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.

Nintendo has added four new titles to its Nintendo Selects lineup of discounted games.. The games will retail for $19.99 and become available at the price August 26.

"Yoshiaki Koizumi, the director behind Super Mario 3D Land, has told the Official Nintendo Magazine that he would like to remake Super Mario Sunshine for the Nintendo 3DS. Koizumi also told the publication that he would love to see the majority of Zelda games remade as well as the Super Mario Galaxy series all in glorious 3D."

"Nintendo developer Hideki Konno has revealed that Nintendo has a version of Super Mario Galaxy that runs in stereoscopic 3D which, without hesitation, we'd trade our mums in exchange for a change to play.

Konno says that, in order to convince the suits at Nintendo that 3D was the way to go it knocked together 3D versions of a number of Wii games that prove what a difference it makes to the game.

We had previously heard about this having been done with Mario Kart Wii, along with Luigi's ..."

Nintendo today revealed a new hardware sales milestone for the Nintendo Wii in the U.S. in addition to unveiling the top 10 best-selling first and third party games on the system so far.

"After twenty-eight years, over one hundred games and sales of over two hundred and twenty two million, new research today reveals Mario as the best-loved videogame character of all time. Independent research carried out by YouGov across Europe places the Italian dynamo ahead of such gaming luminaries as Lara Croft, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pacman and Master Chief from Halo."

Limit Break have posted up a family line chronicling Mario's nearly 30 years of appearances, starting as Jumpman in Donkey Kong Arcade back in 1981. The "tree" depicts how the Mario franchise has branched out over the years and where some of the concepts for the popular spin-offs stem from. For example, the Mario Kart series can be traced back to the Famicom Grand Prix F-1 Race game which was released in 1987, ages before Super Mario Kart was introduced. I seriously had no idea about some of ...

At their Media Briefing for E3 2009, Nintendo has announced a sequel to its hit title: Super Mario Galaxy. Shown as a trailer during their briefing, Super Mario Galaxy 2 was formally announced for the Nintendo Wii.

"Tonight, Steven Spielberg claimed his third BAFTA mask, but this time it was not for a film but for his début as a games creator with his Boom Blox winning the BAFTA in the Casual category, outplaying Guitar Hero, LittleBigPlanet, Singstar Vol 2, Wii Fit and Buzz! Quiz TV."

"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Fable II were all nominated in Action & Adventure, Story & Character and Best Game. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare also received nominations in Artistic Achievement, Gameplay, Multiplayer and Use of Audio. In addition, Grand Theft Auto IV was recognised in Gameplay, Use of Audio and Technical Achievement. Fable II was also nominated in Original Score and Technical Achievement. LittleBigPlanet received recognition in Artistic Achievement..."

Australia gets to see its software sales for 16th of November! What topped the all consoles category? Surprisingly it's the game that's had a lot of criticism, Wii Music! Call of Duty: World at War then took second and third place on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 respectively.

Wii Music also topped the Wii section. This was followed by the popular Guitar Hero: World Tour and then the ever well selling Wii Fit.

Brain Training has done well again on the Nintendo DS taking first. MySims K...

""What I've been saying to our development teams recently is that Twilight Princess was not a bad game, by any means. But, still, it felt like there was something missing," explains the Wii Fit creator. "And while, personally, I feel like Super Mario Galaxy was able to do some things that were very new and were very unique, at the same time, from another perspective, certain elements of it do feel somewhat conservative in terms of how far we branched out with design. And so this is something I..."

Australian software sales for the week of September the 21st for all consoles, the Wii and the Nintendo DS.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed heavily dominated the all consoles top ten, also managing a respectable second on the top ten Wii games from being beaten by Wii Fit which also managed third being the best all console seller other than Star Wars. Wall-E managed top spot for the DS chart closely followed by Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat.

Overall the Nintendo Wii was by far ...

"It’s been almost a year since Nintendo stepped onto the stage of their E3 2007 press conference and threw the industry a curveball with their new take on gaming.

