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Gameboy Only Society
I have a good friend that only plays the Gameboy Advance, and he’s always playing it. That’s easy to do with the handheld’s huge library of games but it’s interesting because that’s the only system he’ll play. No DS. No GameCube. No nothing. He grew up on the NES and SNES but lost interest in gaming when it started to creep into the 3D world. Rather than a Ninte...[Read More]
Retro Profile: Karate Kid (NES)
There are many hallmarks of growing up in the eighties. Karate Kid (NES) brings two of them together: playing Nintendo and cheering for Daniel San. From karate tournament to hurricane, the game takes you through events from the big screen (mostly the second movie, Karate Kid II). While it lacks the emotional impact of watching a young hero learn karate through washing cars, the game has its moment...[Read More]
Kids Like Mario
Mario took three spots on the top five of Today’s Toy Test 2005. Burnout Revenge Super Mario Strikers Mario Superstar Baseball Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix EyeToy Play 2 Toy Test is a yearly survey that aims to determine what will be popular during the holiday season. This year, 11,000 kids were surveyed after being allowed to play 63 titles setup in a special Toy Test arcade in Seattle....[Read More]
Survey Results
A majority feel that Nintendo’s pending “expand the market” strategy with the Revolution is the right idea. That kinda blends in with what “they doin” now, but I think we can expect some more strategic changes as the Revolution release approaches. Any ideas? Thanks for voting and let us know how important Nintendo’s Wi-Fi service is to you in this week’s s...[Read More]
NES Water Skiing
Worth1000.com, the always clever online photoshop community, recently posted this beauty. The Nintendo Entertainment System meets water skiing. If any of you have some Nintendo photoshop creations, send ’em our way and we’ll post what we dig.She was supposed to press A to go, not B. [Source: Worth1000]