edition, which features 30 pre-loaded games from that first gaming console, exciting those now in their '30s and '40s who spent their wonder years playing Tecmo Bowl and Zelda.

Priced at just $60, the limited edition item has been showing up on eBay for five times that price. Good luck finding one in stores.