Super Mario Bros. melody matches Mario’s movements
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
I originally held back on posting this when the Japanese version of this Iwata Asks edition went live. Now that the text and video are in English, I think you’ll get a better idea of what this neat little Super Mario Bros. secret is all about. Well, I suppose it’s not really a secret, but it’s still very interesting!
Mahito Yokota: That’s right. I didn’t even realize it until it was pointed out to me. There are a lot of things I’m careful about when I create tunes for Mario games, too, but I couldn’t express those in words, either.
Still, when I tried analyzing my own music the other day, I realized that the World 1-1 background music melody in Super Mario Bros. might have been timed to Mario’s walk.
Satoru Iwata: I see, in other words, the melody is written to be in time with Mario’s steps.
Koji Kondo: I didn’t write the tune with that in mind. At first, when he starts walking, it goes “Da dum dum dum dah”, then when he finds the Goomba and backtracks so he can time his jump, then starts forward again, the music goes “Dum da da, Dum da da”, and finally when he starts walking, jumps and stomps, it goes “Da dum dum dum dah, da da dah!”, like that. The melody really matches Mario’s movements well that way.
When I actually wrote it, I wasn’t thinking anything of the sort. I think maybe I had that image inside me, though, latent, and that’s why the music turned out the way it did. Maybe that’s far-fetched, I don’t know (laughs).
Characters not good enough to be included in Super Mario Crossover
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Random, Videos | 1 Comment
Of course, this video is poking fun at the flash game Super Mario Crossover. It provides players with the opportunity to play through Super Mario Bros. as numerous characters such as Link, Samus, and Mega Man. Support for Ninja Gaiden’s Ryu Hayabusa is also on the way.
Thanks to Smeagle for the tip!
Game Informer review scores
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Wii | 3 Comments
Tranformers War for Cybertron: 8.5 (SO: 8.75)
Toy Story 3: 8 (SO: 8)
Singularity: 8.5
NCAA Football 11: 9 (SO: 8.75) (co-GOTM)
Lego Harry Potter: 7.25
Limbo: 9 (co-GOTM)
Crackdown 2: 7.25 (SO: 7)
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker: 8
Dragon Quest IX: 8
Also worth noting, Game Informer rated/reviewed the E3 press conferences:
Nintendo: A-
Sony: B+
Microsoft: C+
Iwata Asks – Dragon Quest IX
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It looks like Nintendo will be doing these Iwata Asks interviews in video form from now on. At least that’s what it seems! It started with E3, and now a set of Dragon Quest IX interviews have been released. You can check them out below.
Japanese VC/DSiWare releases next week
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Virtual Console
Metal Max 2 (800pts Super Famicom – Enterbrain)
DSiWare
Anyo Haseyo! Korean Word Puzzle (200pts – I.E. Institute)
Shunkan Jump Kentei (200pts – G-Style)
Adventure Kids: Paul’s Adventure (500pts – ICM)
Ugoite Asobu Diet (500pts – Genki Mobile)
Sankoku Daifug? (500pts – Silver Star Japan)
Dragon Quest Victory: Monster Battle Road DSiWare app
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory boxart
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Rumor: More new Pokemon
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Hatooboo (name not confirmed)
Rankurusu/Gochiruzeru (names not confirmed)
Kibago (name not confirmed)
Nintendo to share the status of The Last Story outside of Japan by the end of the year
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 9 Comments
Update: The Twitter account has been proven real via the company’s official website (thanks Ome), but I’m bumping this to the front page because Mistwalker says that their original message contained a typo. We’ll find out by the end of this year, not the end of this month.
Earlier this week, Nintendo released the first trailer of The Last Story. It only confirmed that the game will be released in Japan sometime this year, though the same cannot be said of North America and Europe. The good news is that we should be hearing an update about the overseas status of Mistwalker’s new title by the end of the month, as was noted on the company’s Twitter account.
“You will found it out by the end of this month.”
Regarding the validity of the Twitter account, I’m 99% sure it’s the real deal. I’ve been following it over the past several months, and there have been a ton of responses that have sounded legitimate. Also, I’m fairly certain that Twitter doesn’t confirm company accounts (or at least most, anyway), so you’ll never see a verification on the page that it’s real.
