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
Mario swings his club in Cheep
Cheep Lagoon
Remember
our article back on 21st Feb when Nintendo revealed Mario Golf: World Tour
for Nintendo 3DS would feature an underwater course? well its been a good three
weeks since we’ve heard much further on the latest installment of the Mario Golf
series which is due for release on 2nd of May 2014.
Nintendo seem to have been focusing their marketing energies on other games
like Yoshi’s New Island which just landed, and the two games that we are all
hoping will save the Wii U – Mario Kart 8 and the upcoming Super Smash Bros 3DS/Wii
U title. But after 21 days of waiting we’ve got a bit more for the avid Mario
Golfers amongst us.
Wario’s Woods (NES) – Gameplay demonstration For an example of the gameplay in Wario‘s Woods (NES) check out the below video. The player would control a fairy called Wanda whose aim is to guide Mario safely to the end of the level so that his brother Luigi can take the bucket (or whatever else Wario … Read more
Mario’s Picross (Game Boy) – Game play video
Dr. Mario (GameBoy) – Game play video
Donkey Kong (GameBoy) – Game play video
Alleyway (GameBoy) – Game play video
Nintendo 6419963D Platformer1 Player Super Mario 64 The game that taught the world how to move a character in three dimensions — a Nintendo 64 launch title with paintings as portals, 120 Power Stars to find, and a hub-world castle that’s the template every 3D platformer still gets measured against. DeveloperNintendo EAD PublisherNintendo DirectorShigeru Miyamoto … Read more
NES / Famicom1988-1992PlatformerSingle PlayerDoki Doki Panic OriginNintendo R&D4Tanabe / Miyamoto Super Mario Bros. 2 The Western Super Mario Bros. 2 — a reskin of the Japan-only Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic — introduced Princess Peach, Toad, Birdo, Shy Guys, Bob-ombs and the iconic pluck-and-throw vegetable mechanic. The brothers' subconscious dream journey through the land of … Read more
NES / Famicom1985-1987Platformer1-2 PlayersIndustry-Saving ClassicNintendo EADMiyamoto & Tezuka Super Mario Bros. The game that single-handedly revived the post-crash North American video games industry, sold over 40 million copies, defined the side-scrolling platformer genre, and made an Italian-American plumber into the world's most recognisable fictional character. Composer Koji Kondo's overworld theme is arguably the most-recognised piece … Read more