Month: December 2011
Mario Kart 7 is more Texan than you think!
It’s official: Retro Studios in Austin, Texas is one of the coolest places to work on the planet. Right after Retro had finished Donkey Kong Country Returns, Nintendo enlisted them for the next chapter of Mario Kart. Their involvement reached much deeper than merely designing a DKCR-based track: Retro ended up designing half the tracks and handling the character animation, among other creati...
Some love for the blue shell
Ah, the blue shell’gaming’s most infamous power-up. It makes grown men cry. It gives the worst player in the room a fighting chance. It punishes the skilled. And it’s pretty darn funny. On the eve of Mario Kart 7 Weekend, I’d like to stand up for the poor, misunderstood blue spiky thing (no, not you, Sonic) and show some appreciation for the weapon everyone hates unless they happ...
Resident Evil Revelations to be bundled with Circle Pad Pro…In Europe
There is nothing I would like more than to have more games to play on my 3DS. I have had one heck of a time recently with Super Mario 3D Land as it has showed me just how much fun the little 3D machine really is. Ever since I got my hands on the demo of Resident Evil Revelations back in June, I have been clamoring to get my hands on a retail copy of the game, and it looks like it may come with a l...
Super fandom: Minecrafters recreate Super Mario Land with 18 million blocks
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEn3-t_dWE[/youtube] Speechless at the seemingly hundreds of hours this probably took to build. (Thanks, Milo)
What is your favorite edition of Mario Kart?
With the 7th edition of Mario Kart about to launch on Sunday, we want to know: {democracy:163} And tell us why in Comments!