Over the years, Mario has become a jack of all trades, dabbling in tennis, soccer, baseball, golf, and more, leaving him little time to do his actual job, which is plumbing. Turns out, the famous Nintendo mascot has had so much time for new hobbies because he’s no longer a plumber. Which begs the question: Was he fired? Did he quit? On Nintendo’s Japanese website, his official profile...
Mario is making his first leap onto smartphones later this year, and Nintendo has finally become a third-party publisher after a decade of demands. Let that sink in for a minute or two. While many thought they would never see the day a Mario game would grace the iPhone, Nintendo obviously couldn't avoid the allure much longer after the gargantuan success of Pokémon GO. With Nintendo...
Nintendo has decided that after selling over 430 million games, it just might be onto something with this Mario character. The Nintendo EAD team located in Tokyo, Japan has confirmed that production for a brand new game in the series is underway, but it can't confirm which formula of Mario it will follow or which device it will be on. Confirming the existence of the game in an...
I've always enjoyed a good rant from Mega Man co-creator and current head of Comcept Games Keiji Inafune. I don't always agree with what he has to say, but the outspoken video game developer has never been one to back down from his thoughts and says some truly great gems in the process. Take his recent IGN interview for example. Inafune has a lot of respect for Nintendo think-tank...
Nintendo will release the Wii U this holiday. The console carries with it a bunch of buzz, both negative and positive. While I’ve looked at it from both sides, I already know I’ll be buying one on or near launch. I don’t like motion control, I’m a staunch supporter of HD graphics, I can’t stand shoehorned gameplay gimmicks and I absolutely hate the abuse of franchises and characters....
I'm glad none of the other TechnoBuffalo staff know where I live, lest this post would become a practical warrant for my capture and slaughter. Nevertheless, it's time to come clean… I am absolutely sick and tired of hearing about Angry Birds. The game has been out for years, and it should not have garnered this much attention to begin with. It's genuinely not all that fun, and the...
Few video game franchises are as recognizable as Super Mario. Almost everyone aged five to fifty, geek or non-geek, can readily identify the titular character, and, in most cases, several of his sidekicks. Having debuted in 1981 as Jumpman in Nintendo’s Donkey Kong, Mario and his franchise have had a long time to curry interest among the general public. Lately, another franchise has...
Review embargoes for Super Mario 3D Land in the western part of the world lifted today at 10 AM. Across the board (so it seems), the game is being heralded as a platforming classic and the reason to buy a Nintendo 3DS. My own review on a different publication stands as a part of that pack, and I completely agree with the general, collective idea that this game can and should move...
Watching Joey and Mike duke it out over modern vs. old school gaming has been surreal. Sort of echoes the epic battle in my house, actually. I'm old school myself — I sort of peaked with Super Mario Brothers. These days, my idea of modern gaming is blowing away zombies in Rage HD on my phone or tablet. Meanwhile, my poor hubby has been beating his head into his keyboard, trying to get...
Ever since Nintendo announced the price drop and the consolation prizes for Nintendo 3DS early adopters, I’ve been getting pinged with emails, text messages, phone calls and comments involving the same question: “How do I know if I’m a Nintendo 3DS Ambassador?” Before I get to the answer, let’s run down exactly what being an Ambassador means and what you’re entitled to. If you purchase...