“Swings for the fences but comes up a bit short.” In 2005, Nintendo let, at that time, Namco take a swing at creating their own sports game featuring the world-renowned characters of the Super Mario franchise. This title was known as Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo Gamecube. Namco didn’t necessarily knock that one out … Read more
“A good effort undermined by a few, fatal flaws” Mario Party 9 revitalizes a franchise that was once thought to be dead; with the dark days of Mario Party’s 6-8 and the newfound success of Wii Party, it seemed there wasn’t ever going to be a Mario Party 9. Yet it’s here, and it’s here … Read more
“Ain’t No Party Like a Mario Party” Nintendo is one of those companies whose fans are almost impossible to please. Make a change with one of Nintendo’s franchises and the game sucks. Make no changes with one of Nintendo’s franchises and the game is a rehash. Therefore, Nintendo must constantly walk a tightrope between tradition … Read more
“Four score and several sports ago” Mario is a man of a thousand professions. When he’s not cleaning pipes as a plumber, he’s refereeing a match between Little Mac and King Hippo, and when he’s not doing one of his many jobs he takes the time to cut loose and have some fun. Perhaps on … Read more
“Mario parties his way onto the Wii” When Nintendo released it’s latest system, the Wii, gamers everywhere were overcome by how innovative the controls sounded. That’s one thing that Nintendo has over its competitors. Nintendo never was a graphics kind of company, they were just always about making the games fun. Once we heard about … Read more
“Back in my day, we had 2 hidden stages, and DK was playable!” I can’t BELIEVE there are actually 8 games in this series now. It’s another mark of just how old I am I guess. I can remember picking up the original Mario Party back in 1999, and getting countless blisters on my hands … Read more
“A mix of Soccer and Football that lets you take your anger out!” Mario Strikers Charged If you’ve played the first Mario Strikers, chances are that you are drooling over this one. Super Mario Strikers was released in December 2005, and in the past two and a half years, there were some serious modifications. It … Read more
“From someone who’s loved all Mario Karts so far: A lot of old goodness with a lot of new goodness” Mario Kart Wii Long have we been waiting for it, finally it’s here: the latest installment of Mario Kart has just arrived for the Wii. And to just make it clear in the beginning: those … Read more
“The Wii makes an amazing comeback, owing big thanks to the plumber we all loved back then” To those of you wondering why New Super Mario Bros Wii has the name “Wii” in it let me tell you: NSMB Wii is a sequel to the hit DS game, simply just called “New Super Mario Bros”. … Read more
“The Illegitimate Child of Mario Party, Mario Kart and Wii Sports” To start this review, let’s establish what exactly Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is: a minigame suite. Yes, there are things that tie the game as a whole together, like the circuits and the emblems; but overall, the game is about the … Read more