The latest features section includes the latest weekly retro Mario articles, when we look back at old games and discuss, any glitches or anything special/viral going on in the Marioverse that we think you might want to see!
The Mario Franchise is one to behold, while some of his games are a purely solo experience, most of Mario’s games follow the philosophy of the more the merrier, so here’s a list of the Top Ten Multiplayer Mario games, of the ones I’ve played at least. 10. Mario Strikers Charged: A phenomenal addition … Read more
An Introduction:
It’s a Mii… Daisy.
This convention marked the first time I appeared upon stage in a gown entirely
created by myself and with myself. Cue the vintage Billy Idol music… “Cosplay
with myself… duh duh duhn Cosplay with myself… When your Goomba moves and you
still want geeky fun… you gotta cosplay with yourself?” (Syllabically that was
not a proper type of re-do to that classic tune, yet… what do you want from me?)
I am still lamenting about the superficial loss of my Goomba! For she is not
gone from this earth merely moved from the conservative eastern side of
Washington State. She now resides within the western very progressive free
gathering berry side of the state in a small town akin to a video game featuring
a Zombie takeover. Yes, it is true… she lives far from me and without any Yoshi
to ride upon or Lakitu cloud to ride within… what is a girl to do? Well, I
suppose what I did do… get lost in a city and lament silently and now overtly
about such a change within my convention scene. I love me some Goomba is what I
am saying! Could I make it any more obvious? Now on to serious business….
Ahhh onto the final Mario series part of our
NES Remix 2 guides, and
we’ve saved the best til last…. if your definition of best is "most gruelling"
anyway. The Lost Levels was a platformer similar in appearance to
Super Mario
Bros, but 10x harder.
This is the title that Japan got as ‘Super Mario Bros. 2’ where English speaking
regions like the U.S, Europe, Aus etc would’ve had the rehashed Doki Doki Panic
version of Super Mario Bros. 2 set in subcon; it’s believed that it wasn’t
released as a standalone title outside Japan because of the games frustrating
level of difficulty… I concur.
Wrecking Crew: Its a total wreckage here, today
we feature a new game at Super Luigi Bros and this time it’s the very unknown
Wrecking Crew! A
game featuring Mario with a hard hat and his signature hammer, moving around 100
levels of pure wrecking fun!
Super Mario Brothers 3: One of the greatest
Famicom/SNES games of all
time was made by
Nintendo and directed by
Shigeru
Miyamoto, the epic side scroller which provided us with hours and hours of
fun.
There are few things yet to be said about Super Mario Bros. 3; receiving
global acclaim from the videogames press, critics and fans alike. The game
brings you back to Mushroom Kingdom but now you will go through all of its
lands, 8 in total, plus a special 9th world.
Having never been into Tetris, Dr. Mario or anything else of that ilk, I
personally found the six Dr. Mario challenges in
NES Remix 2 for Wii U rather
difficult – making it fortunate that there is only 6, and not 16 like the
Super Mario Bros 3 challenges.
The first few challenges are
relatively straight forward but I found challenge four and six to be a
particular PITA. This is our guide on how to get Rainbow star rank on all
of these challenges.
With the countdown to Mario Kart 8 ticking down seemingly quick, now less
than two weeks away – we thought it would be cool to have a look back at the
Mario Kart series so far and see what Mario Kart 8 has to contend with in terms
of popularity.
A long time ago, at a website far.. far away there was a great community of game designers, sprite artists and sprite comicers. I speak of 2001-2004 era at marioportal.com. It appears that the scene which I’m told went a little quiet in 2008 is stirring from its slumber, and good, because it was a … Read more
Now we all know how musically diverse and downright great the soundtracks to Super Smash Bros games are, and with the next instalment just around the corner I am taking this as an opportunity to introduce you to this rather epic looking fan project based on the music of past SSB titles… Check out the … Read more
There are twelve Super Mario Bros. 2 challenges in NES Remix 2 for Wii U. Each of the twelve challenges are broken down into little stages; in the beginning they’re pretty easy which I guess is to give players who didn’t play Super Mario Bros 2 in the NES days a chance to get a … Read more