Do you consider yourself a champion? Maybe a champion of NES games? Well, Nintendo wants you to put your speedrunning, score-gaining, Power Glove-wearing self to the test in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. So grab some snacks, turn on the CRT TV and flip your hat backward dude, we are going to have a rad […]
The future of the red plumber’s foray into the role-playing game genre felt uncertain for several years following the shift of the Paper Mario series towards an action-adventure focus, the fizzling of Mario & Luigi RPG developer AlphaDream, and any rumored Super Mario RPG sequel being in perpetual limbo. However, in 2023, Nintendo announced a […]
It’s time for Mario to move over. Princess Peach: Showtime! puts the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom on stage, trading her crown for a sword, detective hat, a mermaid tail, and far more. It’s Peach Time Princess Peach: Showtime! sees the titular character decide to visit the Sparkle Theater. Unfortunately, things soon go wrong. A […]
Back in the 1990s, there was a collaboration that nobody saw coming. Nintendo and Squaresoft teamed up to bring the Italian plumber who could into a new genre. Bear in mind that, despite a few high-profile releases, Squaresoft wasn’t quite the behemoth that the Square Enix of today is. 2023 sees both Nintendo and Square […]
Mario – How does he have time to save Princess, the Galaxy, tame Donkey Kong, win kart races, throw parties, and even play baseball? Even all that isn’t enough for him. He’s now once again dusted off the Football shirt. People who need plumbing will need to wait, while we play Mario Strikers: Battle League […]
I have a lot of nostalgia for Mario Party, I admit. I spent a lot of time with friends as a youngster playing the earlier entries. Stealing stars and joking as we beat each other at minigames was a great time. I only really stopped as those days of sitting around a console after school […]