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Game Blog / On the Third Day of Christmas...

« on: December 28, 2010, 06:48:12 PM »

On the Third Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

Three Red Shells
Two Fire Flowers
and a 1up Mushroom in a fir tree.

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Game Blog / On the Second Day of Christmas...

« on: December 26, 2010, 09:57:52 PM »

On the Second Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

Two Fire Flowers
 and a 1up Mushroom in a fir tree.

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Game Blog / On the First Day of Christmas...

« on: December 26, 2010, 09:57:03 PM »

On the First Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
A 1up Mushroom in a fir tree.

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Game Blog / Donkey Kong is Up...

« on: November 29, 2010, 11:05:35 PM »

http://www.2pstart.com/2010/11/27/down/

That is all.

[all weekend long!!!]

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Game Blog / WTMK: All Donkey Kong, All the Time (DKCR Weekend Celebration)

« on: November 19, 2010, 09:42:34 PM »

In anticipation of the Sunday release of Donkey Kong Country Returns, WTMK is playing nothing but Donkey Kong music - all weekend long!!!

Tune in to the jungle jazz and banana beats: WTMK: All Donkey Kong, Some of the Time.

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Game Blog / WTMK Halloween Spooktacular

« on: October 31, 2010, 01:47:18 AM »

WTMK is proud to present a special selection of music for your Halloween weekend listening... pleasure?  All of the most Halloween-ish sorts of music from the vast spectrum of the Mario series, including plenty of tunes from Luigi's solo adventure.

(It's actually been running since Friday night -- a little bonus for the regular listeners.)

Tune in now, to WTMK: All Mario, All the Time.

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Game Blog / Sega Admits Defeat: Sonic Game Redesigned for Mario Fans

« on: October 14, 2010, 01:03:30 AM »

IGN recently interviewed Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka regarding the upcoming Sonic Colors game for the Wii. Iizuka revealed that the new Sonic title was being designed to appeal more to Mario players...

"From a general game design perspective, in recent years we've been able to introduce Sonic to new fans, a lot of the Nintendo/Mario fans, and because of that, we've made changes to the design, and we've designed things in Sonic Colours that we think will really appeal to people who are unfamiliar with the Sonic brand and the Sonic gameplay. So from that perspective we hope that fans of Mario will really be able to enjoy playing as Sonic in Sonic Colours."

It would appear that Sega has finally admitted defeat, and is attempting to make the new Sonic game more like the Mario games.  Given the slight critical (and fiscal) disparity between the last few Mario and Sonic games, this can only be a good thing.

Sonic fans, we welcome you home.

Source: IGN: Sonic Team Talks Sonic Colours

[Super]

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Game Blog / It's the Silver Anniversary of Super Mario Bros.! (special WTMK broadcast)

« on: September 14, 2010, 12:24:20 PM »

It's the 25th anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros. in Japan.  Twenty-five years ago, on September 13th, 1985, the first Super Mario game was released to the public.  Folks in the U.S.A. only had to wait about a month for the game's October 18th release.

To celebrate, WTMK is playing a special broadcast, playing only tunes from the mainline Super Mario game series.  No Wario, no Donkey Kong, and no Yoshi spinoffs - just pure Super Mario.

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Game Blog / Paper Mario for Wii Virtual Console - $8 on Amazon

« on: August 26, 2010, 03:07:38 PM »

Amazon appears to be selling the Virtual Console release of Paper Mario for just $7.99.  The game costs $10 in the Wii Shop Channel, so this indicates a clear savings of $2.01.  In addition, the download codes for Amazon's WiiWare and Virtual Console purchases can be given as gifts . . . so if anyone felt like rewarding any of the TMK staff for their excellent work (cough cough), it would be fairly easy to e-mail a code to any of the staff.  (Cough).

Source: Amazon

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Latest News / Billy Mitchell Reclaims High Scores for Donkey Kong & Donkey Kong Jr.

« on: August 09, 2010, 01:58:33 AM »

It appears that the battle for the "King of Kong" continues to rage: Billy Mitchell now holds the high score for both arcade Kongs.  On August 7, 2010 at Boomers-Grand Prix Arcade in Florida, Mitchell set record scores of 1,062,800 on Donkey Kong and 1,270,900 on Donkey Kong Junior.  How long before Steve Wiebe attempts to retake the crown is anyone's guess.

Source: Twin Galaxies

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Game Blog / Super Mario Bros. 3 Design and Planning - in a Japanese Children's Book!

« on: July 17, 2010, 02:57:53 AM »

Chris Covell's page Your Weekly Famicom recently updated with a translation of a Japanese children's book on game design.  The Stars of Famicom Games - How Video Games are Made is packed full of interesting photos of EAD staff working on Super Mario Bros. 3.  Go take a look and be amazed!

Source: Your Weekly Famicom

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Game Blog / The Mario Marathon - Raising Money for Child's Play

« on: June 22, 2010, 03:24:35 AM »

The third annual Mario Marathon, raising money for the children's charity Child's Play, takes place this Friday at 11AM EDT.  Three crazy (but loveable) guys plan to play through most of the major Super Mario titles as the world watches.  The greater the donations, the more games and levels they'll play through; at the moment, just over $2500 have been pledged, meaning that these brave men will be "b-dashing" through:
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario World
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario 64 (partially)

Of course, an obvious question arises: why the lack of Super Mario Sunshine?  We obviously can't let these guys run a Mario marathon without subjecting them to a 100% SMS Blue Coin Run of Death, right?  This is the time for action - go visit the Mario Marathon website and pledge your support (watching them struggle to gather the blue coins is only PART of the fun, of course).  WTMK should be running a themed audio broadcast to tie in to the epic marathon, if I can convince the fungus to back down off the server for a moment.

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Game Blog / WTMK Super Mario Galaxy 2 Launch Event

« on: May 22, 2010, 08:12:19 AM »

WTMK is preparing for the launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2 with a special playlist.  Relive all of Mario's 3D platforming adventures as you prepare for the newest one.  That's right, we're playing nothing but music from Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy.

Tune in as you wait for Mario and Yoshi's newest 3D adventure!

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Game Blog / Two New Mario Cover/Remix/Theme Albums!

« on: May 07, 2010, 07:25:06 PM »

WTMK is pleased to update with two new sets of Mario related music!

* The OneUps have released a new album, dedicated entirely to music from Super Mario Kart.  Jazz! Rock! Spooky bits on strings!  If you've enjoyed their other albums, you've probably already purchased your copy.  If not, you can always get a copy of the Super Mario Kart Album on the band's BandCamp page. $9.99 for digital download (mp3, FLAC, etc.) or a physical CD.

* Jay "Mercury" Hunter has recently released his free remix album entitled Mushroom Nostalgia Mixtape.  More information is available on his Facebook page.  Despite the title, Mario tracks aren't the entirety of the CD, which features a few Zelda and Sonic the Hedgehog tunes as well.  Go grab a copy and listen to it for yourself.

Both albums are now streaming on WTMK . . . along with my attempt at deciphering exactly what the Yoshies are warbling during the end-of-level music in Yoshi's Story.

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Game Blog / New WTMK Playlist Up

« on: April 23, 2010, 06:33:34 PM »

WTMK is now broadcasting music from NES Open Tournament Golf and a better assortment of music from Mario Kart DS... plus all the hits you know and love!