Blanka of Capcom’s Street Fighter video games. Fun street art in National City.
A bunch of fun, colorful Japanese video game characters have been painted on several utility boxes near the center of National City. I spotted them while walking near the intersection of National City Boulevard and East 8th Street.
A whole universe of video game characters created over the years in Japan have contributed in a very big way to our popular culture. From Sonic the Hedgehog to Mario to the magical creatures of Pokémon, they populate video games, television shows, movies, comic books, toys . . and, as you can see, even some really fun street art!
Painted utility and transformer boxes near the corner of National CIty Boulevard and East 8th Street feature a variety of colorful Japanese video game characters.Sonic the Hedgehog of Sega Games has been painted on a utility box in National City.Bub and Bob originally from the 1980s Taito video game Bubble Bobble.Street art depicts Link of The Legend of Zelda video game series.A cute street art rendition of Princess Peach from the Mario video games.Pikachu sits atop a Pokémon Poké Ball. Fun street art in National City.The character beneath the Poké Ball looks somehow familiar, but I can’t figure this one out… Okay, a coworker identified him! It’s Finn the Human from the animated television show Adventure Time. Not of Japanese origin, apparently, but he has appeared in video games!Chocobo from the Final Fantasy video games. Happy street art painted on a utility box.Luna from the popular Japanese manga series Sailor Moon. I’m not sure if Luna appeared in any video games.Nintendo’s pop culture icon Mario fights Gooper Blooper in this fun, nostalgic street art.A green Super Mario Koopa Paratroopa flies over a castle while our leaping hero steps on a Goomba!A villainous Rocky Wrench pops out of a hole to attack Mario in this video game street art!I believe these are various images of enemies from the Mario video game franchise on top of the transformer.Super Mario Galaxy has our hero capturing Power Stars in Outer Space! More street art in National City!
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12 thoughts on “Japanese video game characters in fun street art!”
These are brilliant fun, love the one featuring Sonic the Hedgehog! 🙂
Yes, they are great as well. Such a fun idea to see these iconic computer game characters become such inspired works of art for everyone to enjoy as they walk around 🙂
Omg that is awesome! It was weird seeing Finn underneath a Pokeball though lol. The Mario Sunshine game featured Mario with the water gun spraying the squid, that game was awesome! Also it’s hilarious that someone depicted the poor goombas having their heads smashed in by Mario. Boo is one of my all time favorite Mario characters and I love seeing Petey Piranha featured. That was awesome!
-Luna
You’re welcome! I can’t wait, I am going to the C2E2 convention in Chicago with friends in April and here in Orlando Megacon in May. I’m excited because this year we are going to cosplay! Can’t wait to see your posts!
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These are brilliant fun, love the one featuring Sonic the Hedgehog! 🙂
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I like the Mario ones!
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Yes, they are great as well. Such a fun idea to see these iconic computer game characters become such inspired works of art for everyone to enjoy as they walk around 🙂
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Omg that is awesome! It was weird seeing Finn underneath a Pokeball though lol. The Mario Sunshine game featured Mario with the water gun spraying the squid, that game was awesome! Also it’s hilarious that someone depicted the poor goombas having their heads smashed in by Mario. Boo is one of my all time favorite Mario characters and I love seeing Petey Piranha featured. That was awesome!
-Luna
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Cool! Glad you enjoyed it! I wasn’t sure about some characters at first, so I learned some new stuff!
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No problem, you can’t know everything. Great post!
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Thanks for the follow! I do a lot of blog posts about San Diego Comic-con, which you might enjoy. As usual, Comic-con is coming up again this summer!
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You’re welcome! I can’t wait, I am going to the C2E2 convention in Chicago with friends in April and here in Orlando Megacon in May. I’m excited because this year we are going to cosplay! Can’t wait to see your posts!
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Cool! I’ve got tons of photos from past years–click either the “comic-con” tag in my sidebar or put “cosplay” in the search box and enjoy!
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