In 1995, Nintendo decided to craft a new Mario tale, telling of the origins behind our beloved Mario and company – Super Mario World 2: Yoshi‘s Island. Using the new Super FX2 chip, this game’s stunning graphics and unconventional platform gameplay captivated SNES players around the world. However, caught up in the whirlpool of the … Read more
Well, this is it. After delibrating whether or not to splash out the vastly inflated price for an import GBA and game – ordering one, cancelling the order in a rare moment of adult decision-making and common sense then re-ordering it … it’s here, and I’m impressed. Very impressed. The GBA itself is awesome, it … Read more
I’m not really sure what to think of the current trend of remaking old, classic games for current systems, such as the Gameboy Advance. Technically, this should provide gamers who missed out on the original versions of these games a chance to play them. Unfortunately, it seems that many of these recreations are either half-hearted … Read more
Mario and Donkey Kong. Industry icons from Nintendo’s earliest days – the franchise characters that started it all. Though more recently they’ve set their sights on new horizons, the duo used to be the greatest of enemies. At least, until Donkey Kong became smitten with Mario’s new toy. Mario vs. Donkey Kong is partially inspired … Read more
IntroductionThis is yet another ‘something odd, something fun’ game from Nintendo. Mario vs. Donkey Kong stars our favorite plumber jumping, swinging, climbing and tossing everything in his path to get back his beloved…mini Mario dolls. Right. Way to take a simple premise and create an entire game around it, Nintendo. They actually manage to pull … Read more
Over the years, DK has gone from kidnapping princesses, to looking for bananas, to saving the world, and now, to stealing large amounts of Mario dolls; And he does all of this while sporting an oversized red tie. He’s a very disturbed gorilla. However, that doesn’t mean this game isn’t fun! In fact, this game … Read more
Okay now here’s the deal. I was returning a game I had just rented when my mom said that I could rent another. So I searched and searched but I could not find a good game. I went from Playstation 2 (which all the good ones were all out) to Gamecube (games I already played … Read more
Mario and Luigi: Superstar saga is a RPG that takes both of the brothers on an adventure. Remember Legend of the Seven Stars on the Super Nintendo and Paper Mario on the Nintendo 64? This is the third of the Mario RPG and it doesn’t disappoint, it lives up to the greatness of the other … Read more
IntroductionAs an avid fan of Super Mario RPG, I was elated to hear a sequel of sorts was in the works by Nintendo. Having missed Paper Mario for the N64 (I’m so sad now…) I finally got a chance to see what Nintendo can do with the Mario Bros. in an RPG setting. How does … Read more
IntroductionOn March 8, 1996, Nintendo released a game called Super Mario RPG. This game was like no other. It had tons of new things to do. This wasn’t the same kind of game fans were used to playing. Seeing Mario in a RPG stirred up people’s imagination. Five years later, Paper Mario came out on … Read more