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Mario has been in over 250 games. Goozernation attempts to near down the top 10 Mario games of all time to the top 5. What makes the cut into the top 5? Will Mario Galaxy be mentioned? What about Super Mario RPG? Where does Paper Mario fall?
Gaming has hit a bit of a slump in terms of design and innovation. Endless sequels plague the release calendar, and will kill the industry. This isn't the first time that something like this has happened, but I welcome the fallout and eventual recovery that will come.
A very cool image that depicts Mario when he gets older, has no job and sits in front of the TV like a potato. Images on GNVR have been created by artist Douglas Kalberg.
Mario and Link have been in dozens of Nintendo games. Combined they have sold close to 3 million games. Both have had their ups and downs, but the question remains who is the king of Nintendo?
Daav from NoobFeed.com gives his vegetarian colleague Mario an ego boost, by shedding the positive side to the non-animal slaughtering lifestyle. Not everyone who eats mushrooms is a tripping junkie and it's high time(s) to see the advantages of plant life adoration.
There's some damn spookiness going on. Joystick Division pontificates upon the importance of the paranormal within the world of video games while listing out the best ghosts to ever haunt the medium.
Good Geekwear is hard to come by. You want your t-shirt to be a bit more creative than just sporting the name of your favorite game. Enter 604Republic, whose clever designs adorn many shirts for men and women alike. They've partnered with Default Prime to giveaway a t-shirt to two of our lucky readers each. It's easy to enter, so find out how!
NoobFeed.com welcomes you ambassadors. For those of you that felt shafted by picking up a console early, while titles lay dormant, you can now go get your 10 NES games, completely free. Daav will show and tell you how to get them all, easy as pie.
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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It probably wouldn't make a great full length game, but this is still pretty cool. Someone made the first few levels of the original Super Mario game in full 3D with the Unreal 3 engine. This might be the coolest video you'v seen all day.
A game's setting is as important as its characters, stories, or weapons. They're the canvas on which stories are painted. Joystick Division pooled its collection of beautiful gaming brains to come up with the definitive list of the most iconic settings in video games.
Mario looks strong enough to take out those feeble mushroom creature thingies and those flying turtles. But I bet even Mario would think twice after their upgrade to these creatures. Check out Mario's enemies drawn by Mike Puncekar to double size its evil side!
I remember when I loved playing those Space shooting games and the classical Mario. Some of us usually forget these things by now but let's bring back those old fashioned characters in this Top 10 list. Check them out.
"Since the beginning, seeing our favorite video game characters and their worlds on the big screen has always been an intriguing prospect. Similarly, interacting with our favorite big screen actors and villains via a video game has been equally as novel. However, it seems that whoever attempts to satisfy the desire for games to appear as movies or movies to appear as games generally seems to muck it up and churn out something just short of a fresh turd on a hot day."
"What a better way to get your little young ones off on the right path, not only will they (with parents help of course) learn the alphabet, they can also learn the name of different Mario characters whose name starts with such given letter while expanding their gaming knowledge in the process."
"These hand knitted items are one-of-a-kind creations, seeing how they are made by and for the fans. Sure, you can put a price on these prizes but expect to pay a pretty penny for them on your favorite auction Website of choice. Not only do they look amazing, the waves of nostalgia here are so high that anyone that has ever played any classic title (like, say, a Super Mario game), will instantly recognize their character in sewn form."
The Brothers Mario makes a return in their sequel to the previous Brothers Mario Trailer. The video depicts the Mario story in a Grand Theft Auto fashion in such a suspenseful way, but leaves only one bad side; it makes us want to play it so bad..... and we can't.
With the advancements being made in the video game industry, there seems to be a lack of great 2d titles. We analyze the current state of this prestigious format and what the future holds. Cheers!
The people at Nintendo Papercraft transformed some of the biggest characters of the Nintendo world into stylized paper creations. I bet they got the inspiration from playing a game of Paper Mario. Eh? Eh?
"When considering your favorite games, it’s all too easy to ignore the people behind them in favor of a title’s own merits. But video games are the culmination of years of work by dozens and hundreds of people. It’s rare that a single person will be credited with the creation or popularization of an entire genre or franchise, but when it does happen, those names tend to stick with us. We pay attention to what they’re doing, and their projects generate more hype than they generally know what to..."
