Reminder: Another Mario pumpkin that should win Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles

24 Comments by Christopher Grant Oct 28th 2007 11:15PM
Filed under: Joyswag

Would'ja look at the time? You've only got about half a day left to send us a pic of the video game-themed pumpkin you no doubt slaved over the entire weekend. Take Takayoshi Sugawara here who not only carved a Mario pumpkin – heck, we've seen those! – but sculpted the plumber's familiar countenance from what we can only imagine is soft pumpkin-shaped rock.

You've got until noon tomorrow, after which point we'll select our twenty-five favorite pumpkins before turning the entire process over to you guys tomorrow afternoon to pick the ten winners of Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles. Check out the rules and get those pics in.

Tags: JPCC, Mario

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SID SPACE: Oct 28th 2007; 11:21PM

That is amazing.

Abortimus Prime: Oct 28th 2007; 11:32PM

I'd be willing to say that that's by far the coolest of all the pumpkin design entries I've seen so far.

playwhutyalike: Oct 28th 2007; 11:36PM

Effin' sweet.

Hashbrown_Hunter: Oct 28th 2007; 11:47PM

Definitely should win.

Knoxximus: Oct 28th 2007; 11:52PM

Oh man, he wins!

You are WINRAR!!

Knoxximus: Oct 28th 2007; 11:52PM

A winner is you!

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 28th 2007; 11:53PM

Maybe it can win this Dracula deal, but the Weighted Companion Cube STILL wins my heart. It has food, ammo, and immortality.

Sieged Eagle: Oct 28th 2007; 11:58PM

Haha. Sir, you just read my mind.

Although that Mario pumpkin is still an impressive work. Let's see which one wins in the end.

Kazi: Oct 29th 2007; 4:51AM

If only they made square pumpkins

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 29th 2007; 5:56AM

Square pumpkins? Are you crazy? Are you a G-d?

LAZoftheTamarinds: Oct 28th 2007; 11:58PM

Super awesome! He did a great job. This almost gurantees a copy of castlevania for him.And I like this one better than the wario one.

- On another note has anyone got to try Super Mario Galaxy at gamespot? I did, it was a fun immersive experience. The good thing was I was the only guy there so they let me play past the ten minute mark. :D

Harbl: Oct 29th 2007; 12:11AM

God, is anybody else scared shitless by the horror that is glowing-eyes-and-mouth Mario? It's like staring into the grinning face of Satan.

Psaakyrn: Oct 29th 2007; 12:31AM

Or that Mario grabbed a smash ball...

embassy: Oct 29th 2007; 1:42AM

He's just doped up on star power.

jopojelly: Oct 29th 2007; 12:23AM

hmm, is that even a real pumpkin?? It looks too perfect and error free to be real.

If it is real, it's super awesome.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!): Oct 29th 2007; 12:34AM

Bah. I can't help but consider it cheating if you're sculpting the pumpkin but not really carving it.

Yourself: Oct 29th 2007; 1:29AM

My thoughts as well. This is terrific work, but I can't help but say that the point of carving a pumpkin is to actually cut out pieces. The way this is handled, there's no significance to using a pumpkin - it might as well be a "soft pumpkin-shaped rock."

My vote is still for Wario.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 29th 2007; 2:28AM

I'd call it a sculpted pumpkin as opposed to a Jack-o-lantern. Totally cheating, but totally amazing. But hey, Joystiq didn't outlaw pumpkin sculptures.

Grant: Oct 29th 2007; 12:44AM

wow, that shit is intense.
it almost looks like they took some sort of grinding tool to it to round it out after they cut it.
Dremeling a pumpkin? Why not!!

Kevin: Oct 29th 2007; 2:58AM

This is NESessarily the best pumpkin I’ve ever seen. You’d have to be TOADally Wiierd and DSyfunctional to think this isn’t cool.

tsyoshi4: Oct 29th 2007; 4:36AM

i have to defend myself when called a cheater... especially when the arguments make no sense. my pumpkin wasn't made out of play-doh or something you can mold. if it was, i wouldn't have had to use those pesky wood *carving* tools or knives. let me give you a refresher:

sculp·ture: \ˈskəlp-chər\ : noun
a: the action or art of processing (as by *carving*, modeling, or welding) plastic or hard materials into works of art

jack–o'–lan·tern: \ˈja-kə-ˌlan-tərn\ : noun
2 : a lantern made of a pumpkin cut to look like a human face

by reasoning of samfish, Yourself, and rubang b., (1.) sculptures can't be carved, (2.) pumpkin sculptures can't simultaneously be jack-o-lanterns, and that (3.) my pumpkin didn't require any "cutting out of pieces"; sorry but all three of your arguments are totally incorrect as any rational person can plainly see.

i'll defend my pumpkin and any other pumpkin carved in this sculptural manner as a legitimate jack-o-lantern.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart): Oct 29th 2007; 5:01AM

Voted up and agreed with. It's just a totally different art because it's created in a 3-D fashion as opposed to the traditional 2-D fashion.

Kazi: Oct 29th 2007; 5:41AM

They weren't accusing you of cheating, they were saying it doesn't seem like it's in the spirit of the contest.

Doesn't matter either way to me though, it looks awesome. Though I don't think I've ever had a pumpkin with such a thick wall. Wish I had one that thick so I could carve me out some battle toads in THREE DEE.

joe keene: Oct 29th 2007; 8:07AM

I agree w/sam fish isnt the whole point of a jack o latern the internal light of the candle makes the only visable picture or image with the holes carved completly throuh the pumpkin shell? I also think painting and attachments are also grey areas.

Still its a cool looking pumpkin.

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