Pretty!
I never did get around to playing Pikmin 2… FOR SHAME! But I’ve been itching to replay the original Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2 in the run-up to Pikmin 3!
Sadly though, I don’t have a WiiU, so I gotta solve that problem first….
Tag Archives: Nintendo
Pikmin 3 Release Dates Announced (WiiU). August 4 2013 (USA), July 26 2013 (Europe). Official Box Art
Zelda Link to the Past 3DS Screenshots (Official Gameplay)
The token sword spin is back!
More soon.
Retro Review: Final Fantasy I (Dawn of Souls Version) For Game Boy Advance
You can read the entire review here.
Videogame Photo of the Day – Real Life Excitebike Wallpaper NES Polygonal 3D Artwork
Soooo coool!
I absolutely LOVE this piece. So freakin’ awesome. As already mentioned with the other excitebike artwork, I love this kind of thing where videogame elements are put into real-life backgrounds, and this one is about as good as you can get!
WiiU Focused Nintendo Direct Video – Watch Now Live
Satoru Iwata talking about MiiVerse on WiiU Nintendo Direct.
Watch WiiU Nintendo Direct live right now!
WiiU GamePad Virtual Console Play Coming Soon
Super Metroid on the GamePad. Yes please.
Why the heck can you not? Who knows. Thankfully, Nintendo knows about this issue and that people desire it, and is working on an update that will allow Wii U owners to play downloadable titles, including Virtual Console games (once the Virtual Console debuts on the WiiU, that is).
To quote, Nintendo told Kotaku:
“Nintendo is moving ahead with development of Virtual Console for Wii U. We plan to make it so you can play Virtual Console games on the Wii U GamePad alone”.
Reggie, Nintendo of America’s Vice President, has also publicly stated that he would “Love for that to happen” regarding the ability to play Virtual Console games on the WiiU GamePad.
These are definitely positive developments, but I wish Nintendo would get their act together and have stuff like this figured out beforehand. Not later on. Nintendo fans who love the Virtual Console and have downloaded tons of games for it on Wii, DSi and 3DS, should be rewarded for their diligence and fan-service, not “punished”. But oh well, as long as they fix these problems, then all is well. But they need to continue to learn from their mistakes.
Toki Tori Lost Game Boy Color 2002 Classic Releases In America For 1st Time On August 30 2012 For 3DS Virtual Console
Awesome Nintendo Life.com banner artwork for Toki Tori! Gotta love that lil guy!
But Americans will finally be able to check out what they missed! I still remember reading the EGM Review for the original Toki Tori and being sad that Nintendo never brought the little guy to America.
Toki Tori GBC finally coming to America thanks to 3DS Virtual Console!
Actually, I always thought it was a Nintendo-published game but apparently I was wrong. It’s developed by “Two Tribes” who will be publishing the 3DS version.
This is a great little game that got fantastic reviews upon its release. You may have played a version of it, as a Toki Tori WiiWare remake of this first game was released for Wii’s digital WiiWare service in 2008.
WatchHerPlay Resident Evil Remake Let’s Play Wii Archives Edition – MissCharlieCherry (Jill’s Quest)
Barry likes to tell Jill she is the Master of Unlocking….
This version features updated controls and improved, crisper graphics, among a few other minor differences but its pretty much the same exact game. The one I love as you just saw in my Mastering Resident Evil article.
What’s it like for a first-time girl gamer to try her hand at the ultra-difficult-for-newbies Resident Evil Remake? Watch to find out!
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EarthBound Unboxing Video
My complete EarthBound set, bought at Blockbuster for $15 in 1998!
Here is a video of me unboxing a complete EarthBound set (from my personal collection) that I am selling on Craigslist.
As you can see, it is not in great condition, the box is pretty roughed up. I bought it in 1998 (the game and the box) at Blockbuster Video for… wait for it…. $15! Of course, little did I know how rare it would become.
Even back then, I was pissed. Because the main reason I bought the game was because of the eye-catching large box, which I assumed included the Player’s Guide printed on the cover. The Collector’s Whore in me wanted it more to have a complete set than to have the game… although I was interested in RPGs thanks to “Super Mario RPG” and had heard good things in gaming magazines of a strange, unique RPG called “EarthBound”. But I had never played it and didn’t know anything about it beyond that.
Much to my horror, when I opened the box up I discovered that there was NO PLAYER’S GUIDE/instruction manual inside!!!!!!!! Just the game and the box! I was SO UPSET. I nearly took it back!
…. PHEW! What a mistake that would’ve been eh! Suffice it to say, I kept it. Now due to it being a Blockbuster rental, the box was already roughed up, and since then it has simply sat on my shelf and got more worn over the ages and the last 14 years that I’ve owned it. As such, the box is in pretty rough shape.
