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The Japanese love Mario Party

GameScience reports that Mario Party 7 was the top seller in Japan for the week of November 7-13, almost twice as much as second place, Shinobido Imashime. I had no idea these things sold so well but it certainly explains why they keep pumping them out with minimal effort. C’mon, Japan, let’s demand something new. [...]

The Revolution controller gimmick revealed?

What gimmick lurks in the heart of the Nintendo Revolution? Computer Games Magazine knows:

It’s revolutionary in the same two senses that controller rumble is/was revolutionary: first, it’s kind of actually not a huge deal, but controllers will eventually all have it because it is pretty neat; and second, it involves revolving. Simply, the [...]

Create your own Revolution controller

They laughed at you when you proclaimed that dual screen bongos were the vision of the future… Nintendo is taking too long to unveil their controller so now the people can take the initiative themselves and create their own ideal Revolution controller. Just make sure you keep your design a secret so your competitors don’t [...]

Mario Brothers Anime

Sure, you know about The Super Mario Brothers Super Show feat. “Captain” Lou Albano, but did you know there was a Mario anime movie released in 1986? It all looks pretty crazy, and for some reason I find the naked mushroom people vaguely disturbing.

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Fans to remake Metroid Prime in 2D

Video game fans are never happy, always feeling the need to add or subtract a dimension to their favorite games (at least until slapped with a cease-and-desist). The latest dimensional meddling is the aptly named Metroid Prime 2D project. Enjoy it while you can, people (enjoyment meaning staring at the screenshots, downloading the wallpapers, etc.) [...]

Cover of every Super Mario World song

It must be Mario music day. Jason Cox has made his album of covers of every song from Super Mario World available on the Internet Archive and single-handedly created the “mariocore” genre. According to the cover, instruments used include banjo (for some toe-tappin’ ragtime), asscheeks, coconut thumb piano, and a turkey locator. There’s also some [...]

Everybody do the Mario

You got your Mario in my DDR! You got your DDR in my Mario! You’re not my real dad! GameCube Europe has given us screenshots and boxart and the warm sense of security that comes from knowing that your dream of doing a jig with Toad (to cross a river, inexplicably) will finally come true. [...]

Pink goo triumphant, supervillain middling

Has the Nintendo DS come of age? Has the dry spell ended? Some said post-E3 that road ahead for the DS looked to be full of promise while the PSP so maybe the good times are coming.

Exhibit A is Kirby Canvas Curse, whose main features seem to be the magical ability to make you not [...]

Block party

Putting up question blocks around town is certainly cool, but it’s definitely treading in dangerous territory. In these impressionable times, it doesn’t take long before some youngster is taking it too far.

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Name of the game

While reading about how Sony’s portable gaming dynamo is sucking eggs in Japan while the DS is hot stuff, largely as a result of that Nintendogs game that anyone associated with Nintendo was required to mention every seven minutes during E3 (and which seems like one of those “come up with clever name first, decide [...]