Tag: Mario

I just wanted to let everyone know that my review of Mario Tennis Open is now available at the Toronto Video Game Examiner. Scoring this one was tough, and in the end, I’m still not sure whether I made the right call or not. Examiner uses a hard 5-point scale– no .5’s, or anything of […]

Though I may not have said as much about it here, I’ve made no secret that Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is one of my favorite games– period. And in the kart-racing arena, I honestly feel that SEGA and Sumo Digital have managed to craft a product which actually surpasses Mario Kart in many ways, […]

Here we are, the final console maker conference. Let me start once again with full disclosure: The Wii was my second console after my PS3. I also bought a DS far into its life span, and far after a PSP. There are few games Nintendo itself publishes anymore that interest me and that list does […]

And in the end, there was one. And speaking of one, of the big three conferences at E3 2012 this year, Nintendo’s is the only one for which GameSpot requires me to enter my birthdate. Go figure. So, full disclosure? Well, I’m not sure I really need to– just look at the name and logo […]

From the Toronto Video Game Examiner: Toronto video game deals for the week of April 1st to April 7th, 2011 From the Canada Nintendo Examiner: Gallery: Fun with AR Cards, Transformers, and more From The Mega Man Network: The Story Behind Mega Man Universe’s Cancellation – “It was me all along, Austin!!!” Capcom Wants to […]

One week from today, on Sunday, December 12th, Nintendo is re-releasing Super Mario All-Stars for the Wii. And aside from some tweaks to the control input to allow for a number of the Wii’s configurations to be used, it is the exact same game that was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System back in […]

Mario and his friends were created with a simple purpose: to entertain. However, have you ever wondered what they do to amuse themselves when they aren’t entertaining us? That is the focus of the Waluigious article “In Which We’re Entertained,” which takes a look at clues which have appeared over the course of the Mario […]

Recently, Matt Green of Press the Buttons called my attention to a relatively new picture blog called “The Bow on Birdo.” The Bow on Birdo is run by Drew Mackie (not related to this guy… at least, not as far as I’m aware), and is a Mario picture blog which frequently updates, usually daily, with […]

I’ve just posted my Super Mario Galaxy 2 Q&A with Nintendo of Canada’s Matt Ryan over at The Examiner. Feel free to give it a read. To be honest, if you’ve been following every bit of Super Mario Galaxy 2 news as it has come out, you may not find much new here– especially if […]

Now, this is interesting. As you might recall, I took the opportunity yesterday to express some frustration I was feeling with a game I love, Super Mario Galaxy 2. I love the game, I’m having a blast, and I’m doing fairly well with it, but not quite at a level one might consider “pro.” Today, […]

Just finished more Super Mario Galaxy 2, and I get the feeling that I’m not finishing it in its entirety. As usual. I don’t want to be one of those “3D Mario/2D Mario” types, and I’m not, really: I love me some 3D Mario, and I also love 2D. Hell, there’s very little in the […]

Super Mario Galaxy 2 launch event report, complete with lots of photos! –LBD “Nytetrayn” David OxfordDavid Oxford, or “LBD ‘Nytetrayn’,” as he is sometimes also known, is a freelance writer of many varied interests who resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. If you’re interested in hiring him, please drop him a line at david.oxford (at) nyteworks.net. […]