VIZ Media To Publish ‘Super Mario Adventures,’ ‘Twilight Princess’ Manga

It is a big day for those gamers who double-dip into the realm of manga. VIZ Media has announced their acquisition of two very special titles: Super Mario Adventures and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Super Mario Adventures, written by Kentaro Takekuma and drawn by Charlie Nozawa, first appeared in the pages of Nintendo Power magazine. They ran from from 1992 to 1993. This full-color manga is a collection of those works. Super Mario Adventures will be available beginning this October.

If you have any experience with the Mario series, then you can probably guess the plot. Princess Toadstool gets kidnapped by Bowser and Mario and Luigi spring into action to rescue her. Nostalgia abounds, to be sure.

The second title, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess by Akira Himekawa, follows the plot of the similar-titled game. Expect lots of wolf-Link action. This series will debut in March 2017. To tide you over until then, I would highly recommend the Viz’s other titles in The Legend of Zelda series.