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Chocolate Rain on Mario Paint
And nine other songs, including a RickRoll (although, it's not really a RickRoll if you know its coming). Thanks to reader Mrjuandrfl for spotting an anthology of classic songs composed on Mario Paint. More »
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[via UberGizmo]
Super Mario Kart Is All I Need (With Expensive Simulator)
WARNING: DO NOT STEP BEYOND THE WAIST HIGH FENCE WHILE MARIO KART IS IN MOTION.
Luke can have his Mario Kart Wii and his fancy wireless motion controls from the future. I'll enjoy the classic, SNES version and a humble motion simulator by Force Dynamics. Constructed from various flavors of steel, this simulator features 500lbs of peak thrust, five channels of surround sound and one wicked disclaimer:
The [unit] can move suddenly, and severely injure someone who is within the working envelope. A waist high fence located at least 4 feet away from the machine is strongly suggested.OK, technically the disclaimer is for a more premium unit. But I had a need to post that bit about the "waist high fence." For your safety.
[via UberGizmo]
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Club Nintendo SNES Controller Unboxed
Feast your eyes! Here's an unboxing of the Japan-only Club Nintendo Super Famicom (SNES) controller. Like with the Classic Controller, the controller plugs directly in the bottom of the Wiimote. Cue bitching about it being Japan-only. Who hates Club Nintendo now? C'mon!
Club Nintendo Controller [iNSIDE via Boing Boing Gadgets via Giz]
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Miyamoto Signed Super Famicom Going For $1,475 On eBay
Here's a funny story. I was at this same Nintendo World Store signing event with Shigeru Miyamoto as "press" and had the man sign my own game device, a Nintendo DS. For some reason, and against the advice of my co-worker who also attended, I continued to play that DS until the signature had completely worn off, rendering it not only devoid of novelty, but collector value as well. Wait, here's the funny part. Nathan Smart of The Game Rag fame has decided to clear up some space by selling his Super Famicom, along with a few games, with Mr. Miyamoto's signature. It's currently going for $1475 at time of publish. More »
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Super Turrican Is Lonely
It's Monday, and that means it's time for the weekly Wii Virtual Console update! Hooray! This week brings us the derivative platform exploration of Super Turrican for the Super Nintendo (800 Wii Points), along with...nothing. Poor Super Turrican, all alone atop the new games list, begging the nice people to take a shot at the game that took the original Turrican and added a grappling arm, making it a sort of a homage to Bionic Commando and Metroid at the same time. It has platforming and exploration to offer! So much Super Turrican has to give! Did Super Turrican mention it was made by Factor 5 of Lair and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron fame? Well fine, if you aren't excited about Super Turrican, at least it gets to sit on top of last week's Kirby 64, which makes it feel better about being alone. Poor Super Turrican.
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Super Mario World Explores Quantum Physics
Who said games aren't educational? It may not have the sex appeal of my personal time-merged favorite, The 1K Project II for Trackmania Sunrise, but the ensuing write-up, which helps explain quantum theories with a SNES classic gives it an intellectual bonus. The Super Mario World hack, by the way, is known as Kaizo Mario World and looks infinitely unenjoyable. What you're seeing above is 134 playthroughs of Kaizo layered upon each other using a custom SNES emulator.
Super Mario World vs. the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Physics [Mechanically Separated Meat - thanks, Ricky!]
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The SNES Was The Best Console EVAR
CNET just published a story by Don Reisinger claiming that the Super Nintendo was the greatest console of all time. He argues that the console was the ultimate successor, "a follow-up that was worthy of the 'Super' moniker and gave developers the license they needed to create the legendary titles that we still play today." Personally, I'd agree with his casually argued logic—there's a reason I'm anxious to port Super Mario World to every device on the planet but bored by the thought of playing PSOne games on the PSP. Of course, this is all just one man's opinion and many of you won't agree. So go ahead and vote below before elaborating in the comments.
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snes4iphone, Exactly What It Sounds Like
The snes4iphone project, currently in beta, is aiming to bring SNES emulating bliss to the iPhone. Right now there's not much you can do to participate other than read the forums—there doesn't appear to be any downloadable code to test/melt your phone at this time. However, the ZodTTD group would certainly accept any cash you have lying around to fund programming.
We liked the premise of the NES iPhone mod, but the SNES has always been our favorite (meaning that we're at about a fanboy code orange at the moment).Though, we must admit, watching the filmmaker get pwnd in F-Zero doesn't bolster our confidence regarding the touch control mapping.
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Hands-On With The Retro Duo, The NES/SNES Hybrid
Importer Innex featured the Retro Duo, an NES, SNES and Super Famicom player, heavily in its CES booth this year, giving old school console fans a chance to bust out their old carts and save a bit of space. The Retro Duo, which was paired with the NES and Sega Genesis-playing Gen-X, features S-video out, for those looking for a bit more clarity out of their 8-bit and 16-bit collection. The Retro Duo's controller looks and feels like the stock Super Nintendo controller, with another controller, part SNES, part NES Max, that should appeal to fans of that form factor.
