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Nintendo Spotting: Squishy cute edition
Luigi in a suit? Mega mushrooms? Siliconera has the goods on this dose of plushy New Super Mario Bros.-inspired goodness.
Super Mario Bros. drums
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZqwvjwqwK4]
Scott and Blake have a tough time finding Wii crap in Utah
This is why Scott and I have a hard time finding ANY Wii product here in Utah. On average, 24% of US households own at least one game console. In Utah, that number is 32%, the highest of any other state.
Crayola Crayons and the Nintendo DS
From GameDaily BIZ: Crave Entertainment today announced a new partnership with Crayola. This agreement will see Crave create a crayon based game for the DS. More than a mere coloring simulation, players will find hidden treasure using Crayola crayons on obstacles and in mini-games. As long as there is an Infendo Red mixed in somewhere next to Sea Foam and Burnt Sienna, I’m game.
Interactive Miyamoto paper doll
I tried to think of something pithy to describe this find today, but I just ended up with a headache. It’s too good/weird to be true?! Anyway, interactive Shigeru Miyamoto paper doll web site in the source link! [Via the Cartoondollemporium.com]
Nintendo sound block fun
“Straight from the Mario Brothers’ private collection comes these Sound Blocks. There are three different versions (Mario, Fire Mario, and Luigi). Each one has four sounds randomly played when you press down on their head. All three figures play: coin sound, jump, and items coming up from a block.” Aww, just like some the Infendo crew. Push down on my head and a long winded post ...
Why do Nintendo fans reject third party titles?
Are third party games too childish? Is Nintendo’s Wii a kiddie system? Many times we have heard those claims ’round the Tubes, right? N’Gai Croal of Newsweek was exchanging emails with GoNintendo’s Kevin Cassidy recently, and eventually it resulted in a column on third party rejection from the Nintendo faithful. Cassidy asks why Nintendo fans ask for third party support, bu...
Mega64 with Miyamoto cameo
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ-xsBZ_Nqo]And then they killed themselves in shame.
Nintendo Spotting: The Devil Wears Game Boy edition
Twisted ankles, here I come.
Meet Mario, the billionaire
Mario, that plucky, timeless plumber, has made the Forbes Fictional 15. What’s that you say? Why, it’s a list of the wealthiest fictional characters from around the world that Forbes puts together because they apparently can’t find enough to do with themselves. Mario, one of the freshman in the list, weighs in at #15. Mustachioed Italian plumber leaps onto Fictional 15 after deca...
Koji Kondo rocks Mario theme on a baby grand
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQUW3Ip380w]Sweet nostalgia.
Koji Kondo speaks with Game|Life
Do you like music? Do you like Mario? Do like Mario music? Great, then check out Wired’s interview with Nintendo’s own Koji Kondo today: Koji Kondo is a reticent man. A very friendly and supremely talented man, but a reticent man. Unlike Miyamoto, who will basically talk forever, many of Kondo’s responses to my questions were initially a terse “yes” or “no.̶...