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Game Blog / Mario Changes Professions (Again)

« on: April 22, 2008, 03:05:33 PM »

    WHAT: Video game icon Mario™ treats unsuspecting New Yorkers to a free cab ride. Mario is in New York to promote Mario Kart Wii, the new Nintendo racing game that features Mario and all of his Mushroom Kingdom buddies. He’s helping commuters race through the city before they get racing with Mario Kart Wii.

    Mario Kart Wii launches April 27 and will be packaged with the Wii Wheel accessory, which lets players control the action on the screen just like they were steering a real car. The game also introduces a host of new courses, vehicles and eye-popping battle arenas, plus the ability to compete online with drivers from around the world using Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection.

    WHO: Mario, everyone’s favorite Italian plumber, and excited (and grateful) New York commuters

    WHEN: Thursday, April 24/8-10 a.m. and 12-2 p.m.

    WHERE: Sheraton Hotel

    NEWS/VISUALS:

* Mario hailing down cabs for New York commuters
* New Yorkers queuing up for a free cab ride
 * Mario costumed character

I'm sure people will welcome the change from the stereotypical cab driver. At least, I hope they do!

Source: Nintendo PR e-mail

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Game Blog / Bling the Mario!

« on: April 22, 2008, 03:05:25 PM »

How to bling the Mario: Put your LEGO's side to side, c'mon everybody let's bling the Mario. Take one chain, and then again, here we go, we're blinging the Mario. See that picture above? He's blinging the Mario.

Yes, just like that.

Link: wonderlandblog.com

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Game Blog / UK MSN Wants Most Iconic Gaming Character

« on: April 21, 2008, 08:12:03 PM »

UK MSN has a poll going to have readers decide which character in gaming is the most iconic. Sonic, Link, Lara Croft, Master Chief, Gordon Freeman, and of course Mario are the choices (followed by a cop-out "other"). Let's show our support and help Mario overwhelmingly take the competition! Also, you might enjoy the article written about family gaming.

Link: tech.uk.msn.com

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Video Game Chat / Re: MK vs DC

« on: April 21, 2008, 07:58:47 PM »

oh Mortal Combat. now i feel stupid
especially since people were even talking about that

Not mortal combat, but


MORTAL KOMBAT! (begin song)

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Game Blog / 1UP.com's Top Five Mario Kart Tracks

« on: April 21, 2008, 07:49:29 PM »

While I may not always agree with 1UP.com, I can't argue with these choices. They have picked their five favorite Mario Kart tracks of all time, and spread the love to almost each iteration. Oddly enough, no tracks from Mario Kart: Super Circuit or Mario Kart DS appear. Check out their choices and let me know how you feel about them!

Link: 1up.com

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Game Blog / Super Mario Shadow Box is Outside the Box

« on: April 21, 2008, 03:08:36 PM »

Since some think that Super Mario Land is "explosively awful", here's a neat idea to get Super Mario Bros. on the original Game Boy (sort of). Josh Burker stripped out a Game Boy and assembled a shadow box with the help of some Mario papercraft templates. Now all you have to do is recreate each frame, and get them in motion, somehow (good luck). Nice job Mr. Burker!

Link: joshburker.blogspot.com

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Game Blog / Wiifanboy's Choices for Karts in next Mario Kart

« on: April 21, 2008, 02:54:51 PM »

Yes, the above image is 100% related. Wiifanboy looked into their crystal ball and saw the future of the Mario Kart series. See their ideas and predictions for new kart types, and why not come up with some of your own and share them with us!

Link: nintendowiifanboy.com

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Game Blog / Mario Kart Wii Delayed in New Zealand

« on: April 21, 2008, 02:48:59 PM »

Australia and New Zealand gamers have to go through a lot. It's hard to believe that Super Smash Bros. Brawl doesn't have a solid release date down under. Unfortunately, I have more bad news: Nintendo's New Zealand distributor has delayed Mario Kart Wii's release, just days before it was scheduled to launch in Australia and New Zealand simultaneously.

