Tag: Nintendo

It’s a funny thing: When it comes to commercials for Super Mario World, in such instances that such a topic would come up, it seems the ones people remember are always either this one or that one. And while I do remember both well, the one which has always remained burned into my memory when […]

I had planned to make this post sooner; it was meant to be the first post on the newly-relaunched PMO, but thanks to E3 and the time needed to get Mario’s Hat up and running, it fell by the wayside. This one’s a bit of a personal story, but one I wanted to share just […]

Now here’s an interesting piece GoNintendo linked to earlier today (sadly, the auction for it has ended, but I didn’t have the $108 anyway). It’s a store display sign from 1989, and if you’re familiar with vintage video game commercials, you might remember the ad campaign and contest this was a part of. I remember […]

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 […]

Curious about the latest downloadable titles for Nintendo platforms this week? Then head over to the Toronto Video Game Examiner to see what’s available and how how much it will cost you. The big highlight this week is Double Dragon II for the Wii Virtual Console. With Double Dragon Neon just around the corner, this […]

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 […]

This is only going to get worse before it gets better. Last week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, he revealed that one of his guests would be Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, who would show off the upcoming Wii U! But what is the Wii U? Well, according to Fallon at the start […]

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 […]

I mentioned the current (as of this writing) issue of Nintendo Power a couple of days ago when I was talking about Simon Belmont’s appearance in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, and I figured that perhaps I should mention it again here, if only because I have a review in it (Ketzal’s […]

You can check out this week’s Nintendo Download titles at the Toronto Video Game Examiner. I even managed to tie it all together with a wedding theme! How? See for yourself! The stand-outs this week are Mega Man X2 (got that to support Mega Man, despite owning three other copies), Donkey Kong Jr. (already got […]

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 […]