Video: Super Mario Galaxy completed with a DDR dance pad
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Random, Videos | 27 Comments
YouTube user PeekingBoo has managed to complete Super Mario Galaxy with a Dance Dance Revolution dance pad. It’s the latest title he’s finished with the peripheral, with others including Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, and more.
PeekingBoo told Game Informer the following about preparing for Super Mario Galaxy:
“Super Mario Galaxy at the time was notorious for changing the way 3D Mario games were previously played by introducing motion controls, intuitive camera movements and aspect of gravity changes on oddly shaped objects. All of these aspects work well together when coupled with the free movement of a thumb on the analog stick and sitting still in the comfort of a chair, however on a dance pad every one of these gameplay innovations directly work against the player. Moving too much can result in involuntary Wii Remote Shakes, my general body movement makes it hard to point at the screen and I had to resort to strapping the thing to my arm because it proved to be a better solution than holding it in my hand.”
You can see PeekingBoo taking on the final Bowser fight below.
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Video: Teens react to Battletoads
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Battletoads is known to be one of the tougher games on the NES. What do the teenagers of today think of the Rare classic? Find out in the video below.
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Kirby hat from StreetPass Mii Plaza to be sold in February (Japan)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 12 Comments
3DS owners can obtain a bunch of different hats for their Mii in StreetPass Mii Plaza. One of these is based on Kirby, which features the character as a completely wearable item.
In Japan, ensky will be bringing out a real life version of the hat. You can actually reserve it right now on Play-Asia as an import item for $30. It should be available towards the end of February – Play-Asia lists February 25.
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Video: “Holiday Surprises from Mario”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 20 Comments
Here’s an off-beat (but nice!) video from Nintendo that has Mario surprising people with gifts:
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Machoke and Machamp don’t actually wear pants
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 16 Comments
A new tidbit of information about a pair of Pokemon were shared on the series’ website today. Specifically, we have some… interesting news about Machoke and Machamp.
Both characters don’t actually wear pants. Instead, the what you see are markings, meaning Machamp or Machoke don’t wear pants as many had assumed.
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North American eShops updated with holiday music
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Random, Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
The Wii U and 3DS eShops in North America have been updated with some special holiday music. You can get a listen to it through the video below.
New Ratchet & Clank game has a Star Fox reference
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 61 Comments
The new Ratchet & Clank game for PlayStation 4 features a noticeable reference to Star Fox. In the video below, you can hear one of the characters calling out to the main player to “do a barrel roll”. Of course, that’s one of the most recognizable lines in Star Fox’s history!
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Fan working on The Legend of Zelda Maker
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One fan is building on the success of Super Mario Maker with a similar project for PC. The Legend of Zelda Maker, which is currently in alpha, can be downloaded from Dropbox here or Mediafire here.
Creator Dream Mix wrote in the game’s YouTube description:
“Zelda Maker (Temp) is a non-official project started by myself, which will allow players to create and share Legend of Zelda worlds of their own. Nintendo will cease and desist a project like this, so in time, when I’ve got the ability to change the sprites, I will do so, and I will also add things that Zelda games don’t have to make it a somewhat unique experience. Regardless, I won’t be acting like this isn’t going to be a Zelda (Maker?) clone, through and through. I’d just like to add some things that I think official Zelda games could use. This is a very early build of the game, and it does not represent what the final game will look like.”
You know how these sorts of things tend to go. Fan projects like these don’t usually sit well with Nintendo, so the Big N might be looking to pull the plug on this pretty soon.
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XSEED named a cow in Return to PopoloCrois after Platinum’s Hideki Kamiya
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Random | 4 Comments
XSEED Games is handling the localization of Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale. For the western release, the company decided to name one of the various cows in the game after PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya. We’re not really sure how or why that happened, but XSEED apparently has some sort of story about the naming process. Maybe they’ll share it with us one day!
Video: An honest trailer for Banjo-Kazooie
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 4 Comments
The folks from Smosh are back again with another “honest trailer”. This time around, the YouTube channel pokes fun at the classic N64 game Banjo-Kazooie. Check it out below.
