Apparently Super Mario Chess Collector’s Edition is the first Nintendo-authorized chess set in existence. It’ll be shipping sometime this month and you can pre-order it for $39.99 if you’re interested. Now the big question: which characters will play which chess pieces?
It’s Team Bowser versus Team Mario in this one, with the front row of pawns made up of Koopa Shells and gold coins, respectively. Then things get socially progressive, as the back row on Mario’s side consisting of Toad as both rooks, Yoshi as both knights, Princesses Peach and Daisy as the bishops, and Mario and Luigi as king and queen.
On Bowser’s side, we’ve got Goombas as rooks, Birdos as knights, Magikoopas as bishops, and then father and son tandem Bowser and Bowser, Jr. as king and queen. Where’s Mrs. Bowser in all this? Bowser clearly had a son somehow. Poor Mrs. Bowser raises a hellion and she doesn’t even get a spot on the family chess board!
Super Mario Chess Collector’s Edition [Entertainment Earth via Chip Chick/Newlaunches]
Im think that Bowser is asexual
they messed up – the light colored square should be on the right side!!
I waited a long time for a Mario chess set; seeing how thoughtlessly they chose the pieces takes all the fun out of it. EVERYBODY, even my Mom who has never played a mario game, knows that goombas would be the pawns (they look and move like pawns!) Then mirror them with mushrooms or the toadstool people (Coins? YUCK!)
Then there are other choices; like twomps, look and move like rooks; winged koopas, look and move like knights and better reflect yoshi as knight and carries a more unified comprehensive theme.