Let’s run down some of the major announcements at last year’s conference:

* “Wii Fit” revealed and demoed
* “Super Smash Bros. Brawl,” “Super Mario Galaxy” release dates
* Wii Zapper announced
* “Mario Kart Wii” and wheel peripheral shown

More importantly, Nintendo did the opposite of their wildly popular ..."

"Brian Brinegar, a 29-year-old web developer from Lafayette, Indiana, and two of his avid gamers friends, Dan May and John Groth, decided to get together and play seven Super Mario Brothers games straight through the weekend for a good cause, the Child’s Play Charity.

The trio have been playing the original Super Mario Bro. all the way through to Super Mario Galaxy. Check out the fun while it lasts at Super Mario Marathon; and please give what you can, if you’re apt to do so! To date they’v..."

"Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Batman: Dark Tomorrow
Battletoads
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Contra 4
Etrian Odyssey
F-Zero GX
Gradius Galaxies
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Metal Gear Solid
Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Trauma Center: New Blood
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Super Impossible Brothers
I Wanna Be The Guy
Mega Man and Bass
Super Mario World: Kaizo Edition
Super G..."

"Bioshock
This atmospheric first-person shooter game drew players in to a unique dystopian setting and broke ground with a storyline that forced players to make moral decisions.

Portal
One of the most original (and funny) games in recent history requires players to solve puzzles using a teleporting "Portal Gun." It also features a hugely compelling character in the computerized guide GLaDOS.

Rock Band
The studio that created toy-guitar game phenomenon "Guitar Hero" cranked the volume ..."

In a recent interview with Famitsu, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talked about the company's new plans for 2008.
And although the interview's main focus was aimed towards his plans for the Wii Fit, the highlight was the mention of a possible Super Mario Galaxy sequel and a new Legend of Zelda title for Wii.

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"Although it had hefty competition, we selected Super Mario Galaxy as our Game of the Year because the spectacular platformer embodies the very best attributes of old-school game design -- namely, unsurpassed pick-up-and-play control and highly engaging, clever in-level challenges. Moreover, Galaxy truly feels like the spiritual successor to Super Mario 64 thanks to its homages to classic Mushroom Kingdom faces and places, and at the same time its new outer space theme nurtures an entirely fre..."

Best games. These really depend on people's tastes. So, different sites have different lists. Here's what QuickJump (qj.net) has as the top games of 2007. Its an all around list that includes all current-gen platforms.
Whether they are awarding games on the high powered PS3, or the innovative and fast-selling DS, they have always looked at gameplay rather than graphics. Calling all Cars is a good example of this, winning an award for it's fun gameplay!

Kotaku.com recently held a "Reader's Choice Awards" in which regulars of the site could vote for their favorite game of 2007 from each console.

And while not everyone was happy with how the awards were conducted, the results were still tallied and winners were still announced.

Read below to find out who won. You might be pleasantly surprised (but then again, if you've been keeping track of the popular games of 2007, you probably won't be).

"The critical popularity of flagship titles, mixed with continued fan attraction to established franchises and the introduction of valuable new IPs (intellectual properties), has also led to considerable commercial success. Software sales are on the rise to the tune of around $10.5 billion (through October) in the United States, while the UK gaming market has taken a total of around £1.52 billion during 2007."

"While some readers may deride the respectability of certain review sources listed on Metacritics pages, there’s little arguing with contributing numbers provided by IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy, Game Informer, Edge, 1UP, Play, and Games Radar.

Bearing that in mind, Metacritic has unveiled various "Best" and "Dud" games spread across a host of categories, which are as follows..."

It's another zany sales week in Japan, with DS and Wii sales shooting through the roof in a Nintendo-dominated top ten, and some weird and disheartening PSP sales.

