Video Games based movies might be shaking off their decades long reputation for being ‘bad’ films in recent times. Sonic The Hedgehog’s two films are entertaining, and for the most part, loyal to the source material of Sonic games. Unlike the Sonic films, Super Mario Bros. Is a full CG film, no live actors, and…
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Throwback Bit Thursday: Super Mario Odyssey a Homage to the Mario Saga
This week, I reached the Super Mario Odyssey credits for the second time since 2018. The first time around, I mainly rushed through the game trying to get just enough moons to reach the finish line. It was a fun experience, and I greatly enjoyed Nintendo’s technical mastery of the Switch hardware at the time….
Throwback Bit Thursday: Paper Mario
While the Nintendo 64 is my favorite console of all time, I would be doing myself and our readers a disservice if I told them that Paper Mario was my favorite N64 game. Heck, it wasn’t even my favorite RPG on the system. While critics raved about Paper Mario 22 years ago, I never found…
The Top 5 Nintendo 64 Games According to Metacritic
For the previous 5 entries rounding out the Top Ten games for the Nintendo 64 click here. The Nintendo 64…the first true bastion of 3-D gaming on home consoles. Three dimensional visuals came easy to it thanks to its formidable horsepower (for 1996 hardware). Thanks to Shigeru Minamoto’s genius, the Nintendo 64 had games that defined…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Super Mario 64
1996 was a magical time for an 11-year-old kid to be alive. Video Games were making the transition to 3-D from 2-D for the first time with the arrival of the 32-bit machines. The possibilities to a young mind – arriving at the peak of human imagination – seemed endless. That said, to me personally,…
New Switch Bundle Announced for Super Mario 3D World: Bowser’s Fury
Yesterday, Nintendo announced a new Super Mario-themed Switch bundle. The bundle is being released in tandem with a new expansion to Super Mario 3D World, “Bowser’s Fury,” coming February 12th. It will cost $299. This new Switch will be pretty unique. The bundle’s controllers are both red and the Joy Con’s inserts are blue with…
Nintendo Update: Super Mario 3-D All Stars, and Switch Top Sales Charts
In the middle of the epic pre-order battle between Sony’s PS5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo news and announcements have been almost non existent. To top it off, this week Microsoft announced its “Megaton” buyout of ZeniMax Bethesda, and social media warriors continue to battle on discussions about the implications that such a historic…
Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy are Switch Bound This Month
Just yesterday, we complained about Nintendo’s paltry lineup of titles scheduled for release for the remaining of the year. Today, we are happy to announce that Nintendo seems to have listened to all of the fan requests and has placed a date on a Switch release of an over due 3-D Mario Collection dubbed “Super…