So a little while back a guy named Jay Pavlina (alias Exploding Rabbit) created Super Mario Bros. Crossover, a fan-made replica of the classic sidescroller that lets players plow through the Mushroom Kingdom as Mario… or Mega Man or Samus Aran or Simon Belmont. Earlier this month he launched version 2.0 of Super Mario Bros. Crossover, and it is bigger and better in just about every conceivable way. See for yourself:
Click here to play it, or here to read up on the development of the game from the man himself. In-depth impressions after the jump! READ MORE
Our long national nightmare is over today, as Capcom and Nintendo have combined their powers to form Captain Planetbring the arcadeSega Genesis version of Strider to the Virtual Console, ending a multi-month drought of retro releases for those Nintendo fans who are waiting for a hardware revision before picking up a 3DS (*cough*.) The last VC release on Wii in North America, if I recall correctly, was Super Adventure Island II (EDIT: It was The Ignition Factor, but I was close!) back in August (Europe’s had a couple of recent releases these past few weeks, breaking an even longer drought for them.) Strider will set you back 800 points, which isn’t too bad, unless you already have the Capcom collections on the PS2/Xbox/PSP. Then it’s ludicrous! LUDICROUS!
Also, the NES classic Super Mario Bros. is now out on the 3DS Virtual Console for plebeian non-Ambassadors, at a price of $4.99, a whole cent cheaper than on the Wii. This release was anticipated, as earlier this week people with ambassador systems noted that there was an update for the game that added the full-featured interface Nintendo had promised. Care to give more info on how that looks and works, Ray?
Whether you’ve got a player 2 in your life or are more of a “VS COM” kind of player, this suspiciously familiar-looking Cupid is wishing everybody a Happy Valentine’s Day on behalf of Shigeru’s List!
Click him! You know you want to…
Be sure to check out Nintendo’s Facebook page for some deliciously corny Pokemon-themed valentines.
In a recent interview over at EW.com, the legendary creator goes on record as to who his favorite and least favorite characters are to play as in the Mario Kart series. The former is pretty obvious but the latter is actually kind of surprising:
“Who’s your least favorite character?
Toad. [Laughs]
My favorite character is your least favorite character?
I understand that he has some popularity. Somehow.”
SOMEHOW.
Pretty harsh words for the little guy. Check out the rest of the interview to find out who the favorite is along with a few tidbits on Skyward Sword and *GASP* Pikmin 3 (!!) by clicking right here.
A few days ago and for the first time since the heyday of the Wii’s Virtual Console I woke up after a hard night of drinking to find that at some point my drunk ass busted out the credit card and decided to peruse the 3D’s eShop. The lucky treat I picked out for myself was this game: Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword. Now normally, this would be an appropriate time to impart a serious message: Kids, don’t drink and download. But in the case of Sakura it actually wasn’t such a bad call. Thanks for the solid, drunk me. READ MORE
Hello, and welcome to the second installment of my ongoing “Wii Games You Should Be Playing” series where I tell you, yes you faithful reader what a sad sack of shit you are for not making certain Wii games more successful on the sales charts. Today’s game is Red Steel 2, a completely unrelated sequel story-wise to one of the worst games available during the system’s launch. In it, you take control of a Cowboy/Samurai as he slashes and shoots his way through wave after wave of futuristic enemies with incredible near 1.1 acuracy due to the magic of the Wii-Mote +. Sound fun? Good Lord it is so much fun. READ MORE
Ever wonder what Waluigi is like when he’s not playing tennis or driving a go-kart? The guys at Dorkly will make you wish you didn’t!
Video game inspired cartoons have been all over the internet for years, but the stuff at Dorkly is actually well-animated, well-acted and, you know funny. The art form of moving pixels around to tell a joke has evolved a lot since the early days of “let’s make Mario swear and have blood and boobies and stuff!” READ MORE
Nintendo is letting us, the unwashed masses pick the boxart for Xenoblade Chronicles. Now before you get all excited and start drawing wieners in Microsoft Paint, Nintendo’s not taking submissions. Instead, we get to choose from one of four proposed boxart designs. Read on for a peek at all four designs, and how to cast your vote! READ MORE
Yeah we get it, you like the princess! Don't you have anything better to do?
You can’t have a great hero without a great villain, right? Superman and Lex Luthor, Batman and The Joker, Luke Skywalker and dear old Dad, James Bond and monogamy, Indiana Jones and Nazis, and of course, everybody’s favorite Italian stereotype and a big turtle-dragon-asaurus! It just makes sense.
But… lots of great heroes have more than one villain, too. Superman and Brainiac, Batman and Two-Face, Luke Skywalker and George Lucas, James Bond and not having AIDS , Indiana Jones and George Lucas, Mario and… who? You’d never know it judging by the main games in the Mario series for the last couple decades, but Mario does have a rogues gallery consisting of characters that don’t rhyme with “Schnauzer.” Who are they and what happened to them? Read on! READ MORE
So in my last article I rapped a bit about the coming Wii U launch. I said I was a little dubious of Nintendo trying to target Xbox and Playstation owners, since a lot of the big features those players value are either barely available or not supported at all on Nintendo systems. One of the biggest ones is online support. Nintendo was late to incorporate online play and communities, and they’re still slowly getting a handle on it. Now I don’t want to sound paranoid or delusional, but shortly after I posted that article, Nintendo president Satoru “Sweet Cheeks” Iwata announced the Nintendo Network, a service that will provide some of the features that players have enjoyed on Xbox Live, and whatever they call Xbox Live on the PS3. I guess I better start writing articles about how Microsoft and Sony gamers want a new 2D Metroid and blank checks mailed to Matt Ferrett. READ MORE
EB Games Australia had taken a break from throwing shrimps onto barbies long enough to post a hefty $600 price tag for the Wii U on their website last December. Naturally, this generated a lot of buzz when EB dropped the bomb. Statements from Reggie “Manhandla” Fil-Aimes didn’t exactly put price-conscious (or grammar-savvy) gamers at ease:
“For consumers who want to have the latest gadgets and have a higher disposable income, that’s for the Wii U”
And Satoru “Bad Mamma-Jamma” Iwata made the situation sound downright dire when he simply said:
This is not going to be cheap.
And really how could it? Wii U is built to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft and Sony’s HD game consoles, plus it comes packed with the rad-looking new tablet controller… and has to have the processing guts to handle it. If this thing launched at $250 I’d probably have a joy-aneurysm. And while we probably won’t be taking home the Wii U home at Wii 1 prices, EB Australia was kind enough to step forward and basically say they pulled the $600 number out of their vegemite holes. READ MORE
Well, a brief demo that is. I was only able to check it out for a few minutes before work this morning because it took forever to download but here are my first impressions: The game is flat out gorgeous with RE4 quality graphics and to hell with the circle pad pro because these controls feel just fine as they are. Also, crank that slider all the way up because this thing looks incredible in 3D. Now to spend the rest of my shift staring at the clock.
And speaking of Conker, please enjoy this great interview with one of the head designers of the N64 classic and voice of the lead character himself, Chris Seavor. In it he discusses the origin of Conker’s Bad Fur Day, the sequel that can never be made and in a timely fashion, censorship in the video game industry.
I never owned or played this game back during the 16-bit heyday but recently came across a copy and the other night decided to finally have a go at the little bastard. The idea was to drink a ton of beer and with the help of our old friends over at gamefaqs, actually try to complete the entire game in one sitting. The following post is a brief visual re-enactment of how it all went down: READ MORE