There was a flip-flop at the top of the rankings, as this week's top seller was last week's #2, Mario Party DS, selling 180k units. The #2 seller is last week's #1, Wii Fit, with 124k units sold. Rounding out the top five is the only non-DS/Wii game in the top ten, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3 - 116k - BD Version), Professor L...

Analyst Michael Comeau talks about Super Mario Galaxy, he says that the game is very awesome and the best game out there for Wii. However He calls the Game "Borderline Failure" basically due to the fact it only sold 500,000 copies in its first week, where most was expecting over a million in its first day. He believes the sales doesn't live up to the expectations, and claimed that if this game doesn't get over 3 million sales by the year end, he would consider the game a huge Disappointment.
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"In the USA, Super Mario Galaxy has sold through an impressive 500,000 copies in it's first week of sale.

Sales are expected to continue strong with the frantic Christmas shopping near full swing and Black Friday just around the corner.

"Super Mario Galaxy had the strongest one-week debut of any Wii game to date and has also become the best-selling Mario title ever in its first week," said George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communicati..."

With the new 40Gb Playstation 3 package and Dynasty Warriors 6 recent release, the Playstation 3 has now outsold the Nintendo Wii for 2 weeks in Japan. With Mario Galaxy isn't doing that well as sales go and not many games to look forward to after Super Smash Bros. Brawl. What does the Wii have for the future?

The PS3 has sold 53,000 units the week starting 12th November and ending on the 18th. While the Wii sales have decreased to 36,000.

Also the Xbox 360 has had a 5,700 increase in ...

"An image of Mario from his new title Super Mario Galaxy has been beamed on London's Battersea Power Station. Dave Yarton, General Manager for Nintendo UK had this to say about the promotion:

"Mario mania is huge and yesterday we proved it by beaming a giant image onto one of London's iconic land marks. We expect the release of Super Mario Galaxy to help break the 200 million franchise barrier.""

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We're getting some very highly anticipated games this week. Really wonderful selection. Open up that there wallet and partake in some magnificent gaming.

This is a pretty hearty sized notable games list, and should deserve some playing time, no matter what your console allegiance is. We're all gamers here. Defense Forces need not apply. Support good games!

Personally, I am eagerly awaiting the Aeris (or maybe, Mario, from someone who received call yesterday) call from EBGames telli...

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I've never watched the new Fox News Channel. But if this interview with Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime is any indication, I don't need to watch. The interviewer can hardly say Reggie's title (chief operating officer) and she talks about how it's exceeding "anticipation" (I think she meant expectation). My favourite part, though, is when they post the Super Mario Galaxy metacritic at the bottom of the screen (a 96)."

The final part of the Iwata Aska: Super Mario Galaxy series is up, and it ends with a bang. The interviewee? Mr. Mario himself, Shigeru Miyamoto.

This conversation/interview encompasses the following:

Cooperative Game Play, A Secular Challenge

"It's Just Fun Playing Around"

The "Essence of Mario" Finally Put In Words

Making it a Game to Remember

The topics this time encompass Co-Star Mode, 3D Marios, the "Essence of Mario", and Galaxy's impact.

Like all the others, it is an enl...

"Several of the folks frequenting the message boards over at GameFAQS are reporting that several Best Buy locations have broken the street date for Super Mario Galaxy. These lucky folk who were able to walk into their local Best Buy and walk out with a wrapped copy of Super Mario Galaxy not only win what is sure to be the best Wii game of the year (Sorry, Metroid Prime 3. We still BFF?), but also our unadulterated hate. Why? Because our local Best Buy is closed at the time of this report.

N..."

Finally the Super Mario Galaxy site is almost complete (with only some topics to go)!

The last 2 galaxies have been revealed and a new topic has been added about the stats page listing all the stars and coins collected in those levels!

Enjoy!

The Japanese Super Mario Galaxy site has had some good updates!

Firstly it has almost all of the galaxy areas shown now (only 2 left) and has many new screenshots of the galaxies within!

