Month: January 2009
Super Mario Bros. 3 drum medley
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKN1j_vrn4[/youtube] Drummer virtuoso Andrea Vadrucci totally remasters the drum tracks in Super Mario Bros 3 while listening to them in their original 8-bit form. This makes him one of the most awesome drum medley makers around, and an obvious supporter of Super Mario Bros. 3 as the best game ever.
Capcom suits wanted bloated, 3D Mega Man 9
Mega Man 9 producer Hironobu Takeshita fought the good fight with clueless Capcom executives and saved us all from the dreadful 3D graphics creep that’s doomed many a classic franchise from times past. If only he could have saved Bionic Commando from a similar fate later this year. See also: Sonic the Hedgehog.
Deep Nintendological Thoughts #2: Nintendo and My TV
Japanese TV execs are wetting themselves today over Nintendo’s big TV moves. Slowly but surely, I think Nintendo is dead set on taking over the entire world using nothing but the Wii and my television.
Mushroom Men feels good, review due soon
Closing up shop for the holidays, Mushroom Men couldn’t have come across my desk at a worse time. I received review copies just before the holiday break from the good people at Red Fly Studio, but today was my first play session. I popped in the Wii version for a taste of the serving to come this weekend. As I wrote in July, Mushroom Men is a stylish throwback, a heterogeneous revival of N64...
Happy New Years Infendo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER9X67a_GII[/youtube] Happy New Years Infendoites! So where exactly were you guys when the ball dropped. I’m pretty sure we all knew Link was in Termina, but we want to know what exactly you guys were doing. Did you have fun, play any games, make any solid New Years Resolutions? Let us know in the comments.