Mario Bowl was released exclusively in Japanese bowling alleys in 1995.
Over the years, there have been a lot of obscure Mario spin-offs, but did you know that back in 1995 Nintendo partnered with a bowling equipment manufacturer named Brunswick to produce a Mario-themed scorekeeping game for Japanese bowling alleys? Well, we certainly didn’t.
The game titled Mario Bowl only recently came to our attention in the last few weeks thanks to stumbling down a rabbit hole of Japanese social media posts, blogs, and YouTube videos, where people have been posting some incredible new photos and videos of bowling alleys that still have the software in operation nearly 30 years later (locations such as The Sun Park Lanes in Matsusaka City in Mie Prefecture & Kakitagawa Park Lanes in Shimizu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture).
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Mario Bowl was released exclusively in Japanese bowling alleys in 1995.
Over the years, there have been a lot of obscure Mario spin-offs, but did you know that back in 1995 Nintendo partnered with a bowling equipment manufacturer named Brunswick to produce a Mario-themed scorekeeping game for Japanese bowling alleys? Well, we certainly didn’t.
The game titled Mario Bowl only recently came to our attention in the last few weeks thanks to stumbling down a rabbit hole of Japanese social media posts, blogs, and YouTube videos, where people have been posting some incredible new photos and videos of bowling alleys that still have the software in operation nearly 30 years later (locations such as The Sun Park Lanes in Matsusaka City in Mie Prefecture & Kakitagawa Park Lanes in Shimizu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture).
Read the full article on timeextension.com
