Banjo-Tooie (Nintendo Switch) | Friday, 10.25.24

Released almost 24 years ago, Banjo-Tooie (sequel to Banjo-Kazooie) is now available to play on Nintendo Switch through its extension pack!

Princess Peach Month Post #2 | Wednesday, 08.28.24

It's almost the end of August, which is known by Nintendo as "Princess Peach Month", so I'll post on a few random games featuring Peach, the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom right now.

The very first Super Mario game with 3D graphics features Princess Peach once again as the damsel-in-distress in the game as Bowser captured and imprisoned her (ironically enough) inside her very own castle. Once the players acquired all 120 Power Stars and defeated Bowser twice, the game ends with Peach making a cake for Mario as a way of thanking him for saving her and the Mushroom Kingdom once again.

Sporting a more updated look while the Nintendo 64-era was intending to end shortly after the Nintendo GameCube launched around the 2001 holiday season (or around Spring 2002 in the PAL regions), Princess Peach finds herself, Mario, and Toadsworth on a vacation to Isle Defino, only for Mario not only framed for a series of crimes and vandalisms he hasn't fully committed, but Peach finds herself kidnapped by Bowser's mischievous son, Bowser Jr. (he framed Mario prior by impersonating him as "Shadow Mario") under a false pretense of Mario being her kidnapper. Fortunately, with the help of new ally, F.L.U.D.D., Mario defeats both Bowser and Bowser Jr. and rescues Princess Peach once again as the game ends with them and Toadsworth resuming their vacation, especially after Mario's name got cleared all of accusations and charges.

As her first starring role in a video game (not counting the LCD game, Princess Toadstool's Castle Run), Princess Peach must traverse across 72 stages across 9 worlds (with each world having 8 stages apiece) using her emotion-like abilities (Angry, Calm, Gloom, and Joy) in her quest to rescue both Mario and Luigi from Bowser. It would be Peach's only starring role in a video game until the 2024 release of Princess Peach: Showtime! on Nintendo Switch.

Stay tuned for part 3!

Now Open! GameStop Retro | Wednesday, 08.28.24

Although this was just announced yesterday, GameStop has introduced us to GameStop Retro, another video game store filled with video games for or from their respective platforms, including:

Good luck, fellow gamers!

Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64) | Friday, 04.26.24

The very first Smash Bros. game on the Nintendo 64 console released on this day in North America 25 years ago!

Since then, it spawned more sequels over the years, including the fast-paced Melee in 2001, the more casual-oriented Brawl in 2008, two more sequels respectively on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (both released in 2014), and recently, the ultimate Smash Bros. fighter with every returning veteran on Nintendo Switch in 2018!

[25th Anniversary] 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ | Sunday, 01.21.24

Happy 25th anniversary to the Super Smash Bros. series of platform fighting games!

Super Smash Bros. (Nintendo 64; released on January 21, 1999)

Japanese name: ニンテンドウオールスター! 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ ("Nintendo All-Star! Great Fray Smash Brothers")

Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo GameCube; released on November 21, 2001)

Japanese name: 大乱闘 スマッシュ ブラザーズ ＤＸ ("Great Fray Smash Brothers Deluxe")

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii; released on January 31, 2008)

Japanese name: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズＸ ("Great Fray Smash Brothers X")

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS; released on September 13, 2014)

Japanese name: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ for Nintendo 3DS ("Great Fray Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS")

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U; released on December 6, 2014)

Japanese name: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ for Wii U ("Great Fray Smash Brothers for Wii U")

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo Switch; released on December 7, 2018)

Japanese name: 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL ("Great Fray Smash Brothers SPECIAL")

Happy 25th anniversary to this platform fighting game series and kudos to Masahiro Sakurai, director of this franchise!

[N64] Dairanto Smash Bros. | Sunday, 01.21.24

On this day, the original Super Smash Bros. game that started it all on the Nintendo 64 home console released in Japan exactly 25 years ago!

Japanese name: ニンテンドウオールスター! 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ

[N64] マリオパーティ | Monday, 12.18.2023

Happy 25th anniversary to the Mario Party series as the original game that started it all was released on this day exactly 25 years ago in Japan. Originally developed by Hudson Soft (now Konami), up to 4 players tackles around 80 minigames to win the most coins and stars to become the superstar! You can even play this alongside its sequels through Nintendo Switch Online!

[NSO] Mario Party 3 (N64) | Friday, 10.27.2023

Our patience has finally been paid off. We can now officially play Mario Party 3 (N64) through Nintendo Switch Online, featuring:

Mario Kart Trophy Ceremonies | Monday, 03.27.2023

Here's a YouTube montage of almost EVERY trophy ceremony win from each Mario Kart game across the SNES (1992), N64 (1996), GBA (2001), GameCube (2003), DS (2005), Wii (2008), 3DS (2011), Wii U (2014), and Switch (2017).

N64 on Wii U | Monday, 03.20.2023

We've got less than one week before the Nintendo eShop discontinues to both on 3DS and Wii U, so I suggest you either buy one Nintendo 64 game or buy them all before they're gone.

N64 Trilogy - Mario Party | Monday, 01.02.2023

Once Mario Party 3 comes out soon on Nintendo Switch, then players can party with the entire Nintendo 64 trilogy online!