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‘New Super Mario Bros Wii’ Review
January 3, 2010
When I heard that the Wii was getting some retro Mario treatment after reading the Super Mario Bros Wii preview from the E3 announcement last year, I was rather ecstatic.
I should note that my first encounter with Mario was on the original GameBoy, so despite my excitement I wasn’t sure whether a 2D-based New Super Mario Bros Wii game would work well on a newer console, especially with titles such as Mario Galaxy delivering a 3D update to the old franchise.
As with all Mario games, the objective is to save Princess Peach, who is kidnapped at her birthday party (big surprise there) and need Mario to save her. You navigate around the game, which is broken up into worlds and sub-worlds, by traveling to each sub-world in the kingdom.
Continue reading »Super Mario Galaxy 2 Fail?
June 16, 2009
If you’re looking for awesomeness with this next installment of Super Mario Galaxy you may be in for a slight… okay, perhaps, epic disappointment. Miyamoto has recently revealed his plans for the new game saying, “I’ve always felt that the Mario games themselves aren’t particularly suited to having a very heavy story.” With this, he goes on to describe the simplicity of the games, which remind us why the game is so popular in the first place.
Super Mario Bros Wii Preview
June 3, 2009
As if the news of Super Mario Galaxy 2 wasn’t enough, we’re in for another dose of Mario’s magic with New Super Mario Bros Wii.
The game looks very similar to New Super Mario Bros. which was released on the Nintendo DS, but there have been a few modifications. It’s still the classic side scrolling game that made Mario the icon he is today.
Continue reading »Super Mario Buzzes To Another Galaxy In 2010
June 2, 2009
Nintendo have just announced their plans to make a sequel of what is probably one of their best games yet with Super Mario Galaxy 2. With their fairly paltry line-up at the E3 Expo of games being released today, I guess we can only really get excited about this one. It’s definitely been great whizzing around the galaxy and playing about on planets, but where can they possibly take the new version without drawing too much on the old one?
Wario Land: Shake Dimension (Wii)
September 25, 2008
Wario Land: Shake Dimension for the Nintendo Wii is the latest game in which you get to play as Mario’s arch-nemesis; Wario (bad Mario?) – he started out as a villain in ‘Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins’ and has now featured in several games as the central character as well as some with Mario, such as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.
In the latest game, you once more take on the challenge of gathering gold and treasure along the way, this time round the game is based on the Nintendo Wii and as such you can be sure it will involve a bit more physical movement on your part.
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