Nintendo

Once and For All, Mario Can Jump the Flagpole

GameTrailers took on, Mythbusters style, the legend that Mario can leap the flagpole in Super Mario Bros on the NES. and, whaddaya know, they indeed proved it true. World 3-3 is where you have the best chance of doing it yourself. Now, GameTrailers, next for you: Turning Smurfette naked in Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle…

By Owen Good Published May 27, 2010

Mario’s Voice Yearns For Waluigi Games

Three out of four Mushroom Kingdom plumbers have scored starring video game roles. The man who voices them all, Charles Martinet, wants to make it four out of four, lamenting the lack of a game starring Wario’s skinny lackey, Waluigi. Charles Martinet is a prolific video game voice actor, and if he had his way,…

By Mike Fahey Published May 27, 2010

Reviews

Metal Torrent Micro-Review: Not As Good As A Coinstar

The minute you start playing Metal Torrent, you’re almost done. But the brevity of Nintendo’s first DS shoot-em-up isn’t the worst of it. My local bank offers more entertaining ways to press buttons and hear jangling sounds. Metal Torrent is a $5 vertical shoot-em-up for the DSi from publisher Nintendo and development studio Arika, the…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 27, 2010

Grease: The Game, No Seriously

What better way to capture the splendor of the leather-clad, hip shaking of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in Grease than with a game for the Wii? By making sure that the game forces you allows you to use two microphones and a Wii Balanace Board while playing it, that’s how! If only they could…

By Brian Crecente Published May 27, 2010

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light Hits the DS in October

Square Enix’s Japanese-only portable game The Four Warriors of Light: A Final Fantasy Anecdote is coming to the U.S. with a less unwieldy name in October. Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light arrives on Oct. 5 for the DS

By Brian Crecente Published May 27, 2010

Greenpeace Still Says Nintendo Is Bad For the Environment

This year, like every year, Greenpeace has given Nintendo the lowest marks out of the electronics companies it graded. “Nintendo remains in last place with a pitiful 0.8 points out of 10, scoring zero on all e-waste criteria,” Greenpeace wrote last year. Many of Nintendo’s low marks were the result of the company not divulging…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2010

Thanks Homebrew, For the Adult Nintendo DS Games

Your parents die. But your fate changes when a millionaire adopts you, and you move into her mansion with her and her daughters. Then…yeah That’s the basic plot for retro adult title Fatal Relations, which is finally getting a homebrew DS port from Digital Satin Productions. This, of course, is hardly the first homebrew adult…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2010

There’s a New Mario in Town

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is now the highest rated video game in history… at least according to Game Rankings and its penchant for number crunching and outliers-inclusive averaging. It was a good run 1998’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, don’t let the door hit you in the ass.

By Brian Crecente Published May 26, 2010

Sonic Colors Streaks To The Wii And DS

With fans eagerly awaiting the retro Sonic 4, Sega pulls back the curtain on Sonic Colors, a brand new adventure for the Nintendo Wii and DS, heading our way by the end of 2010. Check out the reveal trailer! Sonic Colors sees our blue hedgehog hero speeding through theme-park inspired worlds as he attempts to…

By Mike Fahey Published May 26, 2010

How The Pros Mock Nintendo

For two decades, people have been paid to make fun of Nintendo. These professionals are hired by big companies that either hate Nintendo or consider Nintendo to be semi-ridiculous. (Irony: These pros never laugh last.) Here are their finest works. We’ll start with a recent example, to put this trend in a modern context. We’ve…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 26, 2010

Nothing Says Fit Seamen Like Wii Fit

New sailors! Time to get in shape. According to Navy Surgeon General Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, video games like Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution could be useful in assisting “newcomers to the military service build up the endurance they need to get in shape safely.” The latest issue of the Navy Times reports that…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 26, 2010

A New Challenger Enters Super Mario Bros. Crossover

A deadly assassin stalks the back alleys of the Mushroom Kingdom, as Exploding Rabbit adds a new challenger to popular Flash game mash-up Super Mario Bros. Crossover. Those poor Goombas will never see it coming. During a recent interview, Crossover creator Jay Pavlina explained that several characters had to be cut from the game’s initial…

By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2010

The Legend Of Beatboxing!

Link, with some help from his Four Swords co-stars, ditches the stealth approach and tries taking down the Forsaken Fortress the hard way: with beatboxing While it helps if you’ve played Nintendo’s GameCube Zelda title Wind Waker, it’s not necessary to get the most out of this. The straining-for-a-shit look on Red’s face speaks a…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2010

Before You Write To Nintendo And Ask For A Free DS, Read This

So, an 11 year-old schoolgirl wrote a letter to Nintendo and got a free DS for her class. Before you try it, though, you should know Nintendo will chase up your claim. “Nintendo always calls the school, hospital, retirement home, or whatever it may be to ensure the letter is legitimate,” Nintendo Australia’s PR rep…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2010

Frankenreview: Super Mario Galaxy 2

What do the stars hold for our favorite plumbing protagonist in the Super Mario Galaxy 2 Frankenreview? Mario’s back, and for the first time in a long time it’s not a whole new game. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is a follow-up to the original Super Mario Galaxy from 2007, featuring many of the same game…

By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2010

Best Super Mario Galaxy 2 Glitch So Far

Infinite Yoshi jumps in Super Mario Galaxy 2? That ain’t right. And it doesn’t sound good, either. [Thanks, MASTERLINKX]

By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2010

Stuff Your Wii Remote Inside A Baby

I’m not sure what’s more disturbing; the fact that Majesco’s Babysitting Mama has you stuffing your Wii remote into the plush equivalent of a tiny human child, or the fact that it uses the nunchuck as well. It turns out Majesco is completely serious about Babysitting Mama, the latest profession being taken up by our…

By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Light Trax And Monkey Mayhem

Just because this week’s Nintendo Download doesn’t contain much in the way of recognizable titles doesn’t mean there isn’t fun to be had. You can’t go wrong with monkeys. At least I hope you can’t go wrong with monkeys, for the sake of The Code Monkeys, whose Manic Monkey Mayhem goes up for sale on…

By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2010

Fanatics Draw the Line For Super Mario Galaxy 2

NEW YORK CITY – They were a line of two. William Francis and Julio Sarmiento took to the streets of Rockefeller Center Friday night to wait nearly 50 hours for a video game. They knew there was a good chance that if they showed up Sunday morning they’d still likely form the front of a…

By Brian Crecente Published May 24, 2010