NES
Remember how awesome DuckTales was?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gee8UZZBmI[/youtube] Speaking from both a gameplay, graphical, and musical standpoint. (Thanks, Mark).
I’d rather be playing NES right now
I walked into my office this afternoon especially low on motivation. Then I spotted my dogbone controller on my window ledge, where it always sits, and suddenly had the urge to rewind the clock and play NES: Ninja Gaiden, Metroid, Kirby’s Adventure, Mega Man 2, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out, Contra, Zelda, Mario 3’take your pick. Unfortunately, I was unable to. But watching parts of the above...
Photos of Miyamoto smoking, making Super Mario Bros. 3
As seen in a 1989 Japanese children’s book. Because kids love smoking and Super Mario Bros. 3.
Mother 1 + 2 (Earthbound) Figures Incoming!
Big fan of the “Mother” series that brought us Earthbound on the SNES? So are the folks at Earthbound Central, who we blatantly borrowed this news item from:Â 8cm tall MOTHER figures are on their way to Japan later this year, recreating desktop sized characters from the unreleased in the US “Mother” for the Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as Earthbound on the Super ...
Nostalgia: The Legend of Zelda Game Manual
Do you remember when games gave you awesome instruction booklets? Not a flimsy black and white instruction manual on how to insert your game into your system, but a colorful book with story and descriptions of enemies and items? I remember those days, and it’s sad to say that it’s rare that games include anything more than cheap 8 page control book. So I decided to bring a little bit o...
YouTube Tuesday: How the rich play Super Mario Bros 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sd99VT9C4M[/youtube] I totally would play the game this way. How about you guys? More videos can be found here via Technabob.
Nintendo planning new Kirby game, “to be announced” for Wii
Buried on page eight of Nintendo’s financial statement released this week (pdf), gamers will find a listing for a new Kirby game “to be announced” for Wii. For the handful of you able to overlook Curby’s sickly sweet, kiddy appeal, only to discover his platforming power-up awesomeness, this is good news. Excluding the Kirby Super Star remake for DS in 2008, Nintendo hasn...
Zelda: Link to the Past… for the NES?!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnaA7O2uGf8[/youtube] If you’re a classic Nintendo collector, you may be familiar with “Hong Kong Originals,” and pirate cartridges – if you aren’t, it’s simple – NES, or “Famicom” development is alive and well in Hong Kong and Chinese black markets.  The result? Terrible 8-bit versions of popular prop...
Remember the NES Advantage?
I do. My neighborhood friend Greg swore by it. But I never cared for the thing. Yes, NES controllers cut into your palms after 30 minutes of play, but they were way more precise than the ‘shtick. Did you own an NES Advantage? If so, did you really prefer it to the joypad?
Why the Original NES Ice Hockey Needs a WiiWare Update
Maybe it’s because I’m turning into an old man, or maybe it’s because I’m Canadian, but one of my favorite sports games is still the original NES Ice Hockey. Like so many of Nintendo’s other games, Ice Hockey relies on accessible, yet addictive gameplay with a level of depth that keeps the game fun even more than twenty years later. Oh, and the fat players are adorabl...
Zelda: Accept no substitutions
With exception to Zelda II, I’ve played and adored every major Zelda game. Last summer, I had the brilliant idea of trying something new that plays like Zelda. You know, sorta like Amazon’s “You might also like this” recommendation. Well someone on the internet recommended Neutopia, an old TurboGrafx 16 game (now on Virtual Console) that shamelessly ripped off Zelda. “...