Too Much Awesome

I am a very biased Mario Kart fan. There, we got that out of the way. I’ve been going on and on about how excited I was to finally get my hands on Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS, going so far as essentially promising that I’d love it. Now that I’ve had a [...]

I am, quite simply, a Mario fan through and through. There hasn’t been a Mario game I haven’t liked, even Mario spin-off games like the Party series or any of his sports titles (perhaps not counting Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games). But after playing Super Mario 3D Land and loving it, I started [...]

Is it just me or has video game music lost a lot of its magic over the years? Give me retro chip tunes over full scores any day.

There’s no getting around the fact that I’m a Mario fan. It will inevitably paint everything I say in reviews of either any Mario game or any game that Mario would be rather comfortable in (that being platforming, kart racing, and arcade-style sports). It shouldn’t then come as a surprise that when Super Mario 3D [...]

I mentioned a few weeks ago that while at PAX I spent a lot of time over at Nintendo’s booth and said that eventually I’d give a rundown of their holiday 2011 lineup. Well hey! Guess what I’m doing today! I’m still enamored with the Big N, so here is a brief preview of a [...]

I made it abundantly clear last week what my stance on Nintendo currently is and probably will remain, even if some others don’t share the same opinion. To sum it up again: I love me some Nintendo. Now that I’ve finally got my hands on a 3DS and played around with it a bit, I’m [...]

I like thinking about video games, something you may have picked up on by now if you’re a site regular (do we have those? That would be just fantastic if we did). The more I think, the more I eventually cycle back to a handful of games that seem to define everything that is video [...]

I grew up with the original Nintendo. I was a fanboy back then just like the rest of us, long before “fanboy” meant what it means now. Nintendo could do no wrong during that time and depending on who you ask, that’s still true today, but I beg to differ. The NES turned me into [...]

Valentine’s Day. Well, here we are, aren’t we? The day that most of us loath from a young age and enjoy mildly at a later date, the day all about love and greeting cards. Admittedly, video games aren’t the most stellar place to find love stories that’ll win awards and make you cry. Sure, there [...]

Mario on his own usually never misses a beat. Place Mario in a sports setting and things start to become hit-or-miss at an alarming rate. Hand the property to Square-Enix and you’re nearly promised things won’t end well. Nintendo has done just that with Mario Sports Mix, the newest Mario-themed sports game for the Wii. [...]