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The Fellowship Of The Zelda Tattoos

And now they know for sure, there are six guys in the wolf pack. Six wolves, running around the Bay Area together, in San Francisco, looking for rupees and heart containers. So tonight, we make a toast! The six guys (well, five and one lady) — Ashley Raj, Josh Kulinski, Willie Harper, Ehren Tye, Josh…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 20, 2010

Demo Now Available For Super Smash Bros De-Make

Super Smash Land, a Super Smash Bros. game remade to the constraints of the GameBoy (but not, literally, for it) has a playable demo now available for free on the PC. Designer/programmer Dan Fornace says the project’s been underway since September, and says in addition to Mario, Kirby, Link and Pikachu, the game will feature…

By Owen Good Published December 18, 2010

Nintendo 3DS Cartridges Are So Beefy, They Might Surprise You

Nintendo has contracted the production of its Nintendo 3DS cartridges to Taiwan-based solid-state maker Macronix. And apparently, those cartridges offer enormous memory space. According to Taiwanese-site Gamrade, the 3DS cartridge is able to hold up to 8GB, but it’s rumored Nintendo will be enforcing some kind of 2GB limit on 3DS games (details are few…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 18, 2010

Yoshi… Gear?!?

Amazing Custom Yoshi Mech designed by Donald Kennedy! Check out the entire set of photos to really appreciate this custom work of art. Related Rampage: Custom Anatomy of Megaman Custom Yoshi Mech by Donald Kennedy / kodykoala (Flickr) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 16, 2010

Japan’s Biggest Pop Diva Returns To Video Games

Selling over 50 million albums in Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki is one of Asia’s biggest popstars, posting a number one single every year since she debuted in 1998. Now she’s bringing her music to one of Japan’s biggest role-playing franchises During the mid-1990s, she co-hosted a music program that was broadcasted on Nintendo Satellaview, which was…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2010

Kirby’s Epic Yarn Gets Patched At Club Nintendo

Nintendo’s excessively adorable Wii game Kirby’s Epic Yarn provides the latest contribution to America’s version of Club Nintendo, two pairs of patches that will embroider their way into your heart. Visitors to E3 2010 may already have some of these coveted Kirby patches, but Club Nintendo members can swap “coins” for them if they need…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 15, 2010

This Is Why I’ll Never Play Luigi’s Adventure 3

A few years ago, someone made Luigi’s Adventure 3, an unofficial riff on Super Mario World that features Luigi. I’ve never played it. Now that I’ve seen it played in an ongoing Let’s Play series at YouTube, I never will. All I need to see is the first minute of action here. That, my friends,…

By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2010

Pink, Pika And Totally Fake

Hong Kong retailer Milanoo.com has this “Pikachu” costume available for purchase, marked down to a bargain ¥18,000 (US$215). Just in time for…Christmas? The site recommends the outfit for company openings, large scale parties, athletic events and even weddings. Weddings. Just imagine if you saw this at your wedding. And if you think this is scary,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2010

‘The Brothers Mario’ Warps The Mushroom Kingdom Into Liberty City

This may be the best Grand Theft Auto IV machinima we’ve ever seen, dropping the major players of Super Mario Bros. into a gritty, violent world where gangster Bowser is the most feared criminal in the Mushroom Kingdom. While there might be six too many dramatic walkaway explosions in “The Brothers Mario,” by YouTube filmmakers…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 14, 2010

The Super Mario Musical Number

Today’s Speak Up contribution comes from reader Orionsaint001, who found that there are more amazing musicals to be made than ones about Spider-Man. This is usually Fahey’s gig to select from the great tips you readers send in. But he’s off this week. Would he have chosen this one? I don’t know. Would he be…

By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010

The Embarrassing Things This Man Did For Mario

Shigeru Miyamoto might have created Mario, but he didn’t just draw the character. No, his work on Mario runs much deeper. As the years worn on, Miyamoto wasn’t directing the Mario games any more, but returned to the director’s chair for Super Mario 64, the first game to render Mario in 3D polygons. And he…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010

Super Smash Bros. Action Figure Brawl

Taking a bunch of tiny, adorable Marvel Super Hero Squad figures as a template, Rust This World has created a line of tiny action figures based on the characters appearing in Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games. While not every character is there, plenty of the main ones are, like Pikachu, Mario, Bowser,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010

Super Smash Bros. ‘De-made’ For Game Boy Looks Crazy Enough To Work

This is Super Smash Land, the Game Boy release of Nintendo’s bestselling brawler that never existed until now. And, yes, that’s Kirby and Mario duking it out at Peach’s Castle in monochromatic glory. Super Smash Land is the creation of digital artist Dan Fornace, writes Piki Geek, an 8-bit de-creation that manages to squeeze good-natured…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 13, 2010

The Nintendo Download: Family Games, At Last

The biggest surprise about this week’s new downloadable games for Nintendo’s Wii and DSi platforms is that no one had released a game called “Family Games” yet. Oversight overcome. Read on to see what you can download this week. WiiWare Family Games Publisher: Icon Games Entertainment Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii…

By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010

Nintendo’s Heroes Of The Second World War

Nintendo may have been around during the Second World War, but it wasn’t making video games. If it was, though, maybe some of its most beloved characters would have looked a little…different. A bunch of artists (two of them, Gavin Goulden and Jorge Lacera, from Irrational Games in Boston) are currently running a little showdown,…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010

Nintendo Characters Covered In Plastic And Strung Out On Crack

That “on crack” bit isn’t me being rude. That’s what the guy who made these figures said — that they look like they’re on crack. Mario and Peach were made from ECW action figures while Toad was made from a Mini-Me action figure. Figure maker kodykoala acknowledges that they look weird, but says this is…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 13, 2010

Nintendo Makes Mario’s Creator Drive To Work

There’s a great piece up on Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto over on the New Yorker, and while we knew much of what’s been written, one thing stands out: the guy’s being forced to drive to work! That’s right, apparently while he used to enjoy walking or riding his bike, these days the suits make him…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010

CultureTotal Recall

These Are Not Action Figures, They Are Nintendo Games

You’ll usually find something being crammed in a “blister pack” when it’s an action figure or a control pad. You don’t normally see video games shipped that way. But it turns out that in Western Europe (and very rarely Canada), in the 1980s and 1990s, you could find classic Nintendo games encased in plastic, hanging…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2010

Nintendo’s Revised History Of Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. is 25 years old this year. To commemorate that anniversary, Nintendo is releasing the Super Mario All-Stars collection for Wii. The way Nintendo explains what Super Mario Bros. is and how one plays it has changed over the years. None of those changes are dramatic, though. What Nintendo calls Super Mushrooms in…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 9, 2010

This Is Not A Single Zelda Screenshot

It is hundreds of screenshots, composited into recreations of artwork featuring the two stars of Nintendo’s famous adventure series, Link and the Princess Zelda. These screenshot mosaics were made using shots from every single Zelda game ever made. Yes, even the handheld ones, and yes, even the new ones, and yes, even the awful CDi…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2010