" Now, to celebrate 35 long years of service, a brand new Mario statue now stands tall in front of their Kungsbacka HQ in Sweden, on a street named after the plumber no-less: Marios Gata 21. Take a look with a photo and video courtesy of Image & Form, the Swedish developers of the SteamWorld franchise:"
          

    On the left is the old statue, while on the right is the glorious new statue. I actually remember seeing the old statue in an article from 2007/2008 and thinking the statue was a bit meh looking. It's nice to see there finally seems to be a new statue in Sweden!

     Link: http://nintendowire.com/blog/2016/08/25/massive-new-mario-statue-makes-way-sweden/

Wonder if humanity just disappeared and alien race showed up. Would it think we worshiped Mickey Mouse, Mario and other mascots.

Of course they would, all hail the Pipe God !

I need one of these for my garden. For reasons.

If I have one of these at home can I fast travel to Sweden?

Ooh, the new one is much better to suit his mighty mushroom feuled reign. Worship Mario or disappear in a green pipe.

Sweden was one of the first countries outside Japan that the Nes got released

Damn, now I have to go and visit.

We don't??

I hope not, but I guess "fanboys" do put huge importance on mascots, namely sport fans.