Ohio State University's marching band pays tribute to Pokémon, Tetris, Halo, and Legend of Zelda

By Tracey Lien on Oct 07, 2012 10.07.12

Ohio State University's marching band paid tribute to video game classics during a half-time show this weekend at a football game between Ohio State University and Nebraska. The 225 member marching band – one of the few brass and percussion-only bands in the US – created both musical and visual arrangements for Pokémon, Halo, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Tetris, and Pac-Man. The half-time show included a construction of Bowser's castle from Super Mario Bros. with two people dressed as Mario and Luigi taking down the Michigan flag and replacing it with an Ohio State flag. The show closed with a re-enactment of Pac-Man being caught by a ghost, with the band members rearranging themselves to form the words "GAME OVER".