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Retro Video Game Review – Super Metroid

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Andy O’Flaherty reviews Super Metroid… Super Metroid.  Anybody who owned a SNES back in 1994 is probably nodding their head right now while thinking “yep…. there’s one of the greatest games ever made right there…”  Following on from the Game Boy’s Metroid II (1991) and continuing the series established by Metroid (Famicom – 1986), the third […]

Nintendo “looking at things like movies in the future”

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Given the reception to 1993’s Super Mario Bros. movie, which is widely considered to be one of the biggest disasters ever put to film, it’s understandable why Nintendo has shied away from bringing its stable of video game characters to the big screen. However, it seems that the entertainment giant could be softening its stance […]

The world record speedrun for Super Mario Bros. has been beaten – by 0.05 seconds!

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Although it was released in 1985, competition for Super Mario Bros. supremacy still wages on with gamers, and a new world record has been set. A gamer under the name Kosmic claimed on Friday that he’d broken the record held by Darbian of 4 minutes and 57.244 seconds, but then retracted his claim when he […]

Fabled Nintendo PlayStation actually exists

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A Reddit user has posted pictures of what seems to be the incredibly rare prototype which Sony made for Nintendo during their brief partnership some 25 years ago. The prototype itself was created in 1990-91 as a disc playing add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, however, the deal turned on its head after Nintendo […]

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Season Pass announced, Rabbid Peach character trailer released

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Ubisoft’s post-launch plans for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle are set to have fans raving for more. Available for the Nintendo Switch on August 29th, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle will launch simultaneously with the Season Pass. This contains three extra pieces of DLC for the tactical-adventure game to make you go BWAAH! Here’s what you get: 8 […]

Video Game Review – Kirby Star Allies

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Shaun Munro reviews Kirby Star Allies… Kirby’s first significant foray on the Nintendo Switch may feel like something of a malnourished affair emerging in the shadow of, say, Super Mario Odyssey, but on its own terms it is a lightly enjoyable – if exceedingly simple – little jaunt. If you’ve been inundating yourself with challenging, full-fat AAA […]

Super Smash Bros. coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year

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At the recent Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo announced that their crossover fighting series Super Smash Bros. will be coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year.  This is great news for fans who desperately missed taking their favourite characters into head to head battles.  A nice teaser trailer has been released and can be seen […]

Nintendo officially announces Super Mario Bros. animated movie from Illumination Entertainment

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If you cast your mind back to November, you may recall a report which suggested that Nintendo was looking to bring its iconic Super Mario Bros. property back to the big screen by teaming up with Illumination Entertainment for an animated feature, and now the video game giant has made it official: Nintendo and Illumination […]

Mario Kart is coming to mobile devices with Mario Kart Tour

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Nintendo has taken to Twitter to announce that it is bringing the beloved Mario Kart video game series to mobile devices with the release of Mario Kart Tour during the next financial year, which runs between April 2018 and March 2019. The checkered flag has been raised and the finish line is near. A new […]