Playing Nintendo’s evergreen arcade classic, Mario Bros. is always fun, whether you use a retro mouse or a high-end controller. Now, as people are curious and creative, we have seen people play the game with many kinds of custom-made controllers over the years. However, playing the game with Mario himself is something we did not expect to see. But again, this is 2020 and anything is possible!
Wrote some code to use the #legosupermario to play #SuperMario pic.twitter.com/LOuECESPgT
Now, as you can see in the videos, Rick is just tilting the figurine forward or backward for the in-game movements. And with the right gestures and taps, the in-game Mario can shoot fireballs to kill the annoying turtles or go down the pipes when needed.
According to the creator, “the complicated stuff was figuring out the Bluetooth protocol.”. Following this step, it was just a matter of “simulating keypresses” to make the controller work.
