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Super Mario Bros. 3, More Classics Hit Wii U Virtual Console in April

Advance Wars fans, break out the champagne. The much-loved strategy game from Nintendo, along with fan-favorite Metroid, Yoshi and WarioWare titles, will be hitting the Wii U next month. There’s a first-party gem in every week of April 2014’s Virtual Console release schedule. Just take a look: April 3: Advance Wars (Wii U, $7.99) Mario…

​I Love This Power Glove Oven Mitt, It’s So Bad

Why yes, I would use the Power Mitt, which is not the superhero alter-ego of a certain Massachusetts-based former presidential candidate, but rather an oven mitt designed to look like Mattel’s famous Nintendo peripheral. I would use it to take my cookies out of the oven, and it would rule. CreatorPete Hottelet of Omni Consumer…

Human Family Transformed Into Mario, Luigi & Friends

The Smith sisters, aka Twiznik cosplay, attended this year’s Anime Matsuri in Houston in Mario costumes. As did their dad. And four younger brothers. That’s awesome, but even more impressive than the final result is seeing the video below of them transforming from human beings into residents of the Mushroom Kingdom via some elaborate facial…

Bowser and Doctor Eggman posters by Chad Woodward

The Cuccos from The Legend of Zelda are making an appearance in Super Smash Bros Wii U, and in the picture above, Toon Link is in trouble if he’s really about to hit one of them. You shouldn’t bully them… they might hurt you Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some…

The 3DS So Rare Nintendo Only Made One Of Them

Every year, a Pokemon tournament is held in Japan to decide the nation’s best schoolboy player. It’s a competition worth entering, because the prize is one for the ages. The prize for the winner of the latest tournament is this Mega Charizard 3DS XL, which is so rare because it comes with the competition winner’s…

Super Mario Risk board game concept by Luis Huertas

Pikachu Cake, I Don’t Choose You!

Things don’t always go according to plan when you cook meals—that’s normal. Your end result doesn’t always look like the snazzy pictures on the recipe instructions, or the boxes containing the ingredients. But this monstrosity that someone baked is something else. Normally, Pikachu is supposed to be a cute monster—like in the picture above. Recently,…

This has to be one of the most relaxing pieces of Pokémon fan-art. Inspired by ‘Twitch plays Pokémon’, mizudokei drew the main character and his Pokémon having a rest… somewhere around Pallet Town. But that’s just my guess. Here’s the image in its full glory: Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…

Stop And Admire The Original Super Mario Bros. Box Art

The best examples of box art tend to be those with a timeless design. Those you can look at ten, twenty, even thirty years later and say, yup, that still looks amazing. Super Mario Bros. is one such game. These great pics by Bryan Ochalla remind us that, even with dog-eared corners, that bright yellow…

It may not have the sex appeal of space shooters or Sony’s industrial design, but this Nintendo VR solution is quick, easy and available right now to Wii U owners worldwide. Introducing the Nintendo VRu [Reddit]

Here’s Fox Mccloud and Falco from Star Fox, reimagined by artist Oscar Römer in a somewhat realistic way. Speaking of which, a new Star Fox game with a similar design would be pretty cool. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we…

NES Classics, Turned Into Digital Origami

Digital artist Steph Caskenette picked a couple of iconic NES moments from games like the Castlevania, Contra or Metroid, and made them look like it’s all curved paper. Here’s some highlights. Make sure to check the rest over here: NEStalgia by Steph Caskenette [Behance, via Dotcore] To conact the author of this post, write to:…

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You Can Only Play This Cool Smash Bros. Stage On The 3DS

When it comes to the teases Nintendo’s been doling out for the upcoming Smash Bros. games, the Wii U’s been getting most of the love. There’ve only been a few scant glimpses of the 3DS version. The latest screens of the portable all-star brawler shows what a level based on Super Mario 3D Land will…

Ripped, Modded Waluigi Thrashes The Competition in Smash Bros.

That’s how you introduce a character, even if it’s not official. Waluigi might only join the battle in Super Smash Bros. Wii U as an assist trophy, but to ease the pain, modder Apoc Hedgie made his own version of Luigi’s skinny rival. He’s called Walurambo, and he’s the perfect combination of Rambo and Waluigi…

So shiny. Sakurai’s latest screenshot of the day for the next Super Smash Bros. shows us what the Smash Ball will look like on the Wii U.

Early Sonic Boom Designs Caused “Discomfort” to Original Sonic Team

At one point, the current iteration of Sonic and his friends looked even more different compared to their original selves. So much so that it caused quite a few headaches to the series’ original creators. Speaking to GameSpot, Bob Rafei, head of the studio in charge of the character redesigns, said that early on, the…

The 1980s Are Back To Help You Beat Super Mario 3D World

Travel back in time once more to the 1980s, a magical age when video game tips and tricks were delivered by warm, friendly voices over tinny television speakers, and no one called you names for needing help beating a Mario platformer.

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