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Nintendo recently treated its 3DS "Ambassadors" with 10 free Game Boy Advance games, hoping they could finally soothe the burning frustration that customers felt after the price of the new handheld was slashed earlier this year. GameRabies.com reviews all ten of the GBA games in this two-part review; here is part one, featuring Minish Cap, F-Zero, Kirby, Mario Kart, and Metroid Fusion. Do these 3DS versions stand up against the original GBA games?
"Here’s the full list of games:
The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Metroid Fusion
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
WarioWare Inc
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Wario Land 4
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror"
Nintendo hasn't forgotten about the "3DS Ambassadors", who were promised 20 free Virtual Console games through the 3DS eShop by the end of 2011. The first batch - 10 NES titles - rolled out in September, but the Big N insists that the 10 Game Boy Advance games are still coming sometime this month. Five titles have been confirmed, but what are the remaining ones? More details and speculation in the full article on GameRabies.
A list sent in to writer and co-ordinator of nintendo3dsblog.com - David Turnbull - reveals the 'finalised' list of the 20 free games early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS will recieve pending September 1st. The following currently has no official source and therefore cannot be taken with 100% accuracy until such a time when a source can be found.
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"Little did hundreds upon hundreds of driving instructors all over the world know, the final years of the twentieth century had ushered in a new breed of young, would-be drivers. They were covetous of speed, their road rage reached startling levels, and they were always on the lookout for items to be acquired while never releasing the gas pedal."
After two successful entries on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64, where would Mario Kart go next? The popular kart racing franchise soon made its way to the Game Boy Advance and allowed players to take Mario Kart on the go. It then made its return to a home console with Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on the GameCube, which was a departure for the series. How did these games fare and what was next for the famed racing series?
YouTube comedy troupe DrCoolSex recently filmed this fun little trailer for a hypothetical Mario Kart movie. To be honest, if this were a real movie I would love to watch it. It gave me a few chuckles...
For more fake Video Game Movie Trailers click here.
"The question of the week this week involves the many different weapons introduced with gaming; some are possible but others are completely too bad-ass to be true. Weapons have been very created especially in the first person shooter genre (Including one of the most creative guns I have ever heard; the Landshark Gun).
For my favorite weapon I’m going to have to go with the Landshark gun from Armed and Dangerous. Actually, it’s better to say EVERY weapon from Armed and Dangerous, but we’ll f..."
"Guess what ramps up the difficulty of any kart race? Ink sprayed into your flippin' eyes. Thanks, Blooper. Ever since those water levels of Super Mario Bros. we have really hated you and your unpredictable swimming stroke, flopping all around like you were caught on an invisible fishing line. And don't get us started on the knocked-up Bloopers that spit out little babies. Just keep your nasty ink off of the race track and out of our faces.
For as much as we appreciate the nearly impenetrab..."
User 'TubularGoldmine' on comedy/video website Funny or Die has posted something called the 'Mario Kart Love Song', and it's as lovely as it is amusing. Check it out through the source!
Sub-Zero of unrealitymag.com has created a top list for... real estate? Yes that's right, they've made a top list concerning the ten places you'd not want to consider living in.
With a steady theme of violence being a major deterrent, Silent Hill took out first place. This was followed by Raccoon City of Resident Evil and Megaton of Fallout 3.
Read on to see the pros and cons for each!
Rini of gamegirl.com has made a more heart felt top list in response to Thanksgiving Day. This list is made of some games to keep you and your family happy during the reunion.
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves topped the list with Wii Sports coming seventh. The Wii and Nintendo in general is finally getting recognised in a positive light for the casual gaming attitude.
Can you imagine having this on the walls in your house? I can, but I think my fiance would kill me. (Worth it) It is a little bright - but it would adorn my game-room very nicely.
And eventually when I have kids - I'm sure they would get a kick out of it.
![Box shot of Mario Kart: Super Circuit [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvR2FtZWJveV9BZHZhbmNlL1JhY2luZy9HZW5lcmFs/mario_kart_super_circuit_frontcover_small_Ign0tSnBawob0M3.jpg)