One advantage the Retro Duo has over some of the other NES/SNES clones is its ability to properly play the original Starfox, which looked and played just as we remembered it. The double duty console looks like a pretty nice product for anyone who still has plenty of retro titles on hand and isn't already in possession of similar products like the FC Twin. More pics of the consoles are in our gallery below.
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Knock-Off Console Plays Real Genesis, SNES, Sega Games
Discovered at CES: Two generic consoles that play non-generic games. The Retro Duo accepts both NES and Super NES games, while the Gen X takes Sega Master System and Genesis/Mega Drive games. Both of the consoles were built on technology that takes advantage of lapsed patents, so they are perfectly legal. At least according to the guy showing them off at CES they are.
CES 2008: Retro Console Clones Take Actual Cartridges [Wired]
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There still seems to be a bit of gender confusion surrounding what's exactly tucked away in the denim short shorts of Capcom's mysterious female fighter Poison, fan art notwithstanding. She first appeared in the 1989 arcade game Final Fight but was removed from the Super Nintendo conversion, as someone seemingly disapproved of the piledriving of women in tank tops. Rumors swirled that Capcom attempted to justify her inclusion in the game by revealing that she was actually a he, citing the kosher nature of man on man violence. But we never got a clear answer.
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Final Fight's Poison: The Final Word On Gender
There still seems to be a bit of gender confusion surrounding what's exactly tucked away in the denim short shorts of Capcom's mysterious female fighter Poison, fan art notwithstanding. She first appeared in the 1989 arcade game Final Fight but was removed from the Super Nintendo conversion, as someone seemingly disapproved of the piledriving of women in tank tops. Rumors swirled that Capcom attempted to justify her inclusion in the game by revealing that she was actually a he, citing the kosher nature of man on man violence. But we never got a clear answer.
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Nintendo To Unleash Metroids On Virtual Console Soon?
With Metroid Prime 3: Corruption just a few short weeks away from release on the Wii, it looks like Nintendo is set to ramp up with hype with a pair of Virtual Console releases. Images for both Metroid for the NES and Super Metroid for the SNES have appeared on the VC web server and spotted by an eagle-eyed NeoGAF poster. Another image for Sega's RPG Shining In The Darkness has also recently been added, indicating that it too may soon join the download service.
While the ESRB has yet to issue a rating for either Metroid title, usually a reliable measuring stick for what's on deck, that doesn't rule out a smart marketing move by Nintendo. Don't be surprised if both show up next Monday or the following.
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Rumor: Pilotwings Coming to Wii
Gamestop has already started taking pre-orders for Pilotwings on their website even though this game hasn't been on the radar in, oh, ten years. The title that was originally on both the SNES and the N64, is supposedly coming to the Wii, and (according to the website) will be pre-released in December, curiously on the last day of the year. This could mean anything from a game announcement at E3 to the firing of a Gamestop data-inputting intern. I hope it's both. More »
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The Best Controllers
Sure, we've all got our favorites. Via CNet UK comes a list of the five best controllers. Without adieu, they are:
- 1). Atari 2600 joystick: Featuring a simple stick mechanism for moving around and a red button for firing. It's not technically a gamepad, but it's so crucial to gaming history there's no way we couldn't mention it.
- 2). SNES controller: This exercise in ergonomics is a curvy, multi-coloured, multi-buttoned evolution of the angular NES controller. This was the first controller to have shoulder buttons — a revolution that made an arcade staple like Street Fighter II a viable proposition in the home.
- 3). Nintendo 64 controller: This is one of the most important joypads ever produced. Not only did the N64's controller feature an analogue joystick, which made playing games such as GoldenEye realistic and subtle, but it also featured a pistol-like trigger button underneath.
- 4). PS2 controller: Nintendo may have started the analogue-stick-on-a-pad idea but Sony really took it to the bank. For many gamers, the DualShock gamepad is the best gamepad ever made... Having two analogue sticks meant you could play games in a completely different way to anything available before.
- 5). Xbox 360 controller: It was the first wireless pad to come as standard. Its comfy, solid design offers dual analogue joysticks and two analogue trigger buttons underneath. There's also a built-in jack for connecting a headset.
What, no Dreamcast controller? No GameCube WaveBird controller? Blasphemy! Anyway, these are their favs. Yours? More »
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Rumor: Final Fantasy IV To Get DS Remake?
All the Final Fantasy you can handle! Originally, Final Fantasy IV was developed for the SNES back in 1991. but less than two years ago, the game was ported to the GBA. So this year why not re-make it for the DS? Rumor has it that a 3D remake for the DS is being put together by Matrix Software, the dev behind the 3D FFIII. Should find out more at the upcoming Final Fantasy Party, but until then make a handy chart to track Square-Enix's FF branding bonanza. With all these spin-offs and remakes, am I the only one having trouble keeping up? More »
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Final Fight, More Street Fighter For Wii VC
Two new Super Nintendo releases have popped up on the ESRB's rating site, Capcom's Final Fight and Street Fighter II Turbo. The latter is the successor to the Christmas day released SNES version of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and features additional playable characters and new moves. More »
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