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Retro Redux: NES Quest – New Vote
How random selection works on NES Quest. As I promised earlier this week when Bionic Commando was revealed to be the winner of the last vote on NES Quest, here’s a brand spanking new set of four NES games for you to vote on (again, chosen at random): Recommended by Justin Riley, Gargoyle’s Quest II and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Recommended by Eric Abrams, Metroid. Recommended by ...
Remembering Robin Williams, actor, comedian, Nintendo fan
Robin Williams shocked the world with his suicide on Monday, Aug. 11, at age 63. The beloved actor was revealed to have been suffering from depression. I grew up watching Williams in brilliant roles like Peter Banning in Hook and Daniel Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire. Jumanji and Aladdin also come to mind, in which he played Alan Parrish and Genie, respectively. Nintendo fans may remember Williams as a...
Guest Post – Nintendo Blacksheep: StarTropics
For those of you readers who don’t know me (which I’m sure is 99.9% of you), my name is Anthony DeVirgilis, and I’ve been writing at GameGravy.com for around 4 years on and off. I consider myself a well-rounded gamer, owning just about every console and willing to give a game in any genre at least a chance. Enough about me though, the reason I am here and writing this article i...
Infendo Radio Episode 320: Nintendo Merch
Welcome to episode 320 of Infendo Radio, the best Nintendo podcast on the English-speaking internet. In this episode, our full crew (Lewis Pugh, Colin Cromption, Harrison Milfeld and I) talk about Nintendo news, including recent Pokemon and Hyrule Warriors reveals/promotions, and move from there to our feature: Nintendo swag and merch. I also provide a short update on the progress of Retro Redux a...
Retro Redux: NES Quest – And the winner is…
Game: Bionic Commando Release Date (North America): Dec. 1988 Developer: Capcom Genres: Action and Platforming The time for voting has come and gone in the latest competition between Super Mario Bros. 3, Bionic Commando, Maniac Mansion, and Adventure Island. As you can see above, the winner is Bionic Commando, a game I know virtually nothing about. I’m waiting for a copy to come in the mail,...
DuckTales: Best Moon Theme Covers
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF32DRg9opA[/youtube] The DuckTales NES soundtrack is fantastic overall, but I think you’ll agree when I say that no track sticks out more than the game’s Moon theme. Before I ever played DuckTales, I heard that glorious melody and loved it instantly. For good or bad, the Moon theme has seen cover after cover on YouTube. The video above this pos...
Retro Redux: NES Quest – DuckTales START
A photo of my TV displaying the title screen (hence the glare…and possibly the warped text). Game: DuckTales Release Date (North America): Sept. 14, 1989 Developer: Capcom Genre: Action Platformer It was a close competition between DuckTales and StarTropics, but DuckTales came out on top, so it has the, uh, honor (I guess) of being the game to kick off NES Quest (if you have no idea what I&#...
Game Boy Stage for New Smash Bros?
As the days count down towards one of the most talked about releases this year, Sakurai continues to drop various hints and sneak pics through his Miiverse account. Yesterdays screenshot appears to reveal a new Game Boy stage. Along with the image above, Sakurai wrote “Pic of the day “?Ba-ding!?”…. If you turn on the 3D effect, it really looks like there is a Game Boy insid...
A glimpse of Super Smash Bros. Trophy Shop/Gallery
Completionists and collectors have a large task looming in their near future. With over 540 trophies to be collected, the new Super Smash Bros. games will keep players extremely busy. While the trophies are meant to be collected throughout the game, they can also be purchased with in-game currency or Nintendo 3DS Play Coins. Recently, Masahiro Sakurai shared a few screenshots on a Miiverse post, g...
Mercedes-Benz DLC coming to Mario Kart 8 August 27
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abOnJoz85UY[/youtube] The free Mercedes-Benz DLC that was promised for Mario Kart 8 owners in the west finally has a solid release date: August 27. Nintendo announced this today and even included a trailer to go alongside it. And there isn’t just one new kart, but three headed our way. The first is the 2014 GLA, “the compact SUV of Mercedes-Benz...
Retro Redux: The NES
Any quest to play retro Nintendo games should probably begin with the NES. It’s one of the most iconic gaming systems of all time, and it essentially revived the home console market in the United States single-handedly after the disastrous video game crash of 1983. Since I am trying to recreate (for myself and anyone who cares to read this) the era of the NES, I should probably know a little...