And lastly an topics page has been added which has 2 topics so far which i cannot understand so you try to decifer it! ;)

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The new videos of the different galaxies on the Japanese Super Mario Galaxy site have some bosses shown!

Here are the bosses:

Monty Mole
Magikoopa (forgot the wizard koopas name so i'll call him Magikoopa)
Some Giant Beetle/Crab
Spinning Top (lol!)

Enjoy

There's a bunch of updates related to Super Mario Galaxy, all with videos. For the sake of possible spoilers and discretion, all videos will be posted behind links.

First of all:
Super Mario Galaxy: Creator's Voice Vol.3
Included:
Orchestrated Music
Super Mario Galaxy Main Theme

Next:
Super Mario Galaxy Site Updates
Alternate: Gamersyde
Included:
Powerups
Worlds

Enjoy.

You sure read that right. The concept of Super Mario Galaxy was being planned since 1995. The was a trailer at the SpaceWorld event which dates back at the start of a new millennium they year 2000. A Gamecube tech demo was displayed showcasing 128 Mario's walking around spherical terrain. The amount of Mari's basically represented the upcoming Pikmin and the spherical terrains represented Super Mario Galaxy. Iwata continues talking about the controls of the game. The controls are pretty simpl...

The Japanese Super Mario Galaxy has had it's first couple of updates!

There are 2 new videos for items (Invincibility Star and Ice Mario), it also shows the fire mario and spring mario their aswell but you can't click them! :D

There are also new screens and information about some of the galaxies!

Don't read if you're avoiding spoilers.

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Mario's final four power-ups in Super Mario Galaxy were revealed today. But first, let's go over the first two. We've already seen Mario flying around in his Bee Costume. We've also seen him floating around as a Boo-like ghost. But now, Mario could turn into a spring.

That's right, by obtaining a certain power-up, Mario will transform into a bouncy spring that will allow him to jump higher then he's ever jumped before. Many of you will be h...

The Japanese site for upcoming Wii title Super Mario Galaxy has opened, and there is a video of the prologue located on the site.

To find the prologue, click on the second button from the left on the top row.

"Nintendo UK's brand new "Assets Library" website, confirms that Super Mario Galaxy is set for a UK/Europe release of November 16th.

After the announcement that US gamers would get Super Mario Galaxy on November 12th, alot of European gamers felt their hearts sink as it seemed unlikely that they would see the game this side of Christmas."

"Nintendo’s increasing commitment to casual gamers is plain, and now Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said that future games from the company will have a stronger focus on fun and immediacy, and will steer clear of being overly difficult. Forthcoming Wii platformer Super Mario Galaxy, explained Miyamoto to Japanese magazine Famitsu, would typify this new approach."

"Quite a few new details have been revealed from the new screenshots, including a levels set in the desert, on a pirate ship, and what looks to be something of a giant mechanism similar to Super Mario 64’s Tick Tock Clock stage."

If there's one thing your iconic little Apple iPod needs, it's to stay warm in winter (and especially dry in the rain!). Therefore, the arrival of this knitted iPod cover will likely thrill owners of the world's most popular music player. And, what's more, it clearly resembles the clothing of a certain heroic Italian plumber. Dry in the rain, probably not, but certainly cozy.

Somewhat subdued by Microsoft and Sony's E3 standards, Nintendo rolled out a bunch of games for Wii and DS that we've known about for quite some time - and none of which offered up much by way of progression.

Instead, Nintendo chose to focus on the WiiFit system, which it hopes will get couch-bound lazy good-for-nothings up and working out rather than sitting back and clicking buttons. Good luck with that, Ninty.

"During Nintendo's E3 2007 conference, Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime told the world what it wanted to hear: Super Mario Galaxy will release this year, on November 12. Along with the announcement that Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be available December 3, Nintendo is making good on its promise to deliver its "big three" this year (with Metroid Prime 3 releasing at the end of summer).

Video footage of the game shown during the conference also revealed a new bee costume for Mario. Look f..."