Tag: Mario

IGN posted the above image on their Facebook page, and I couldn’t help but think that no, my goal was to find out what Princess Toadstool really looked like. I mean, she couldn’t actually look like the simple question mark that the instruction manual implied, right? Though that would explain all of the question mark […]

The similarity between the four New Super Mario Bros. titles is “intentional,” says Producer Takashi Tezuka in an interview with GameSpot. “That similarity in the visual style and the control style is all intentional. The things we feel like we’ve already promised the gamer is that Peach will be kidnapped by Bowser, and Mario will […]

I felt like I just had to show this here, because… well, watch and see for yourself! 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 […]

One surprise to come out of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo is that IGN has seemingly managed to pin down Nintendo EAD General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto and find out just which game from the Mario series is the creator’s favorite. And the answer? Well, that came as something of a pleasant surprise. Of course, with […]

At Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference, two new Mario games were shown off: New Super Mario Bros. U for Wii U and New Super Mario Bros. 2 for Nintendo 3DS. And make no mistake, I’m excited for both; New Super Mario Bros. U looks and is said to be bringing back some classic elements from […]

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 […]