Several movies play at film festivals. Most of the major festivals show little bumpers before each screening as a way to 'cleanse the pallet'. This year at SXSW a short videogame themed bumper may have stolen the entire show. The short film shows us what it would be like for Super Mario to be adapted to an artsy indie film...
Throughout the course of gaming history, there have been several titles that revolutionized the medium, introducing new gameplay elements and allowing players to do things never thought possible within the realm of a video game. Bright Hub presents five of the most innovative games to ever hit gaming systems.
"Forget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo — all of the big ones, from NES to Wii — had these guys.
The Mario-shaped hole emerged today when Nintendo released its 3DS gaming launch line-up for the U.S. Scheduled for launch day on March 27, there was Pilotwings: Resort, a flying game that doesn’t star Mario. There was Steel Diver, a game about sub..."
"Nintendo is producing its final run of the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition package.
Nintendo of America is producing its final run of the Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition package that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros. game. The collection went on sale on Dec. 12 and nearly all retail locations were out of stock within days. The final shipments will be in stores on March 13.
The games included in the Super Mario All-Stars collection are Super M..."
"We've come up with a list to celebrate those romances, enduring and brief, cataloging those that have made the greatest impact on the gaming community, pop culture, and gamers individually. Please enjoy our look at the top ten romances in video game history."
These characters may be great video game heroes, but in the real world, they'd kinda be freaks, douchebags or worse. Check 'em out here - chances are that one of your favorites made the list.
I guess it really shouldn't be that big of a surprise, but it looks like there is one more good reason to get a NIntendo 3DS. To check ou the full details, go here.
"Yet is there perhaps a sweet candy center to the ball of vomit that is the film industry's attempt at adapting video games? What have these ill-fated celluloid misadventures taught us -- about gaming, about ourselves, about life, and about Milla Jovovich?"
"This one we love particularly, not only because I Fight Dragons is a catchy-ass band, but because the song itself is a wonderful tribute to the legendary Zelda theme. And the weak attempt at humor is noted."
"VirtualNES (vNES for short) cooked up something for nostalgic gamers longing for the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System with their Open Emulation Project. Through the hard work of coder Jamie Sanders, VirtualNES is different from other emulation sites in that all of the games are legal. How did he accomplish this? All of the games on the site belong to him in cartridge form, allowing him to do whatever he wants with them. While creating an emulator in Flash for free seems like he is br..."
"As the father of the Mario series, you'd think Shigeru Miyamoto wouldn't have a favorite child. But he does.
At an event in New York City this week, the Nintendo legend proclaimed Super Mario World as his favorite in the series. And that got us to thinking...which game is actually the best?
You could make an argument for just about any one of them. In fact, we're about to do just that."
"The president of the neighborhood association, Antonio Almudi, used and online poll in order to let the residents decide on the street names...and videogames unsurprisingly managed to come out on top."
Princess Peach may just be one of the most recognized gaming characters of all time. Here's two cosplayers that believe that they've gotten the cosplay formula for Super Mario's damsel in distress right.
Nintendo is throwing a huge party for all Super Mario Bros. fans young and old alike with a grand reopening of their newly remodeled flagship store. Check out this story for all the info on this event.
Some video game heroes work alone, but others work best when paired with a partner. Here are the ten best video game duos of all time! Or is that twenty best?
"These forces, in their many iterations, have created many of the greatest heroes and villains in the whole of video gaming. And their back-and-forth struggles have produced unforgettable experiences for gamers. Here are our picks for the greatest rivalries of all time. Enjoy."
Quite possibly to celebrate Mario's 25th anniversary, Australian public transportation trams have reportedly been decked out with Super Mario artwork and characters. Nintendo's mascot has seemingly become more than just respected in all parts of the world.
Super Mario Bros is now 25 years old and Nintendo has honored it with a special edition Wii amoung other things. Now they've released a video that details all of the original glitches
"Since there are literally hundreds of thousands of games out there, it’s no easy task for lead characters to make a lasting impression on the player. Once in a while however, you'll come across a leader that's different. Somehow, that character manages to set himself apart from the others."
"Today Nintendo has announced a special edition Red Wii console that will launch in Japan on November 11, in honor of the 25th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The red Wii will be bundled with a red version of the the new Wii Remote Plus and a red Nunchuck controller."
