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N’Gai Croal Breaks the News to Miyamoto that Mario is Dead
N’Gai Croal, the former games writer for Newsweek (and friend of this site) floored Mario’s creator with news that one of the famed video-game character’s live-action, uh, actors had died recently. During a roundtable discussion earlier Thursday, Croal asked Miyamoto, straight up: “Where were you when you heard that Captain Lou Albano passed away, and…
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Joe the Condor Ties Up Chun-Li, Busts a Cap in Her
Here’s more than two minutes of Joe the Condor – announced recently as Tatsunoko’s last combatant in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom – beating ass galore with teammate Jun the Swan, versus Chun-Li and Morrigan. Capcom’s nothing if not a gracious host. Condor and Swan Gameplay [Gametrailers]
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New Nyko Wand Colors Only Look Delicious
Do not mistake the four new colors of Nyko’s Wii remote-alternative Wand controller for candy, as they will likely do horrible things to your teeth. We’ve mentioned Nyko’s Wand controller several times in the past, somewhat fascinated by the promise of their Trans-Port technology, which allows for digital signals to be passed along the expansion…
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Rare: ‘Who Knows” Why Donkey Kong 64 Hasn’t Hit the VC
Who knows? Maybe it has something to do with Rare being owned by Microsoft, and it and Nintendo being unable to decide who divides the loot. But yeah, answering a reader question, they don’t know what the deal is either. Asked in the latest RARE Scribes mailbag why Donkey Kong 64 isn’t on the Wii…
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Miyamoto’s Secret Hobby: Measuring Stuff
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata chat about Wii Fit Plus, and Miyamoto discusses an odd fixation he has – guessing the length and weight of certain things. It’s why he carries a tape measure. For real. Says Miyamoto: “I’ve always enjoyed guessing the lengths of objects, which is why I carry a…
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Live-Action Mario Dead At 76
Wrestling manager Captain Lou, Cyndi Lauper’s fake dad, and Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76. Wrestling fans know him as the WWE Hall of Famer who managed more than 50 wrestlers in his day, with more than two dozen championships won by athletes…
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Final Two Characters Revealed for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
In my day, we knew him as Jason. Of course, that was in the U.S., watching Battle of the Planets. But in Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, he is Joe the Condor, and he’s Tatsunoko’s last entrant. But who is Capcom’s? From the Mega Man continuity, it’s Zero – from Mega Man X, or Rockman X…
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The Nintendo Download: Pinballs, Gravity, And More Final Fight
Nintendo distributes three new games to its three digital download services today, with DSi pinball, WiiWare gravity battles, and WiiWare getting a fight so final it had to have a 2 at the end. Final Fight 2 for the Super Nintendo (800 Wii points) is the only recognizable title in the Nintendo download this week,…
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NES Controller Flash Drive Secured by Konami Code
The list of NES case- and controller-mods we’ve seen covers just about everything imaginable, but Joe from the modder site Proto Dojo goes one better – making a USB drive unlockable by the Konami Code. As Joe and everyone who’s seen this point out, that’s rather like picking 1234 for your ATM PIN. Because the…
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Fils-Aime on PSPgo: “What’s the Benefit?”
In an interview for Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post (posted today), the Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says the PSPgo might have “a fundamental concept problem in terms of ‘Who’s it for?’ and ‘What’s the benefit?'” “I have the utmost respect for all our competitors,” he told the Post, “but it’s interesting to…
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Toad’s Gay? Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That …
Brentalfloss is back at it again, discovering clues to Toad’s sexual orientation in the lyrics to the Super Mario Bros. 2. Or at least the ones he made up for it. I guess the link to Sunday’s National Equality March in Washington D.C. everything cool, right? Brental (Mr. Floss) says he’ll be in attendance. You…
By Owen Good