Make "Super Mario Bros" Your Android Wallpaper [VIDEO]

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Android's live wallpapers can be kind of like non-interactive games, and that's exactly what "Mario Live Wallpaper" is — Mario runs around on the desktop avoiding enemies and leaping from block to block.

There are three visual themes for the levels, all based on stuff that should be familiar to anyone who has played the old Nintendo or Super Nintendo Mario games.

The game isn't pre-recorded, but it's not playable either. It's created on-the-fly using random level generators and an artificial intelligence that controls Mario. As cool as that is, we should note that it will basically kill your phone's battery life.

That's a high price to pay just for the cool factor, but who wouldn't want to at least try it out? If nothing else, it's a way to one-up those iPhone-wielding friends, since the iPhone only just now added support for regular wallpapers in iOS 4.

We've got two videos of the live wallpaper in action embedded below, courtesy of Android Central and Smartphonejunkie.

Video: Android Central

Video: Smartphonejunkie