The game works perfectly, although it doesn’t maintain game saves. :( It has always done this though, even when I first bought it. I even replaced the battery once and it still didn’t maintain my saves. :( I kept trying to play it for years and years, refusing to use a ROM, since I wanted to beat it in its original state on my SNES. However after trying to beat it one final time on SNES about a year ago, I finally gave in and downloaded the ROM. So I didn’t have to worry about my saves getting erased.
A few months back I then bought the Player’s Guide Instructions Manual for $80 off ebay, in order to make this a complete EarthBound set (without the inserts). I’m selling it for $400. :) Wish me luck in selling it!
Super Mario World 2012. Re-Playing Mario’s 16bit Masterpiece Featuring Yoshi’s Dino Debut
…. Yoshi and a bunch of classic Super Mario World characters make up this wallpaper for the GBA version.
I was playing the game via the Wii Virtual Console version, which you can purchase for $8 (800 Nintendo Points) via the Wii Shop where you can download the game directly to your Wii.
I am no stranger to the world of Super Mario World, having mastered the game in the past, finishing the Star Road, completing the Special World, and playing through all of the levels. However it has been a VERY LONG time since I last played the game.
The box artwork for the GBA version of Super Mario World, similar to the SNES original.
I never got around to playing Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance, even though I always wanted the game.
So how many years has it been since I’ve played Super Mario World? I don’t even wanna guess, else I age myself. But its gotta be close to 10 years if not way, way more than that….
The first aspect of Super Mario World that struck me was how “loose” the controls are. I am playing with the required, SNES-like Wii Classic Controller. I don’t know if its the Wii SNES emulation that’s the cause or if it is just how the game was; but I had an extreme struggle with precise landings… causing me to die very easy on the easiest little enemies in the game. Generally platforms are large enough that it wasn’t too much a problem as far as platform jumping, but it did make landing on enemy heads much harder than I remember it being.
Bowser in all his Super Mario World awesomeness for this GBA wallpaper.
Case in point, in one of the Vanilla Dome levels I died, no joke, SIX TIMES on the first Buzzy Beetle-type enemy! Now that’s just not right!
Another area that really surprised me, outside of the level variety, is how many puzzles there are in the game. I only vaguely remember where all of the secrets are…
The incomplete and secret Star Road in Super Mario World.
Unlike when I was a kid, this time I really paid attention to what the info boxes tell you, and I was struck by how it mentions the fact that there are five entrances to a “special world” (that would be Star Road) and how it tells you, in no uncertain terms, that a red level means that there are TWO exits. One of which is hidden.
Due to my increased comprehension in my old age, I was more conscious of finding all of the hidden exists on the Red Levels. I should mention that Ghost Houses do NOT tell you when there is a hidden exit… and another “flaw” is the fact that the game doesn’t tell you which levels you’ve found all of the “Dragon Coins” (the large coins with Yoshi on them) on the Map Screen. I imagine that these are two areas that were fixed for the improved Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World GBA version though. I imagine… and hope.
Luigi wallpaper for Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 for GBA.
Back to the fact that I only vaguely remember all the secrets in this game, it made for real brain-testing moments where I really had to rack my brain and actually figure out where the hidden exits were and how to get to them. This was awesome because it made it feel like I was playing Super Mario World for the first time!
Although I had enough remembrance that I could successfully recall pretty much all of the major secrets, but even so, there were several red levels I had a pretty tough time finding the hidden exits. In those levels I didn’t remember at all and had to find them pretty much on my own.
Then there is the Forest of Illusion. I could not recall whether or not the “blank space” held an unlockable level or not. This resulted in me spending like an hour after already completing the Forest of illusion Map trying to figure out if there was an additional hidden exit that would make the blank space level appear. I turned to the internet to figure out if there was a level or not so I wouldn’t waste more time, but I’m committed to sticking to completing the game 100% without the use of the net otherwise.
All in all, I’m surprised at how well Super Mario World holds up. It really is a fantastic game deserving of all the accolades the game has received over the years as one of the best platformers of all time… and a fan-favorite Mario title. I’m also taken by how massive the game is, how much variety there is between levels, which always keeps the game fresh, how puzzling some of the secrets are (you WILL be playing levels multiple times before you discover all the secrets) are just how much meat there is to the game.
The super secret Special World reached by completing Star Road.
When you add all of the hidden levels and secrets, the ability to teleport around the map using the Star Road entrances, pipes that take you to different places on the map, the Star Road itself and the secret hidden Special World… and the fact that every stage has 5 Dragon Coins to find and so many stages have secret exists to discover.
I definitely recommend playing Super Mario World even if you haven’t played the game in a long, long time. It still holds up extremely well and is just one heck of a fun ride from beginning to end!
