Tag Archives: Mario

A Message From Nintendo: Gotta Have Game

Posted on 2013/02/23 by

This scan is from the back of E3 Show Daily: Day 3 from E3 2000. It’s not a product ad, but a departing statement from Hiroshi Yamauchi just before he retired (maybe). Almost 12 years later (that’s TWO Wii generations … Continue reading →

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IGN Black Beta Select Awards – Pietriots Style

Posted on 2013/02/04 by

The what awards? Black Betty select who? I asked the same questions the day before the event. On Friday IGN AU held an event at the Maritime Museum in Sydney to announce the best games of 2012 sponsored by Mountain … Continue reading →

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New Super Mario Bros U – Ugly, Uninspired, Unfun

Posted on 2013/01/04 by

Mario used to be fun, about 50 years ago. Since then the franchise has slowly milked it’s way into creative bankruptcy, and here we have New Super Mario Bros U – possibly the least effort Nintendo has ever put into … Continue reading →

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One Hundred Mario Games In This Generation!

Posted on 2012/10/31 by

Which actually never happened… After New Super Mario Bros. 2, gaming journalists complained Nintendo was releasing too many Mario games (and then they beg for more 3D ones afterwards), and is now a yearly franchise with hardly any difference and … Continue reading →

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New Super Mario Bros 2 – Review from 2022

Posted on 2012/09/04 by

Recently, I decided to take a break from modern gaming; there’s only so many ads and achievements I can take. I’ve gone back to New Super Mario Bros. 2 on my 3DS Micro for some classic fun, and man this … Continue reading →

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Positive NinPal – New Super Mario Bros

Posted on 2012/08/20 by

It’s New to him, at least, and all the game reviews in the world can’t take that away.

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What Is Casual?

Posted on 2012/05/04 by

Casual, hardcore, non-gamer, casual-gamer. What do all these mean? What language am I speaking? If you’ve read any “insightful” feature articles on videogames in the past 5 years, you’ll know these terms pretty well. Let’s start with where these popular … Continue reading →

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F***heads – Fanboy Colors

Posted on 2012/04/26 by
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Nintendo 3DS? Does anyone care?

Posted on 2011/01/23 by

Nintendo are in a state of fear, the complete destruction of Nintendo DS last year at the hands of PSP has backed Nintendo into a corner. PSP was the highest selling system of 2010, and also had the highest selling … Continue reading →

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Fragile Dreams – Impressions

Posted on 2010/04/01 by

The bonus soundtrack selection is cute. The sleeve art is cute. The vocal tracks don’t have the slight WAV-error crackle I keep hearing in all the MP3 rips I used to find on the interweb. The reversible boxart is sexy-cute, ditching all those back-cover description stuff in favor of a girl in a trash-bag dress. I can almost see her naked. Good job, XSEED. I recommend these non-game tangibles to everyone. Continue reading →

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