"The scene behind the scenes will never surrender its hard-earned pennies to this corporate machine, and have responded back by cooking up their own free versions, made free and with plenty of love."
Yeah. We admit it. We were a little late for the party. Mario's great birthday bash had come and gone. However, better late than never! TK-Nation celebrates a belated tribute to everyone's favourite plumber with a choice selection of of fan-based goodness.
In honor of Mario's 25th birthday, let's recognize his 10 best games to date. Mario has done a little bit of everything, and the choices on this list reflect that. Happy birthday, buddy!
"I’m going to let some of you who don’t struggle with the concept of aging, and therefor your own mortality, sit down and take a deep breath- today, the Mario series is 25 years old. This probably means that a great deal of you are at least 25 years old, some even older! It is hard not to begin staring down the barrel of fate when you consider that such a huge part of many of our childhoods officially happened a quarter century ago. Think about the first time you played Mario on your NES and i..."
The Luchacast returns with another exciting episode in "Episode 3: Mario Might Be Evil"! Join Samuel Cooke, Charles Alan Ratliff (that's me!), Eric Shepard, and Mr. Popovic himself as we discuss the true nature of Mario, naked camera fun with Uno, the future of open-world games, Quake beginners and Quake III, the latest StarCraft II update, Persona 3 Portable and being banned from the playground, Scott Pilgrim, the awesomeness of the Phoenix Wright musicals, griefers, and more! 5/5 Stars, bab...
"The latest video game inspired art series will focus on how a MMO might appear if it were set inside of the Mushroom Kingdom. In this case, we're just going to use World of Warcraft as a base for class types (afterall - if you understand what an MMO is then you're, most likely familiar with WoW).
To kick things off, the series will begin with Mario as a Druid. Taking gamer's back to Super Mario Bros. 3, the famous plumber is placed inside the Tanooki suit in order to become some type of ..."
Here is a look at what some kids are drawing. It's our favorite gaming characters drawn from the imagination of little gaming children. These kids are probably the future of gaming and gaming art.
Fan artist Kalapusa has taken his love for all things Nintendo to the next level by sculpting Nintendo characters on his own. It's an effort that has spawned eerily realistic results.
"5. Vending Machine Trapper - BioShock 2
This one barely made the list for two reasons - it was obviously a significant part of the game and BioShock 2 didn’t host the most popular multiplayer experience. However, nothing was more frustrating than running up to a vending machine to refill on Eve or Ammo only to be greeted by a laughing clown and a bomb in the family jewels. You could freeze the traps but almost never thought to do so. Yes, there was a big blinking red light but it was hard ..."
"Hands down, these are the two most perfect water worlds ever featured in a game. They have everything: lots of areas to explore (both above and under water), hard-to-find coins and stars, and some interesting objects to climb and maneuver around. The music is also worth noting – it’s so deep and memorable that you’d swear it came from Final Fantasy."
"Although not many have been blessed with the same experiences with gaming as I have, I do feel that it is probably an experience that many gamers at one point or another have gone through at least once in their lives. Back in the late 80's and early 90's, who could forget timeless classics like Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Castlevania IV and so many more? For most of us, they were more than just games, they were adventures; an escape from the realities of the ever changing world around us. With..."
"Everyone has that video game they absolutely love. Everyone has that video game that they can play for hours on end. Everyone has that video game character that has won their heart and everyone has that video game character that they absolutely hate..."
"Both Sony and Microsoft could learn a little something from Nintendo and how they handle their major franchises and mascots. Microsoft has milked the Halo franchise to the point that the original developer can’t stand the idea of making another one. Sony on the other hand has pushed the God of War franchise a bit too much (six releases, with a seventh coming in Ghost of Sparta in under five years), but hasn’t sacrificed quality for quantity as fans of the series and critics alike both rave ab..."
"In the UK, our friends at LOVEFiLM had wanted to poll their customers and users to what the best video game to movie adaptions were in preparation for this summer's blockbuster Prince of Persia starring Jake Gyllenhaal. So out of all the movies, which adaption topped the list? Silent Hill!?!?"
