Donkey Kong Bananza impressed a lot of people last year when it premiered and eventually released in the summer for the Nintendo Switch 2. I was one of many people who had a lot of interest in it, although I did not actually get it until Christmas. I also waited until I finished Metroid Prime…
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Things I Like: Mario Kart World (Nintendo Switch 2)
I think a lot of gamers don’t realize that the best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch wasn’t a Legend of Zelda title, nor was it Super Mario Odyssey or any of the other fantastic games on the platform—it was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I wasn’t shocked at all to see it chosen as the launch…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Video Game Yoshi’s Story
Yoshi’s Story was released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. It was eventually re-released digitally on the Nintendo Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. In 2004, China received a version for the iQue Player. This was the first Yoshi game not directed or produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, although he did provide some designs and supervised…
Things I Like: Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)
I remember when Mario vs. Donkey Kong first came out on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. I was intrigued but not completely sold on the game. The graphics didn’t quite look right for the GBA, and I’d heard it was too hard. But when Nintendo decided to remake the game for the Nintendo Switch, I…
Fun Fact: Mario Kart 64’s Japanese Billboards
In the Japanese release of Mario Kart 64, the billboards actually featured parodies about real companies such as Goodyear tires. But Nintendo removed all these and replaced them in the American release to avoid lawsuits.