Super mario bros google easter egg

If you’re searching for that extra bit of bounce to bump the hype even higher for the April 5 premiere of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Google has just the search you need — literally.As part of the service’s fun 2015 nod to the 30th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Google placed an easy-to-find Easter egg commemorating the game for anyone who knows the magic search words. Years later, the feature’s amazingly still there, and finding it’s simply a matter of knowing where to look.RELATED: Before 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie,' replay the 10 greatest Mario games ever madeNext time you’ve got Google pulled up on your desktop PC or Mac (for mobile direction, see below), just do a search for “Super Mario Brothers” (not “Bros.” but “Brothers” — the whole word). When the results screen comes up, glance over to the right, where the search engine’s “Knowledge Panel” appears (You know, it’s that context-sensitive side slab of info that Google compiles about commonly searched-for terms).Now: Look at the top search feature (currently, it’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, of course), and just to the side, you’ll see a familiar little coin block icon, flashing away with a question-mark symbol — just like it does in the game. The next step should come as naturally as a Mario jump, so just go ahead and click on the block to see what happens.Yep, you’re collecting coins now! Along with the old-school game’s familiar Mario “ding,” you’re earning hard Mushroom Kingdom currency with every bounce. It pays to keep clicking, too: Bopping the block 100 times in a search session will elicit another classic Nintendo sound: the sweet, sweet chime of Mario earning a 1up extra mushroom.If you’re on a mobile device, no worries: The Easter egg still works, and it’s even easier to access than on a desktop. Just perform the same search and then look right at the top of the screen. Up on the right, the coin block is the first thing you’ll see.RELATED: Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto on how he

Now that The Super Mario Bros. Movie is streaming on Peacock, fans of the film — and of Nintendo video games — can rewatch it and pause it whenever they want so that they catch every single Easter egg. And, well, it’s going to take a lot of pausing, because there are an astounding number of Easter eggs and little references to iconic games scattered throughout the whole movie. Universal Pictures released two short videos featuring the creators and stars of the movie, which premiered in theaters in April of this year. All of the talent, including directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, Jack Black (Bowser), Keegan-Michael Key (Toad), and Mario’s creator Shigeru Miyamoto, can’t emphasize enough how many Easter eggs are in the film. The videos spotlight a couple of the hardest-to-find Easter eggs in the movie. In the first act of the film, for example, there’s a scene where Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) bust through a brick wall. The hole they create in the bricks is the same shape as Mario’s head from the original 8-bit Super Mario Bros. game. “Nobody notices it,” Jelenic says in the video. “And that to me is a great easter egg, doesn’t take away from the storytelling but as soon as you notice it will warm your heart and tell you that you’re in good hands.”RELATED: Our favorite 'Super Mario Bros. Movie' Easter eggs: Game references, cameos & moreThere are also references to Pikmin, Punch-Out, Star Fox, Duck Hunt, and more. (Jelenic and Horvath actually both wanted to claim credit for the Duck Hunt Easter egg, which appears as a French restaurant in New York named Chasse au Canard.)Check out both videos above, and watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie on Peacock to see how many more Easter eggs you can find.

Thirty years ago, Nintendo released Shigeru Miyamoto‘s Super Mario Bros.’ and changed the video game world forever. Google is celebrating with a little Easter egg in its search results.If you look up ‘Super Mario Bros’ (‘Super Mario’ and ‘Mario Bros’ also worked for me), a small ‘?’ block will appear below the information card for the video. It works on both mobile and the Web.Click on it, and you’ll hear the classic Mario Bros. coin ‘ding’ sound. As far as we can tell, that’s all it does no matter how often you click – no secret fire flowers or 1-ups.Still it’s a nice touch by Google to celebrate arguably the most important video game ever made.The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!➤ Google via Android PoliceImage credit: Barone Firenze / Shutterstock.com Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with