"In today's shooter-filled market, we spend a lot of time spraying bullets and looking down scopes. But every modern shooter gives us some kind of blunt weapon or knife for up-close encounters. In real life, if a badguy charged at you with a knife, you'd probably still shoot him. But video games make the melee button so satisfying, as you watch an opponent crumple to the ground, stumble backwards, or see the "Beat-Down" medal flash on screen. Melee weapons add a visceral side to our shooters a..."
"1. I come from a long line of plumbers, all the way back to my great grandmother Mariette.
2. People seem to really love my adventures; I’ve been featured in over 200 of them, and they’ve sold over 210 million copies.
3. Everyone thinks Luigi is jealous of all my fame and glory, but they don’t know the real reason why Luigi doesn’t have so many adventures: laziness.
4. Speaking of Luigi, you might be wondering why we he and I always wear the same clothes. Our mother hated doing the l..."
"Video game fans have a lot of hobbies outside of gaming itself. But more often than not it all ends up going full circle and coming back to the wonderful world of gaming. Sometimes family and friends support our gaming habits by making stuff for game fans. Cakes are one of those hobbies and things."
Every gamer has a classic library of nostalgic classics. When the time comes out to pop in the dusty cartridges however, a few titles almost all gamers can agree on. Take a look at the top ten games that you should take a second (or 100th) play through.
Bringing together your two greatest loves, gaming and your girl, has never looked so good. If you're thinking of tying the knot in gamer fashion, you might want to take these ideas under consideration.
The 80s were a turbulent time for videogames, with the end of the industry nearly in sight. Great game innovation kept it alive. The Kartel highlights the games of the 80s that are still just as fun to play today.
Famitsu recently surveyed their readers on who their favorite video game character of all time was. After further review and nominees, the magazine narrowed it down to 50 candidates, and the poll results are in! Beating out some of Nintendo's most beloved icons, as well as the recognition for characters such as Cloud Strife and Ryu, Solid Snake came out wearing the gold.
Japan's list are changing ever-so-often though, so who knows what the next poll will bring. Be sure to check out the lis...
"The gaming industry has changed radically since Pong and Pac-Man were causing traffic jams at your local arcade. Most of the changes are for the good, some of them aren’t. It’s weird because we, as a nation, are no longer as innocent as we once were yet things that were commonplace back in the day are completely offensive to us. Can you imagine a big budget Hollywood “family” flick featuring underage drinking (The Goonies, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, basically any Molly Ringwald movie)? Yet..."
I don't know who actually had the time to do this - but here is a run through of Super Mario Bros World 1-1 replicated several hundred times and compiled into one GIF.
Ridiculous.
Click through to the link to see full size.
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.
Here is a compilation of 10 videos featuring some of the best gamers around the globe.
Would you like to see the classic Mario beaten in 5 minutes? It's done. Would you like to see the greatest Street Fighter comeback ever? It's here. Or would you like to see the fastest feet playing in Dance Dance Revolution? Moving on to more recent games like Guitar Hero 2. Would you like to see Freebird finished on expert? Or would like Chamber 15 of Valve's recent Portal finished in only 28 seconds?
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From the classic Super Mario on the Nes till the latest Mario on the Gamecube (Sunshine). Surprisingly Mario has only had 8 costumes. A new costume will also be introduced in the next Mario game which is Mario: Galaxy. So will Bumble Bee Mario be the best costume yet? So what is your favourite costume and why is it your favourite costume? Tell everyone below.
This article showcases the numerous deaths that Mario has been committing over the years. Mario drowns, gets burnt, gets flattened, gets KO'd, gets exploded and much more! The 100 deaths of Mario are not based off only one game, but they are based on various games from Mario's large library of games on numerous consoles. From the classic Super Mario Bros to the average Super Mario Party 5.
This Video is rather long but shows what can only be described as the hardest, most frustrating Mario brothers levels ever created.
"Deep in the basement of an ancient house in Sonobe (tucked in the fields of Kyoto, Japan), an amazing discovery has been made: real 1up Mushrooms. We know this sounds unbelievable, and we laughed when we were contacted by an exporter about them two months ago. But then we were sent a sample, and that's when our lives changed forever.
The instructions are pretty simple. All you do is add potting soil to the green sewer-pipe-shaped flower pot, and push the spores deep into it. Soak the soil ..."
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