No new release date has been announced at this time.

Link: geekpulp.co.nz

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Game Blog / Epic Games CEO Disliked Mario Galaxy

« on: April 21, 2008, 02:35:05 PM »

Some of you might have heard about Epic Games CEO Mike Capps thoughts concerning the Wii, and I would say most of us don't entirely agree with what he said to say. There was one comment in particular I wanted to highlight to Mario fans. Mr. Capps didn't like Mario, and denounced its most unique feature, saying he wished for a "button instead of wiggle and all that kind of [expletive]."

Do you readers agree with that sentiment? Would Super Mario Galaxy have been better without the Wii remote features? Did the motion controls and pointer influence you either way? 

Link: portableplanet.co.uk

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Game Blog / Miyamoto: Future Mario Games May Use Balance Board

« on: April 21, 2008, 11:32:28 AM »

Last Week, Nintendo invited a few journalists to a two-hour roundtable with Shigeru Miyamoto. The journalists asked him a variety of questions, ranging from the future of Nintendo to the future uses for the Wii Balance Board. One of the questions ventured into the possibility of Mario titles using the Wii Balance Board. Miyamoto said that he might make a Mario game that would indeed use the board, but he would never make it a requirement. He also stated that the team has been messing with the idea to use the Board on older titles to find "fun things we can do with them."

Check out the rest of the roundtable below!

Link: gamedaily.com

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Game Blog / Re: Mario Kart Wii Driving School: Las Vegas

« on: April 21, 2008, 10:53:19 AM »

I guess your sensationalistic journalism worked, SJ, because I read the link.

"Kicked out", indeed...

-LD

I just types it like I reads it! ;-)

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Video Game Chat / Re: MK vs DC

« on: April 20, 2008, 11:41:48 PM »

it stand for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0fFgU22ls

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Mario Chat / Re: Has Mario ever appeared on Non-Nintendo systems?

« on: April 20, 2008, 09:16:08 PM »

TMK does have a pretty good section on this kind of thing.

I found this Allusion the most entertaining: http://themushroomkingdom.net/images/ss/cameo/aoxxl2mlv.jpg

Imagine that! A site about Mario has a pretty good section about Mario being on Non-Nintendo systems! It's like we live eat and breathe Mario so much that we database each and every appearance, news or information, merchandise, event, and video game feature Mario!

Ok, I'll stop being a jerk now.

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Game Blog / Weekend Movie(s): Momotaro & SMG DS

« on: April 20, 2008, 02:26:48 AM »

To further those sessions between gaming, TMKblog will be providing you with Weekend Movie. These posts will highlight Mario related videos from fans, readers, or the staff themselves. If you come across a video, or videos, feel free to submit it!

This weekend, we have a double feature, thanks to two Fungi Forum users. SushieBoy sent me our first movie, "Momotaro". This video splices together peices from the Japanese only Super Mario Bros. anime movie. The result is something that will keep you entertained for the video duration, if only to see if it goes somewhere.

I found inspiration for our second video thanks to a topic brought up by Tutlekid1. For some reason, as I read the thread (linked in the previous sentence), I thought of "Super Mario Galaxy DS". If you didn't hear about this title, then you definitely have to check out what could have been (or may one day be).

Two interesting videos, one jam-packed weekend! Make sure to make room for our Weekend Movies, "Momotaro" and "Super Mario Galaxy DS".

Link(s):
Momotaro [2 minutes, 23 seconds]  (Thanks SushieBoy!)
Super Mario Galaxy DS [2 minutes, 48 seconds]

Past Weekend Movies
Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution
Summer 2007 Edition

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Mario Chat / Re: Something I found today while walking home

« on: April 19, 2008, 07:50:57 PM »

You know where you can see a bunch of cool Mario toys?

http://themushroomkingdom.net/mania/merch/toys

Right there. ^_^