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30th May 2014

Video: This Super Mario ad for the new Mercedes-Benz GLA is the most awesome thing you’ll see today

This is genuinely one of the coolest things we've seen in a long time...

JOE

This is genuinely one of the coolest things we’ve seen in a long time…

Take two of JOE’s favourite things – Super Mario Bros. and Twink sexy, shiny new cars – and you know you’re on to a winner. This amazing Mercedes-Benz ad from Japan is brilliant on so many levels; from the pixelated version of the new jeep, to the humanised version of Mario (huge nose and all), the real-life castle and that good-for-nothing Goomba.

*JOE shakes fist at that good-for-nothing Goomba*

Here’s the official Mercedes-Benz explanation as to how the Asian ad came to be…

-好きなことが、次々叶えられる自由を。-

スポーティかつ質感・快適性に優れたインテリア。

SUVならではの実用性と定評のある安全性を備えた高い装備レベル。このGLAクラス­の存在は、メルセデスとしての純粋さを保ちながら、エモーショナルな魅力を最大限に引­き出すことに成功した証なのです。

Yeah, we don’t speak Japanese either. Anyway, enjoy the ad…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AkgJZGspCM

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