When I don't have many video game map submissions to put up on a slow weekend like this, I find other OCD-fueled things to do. Like putting this together, that I thought about months ago:
As a Nintendo fan and a Transformers fan, I was always aware that Mario and Optimus Prime shared the same colours - red and blue, with a touch of white.
But recently I noticed that other characters on both sides shared the same colours. Now, bright colours are indeed common among characters that appeal to kids (or children of all ages), but when I remembered the Pikachu-themed Volkswagen Beetle, I began to think up some more connections between similarly-coloured Nintendo and Transformers characters. The results are
here.
![](http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9408/nintendovstransformerst.th.png)
Or here's a 1680 x 1050 wallpaper-sized version:
![](http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/8109/nintendovstransformersw.th.png)
...For those of you who forgot my previous geeky wallpaper I made, click
here to see how Star Wars and Star Trek are connected...