Simple Challenge: Link vs Goombas

Program a game in which the 'player' controls the likeness of Link(Zelda). The objective of the game is to defeat as many 'Goombas'(Mario Bros.) as they can before dieing. The rest is up to you.

Only one factor of your program will be judged: fun-ness.

Get to work!

It's a pity there was only one (arguably two) serious entry. The challenge was open-ended enough that this could have been really interesting.
Maybe the deadline was too early, or maybe most of the people who can actually program have gone into hibernation for the summer.