Allow me to say what everyone’s thinking: Nintendo’s E3 2012 was the same as Nintendo’s E3 2011. The show as a whole this year had a different drive to previous years, with Sony and Microsoft veering off in separate directions, but Nintendo has been forced to stick to its Wii U guns, resulting in a keynote with nothing special to add. Save for a healthy smattering of Mario, that is. The question: is that enough? Read more
Angry Birds is a phenomenon. It might just be the first game to reach a billion players, and it’s already spun off into a merchandising empire encompassing everything from board games to theme parks. With the news that a TV series is planned however, we decided to trawl through the archives to see how that panned out for other video game icons. The verdict? Not so well.
UPDATE: Annnnd it’s gone. We’d like to say it was fun, but well, it was actually copyright infringing garbage. For once we’re happy to see Apple wielding its ban hammer.
Monino is one of those iPhone apps. The sort that have clearly some how slipped through Apple’s rigorous (and sometimes arbitrary) approval process. It’s an IP infringing Super Mario spoof, complete with Nintendo’s own artwork and music. Unlike some of those iPhone apps, it’s also so bad it needs to be played to be believed. Read on to see the video.
Yes, yes, Portal 2 is all well and good but imagine if the Portal Gun was plonked into the hands of gaming’s favourite plumber in Super Mario Bros. In the video after the break, the moustachioed hero gets his hands on the Aperture Science weapon to navigate his way through the platform-strewn Mushroom Kingdom. We really want to play that game…
Angry Birds is getting bigger and bigger. Just last week we saw Angry Birds Rio announced and Peter Vesterbacka, the self-styled Mighty Eagle of Rovio, has been talking about the future. Needless to say, Rovio’s plans for Angry Birds are extremely wide in scope. The rival its got in the crosshairs? Mario.
After a suggestion that Angry Birds might outdo Pac-Man, Vesterbacka suggested he wants to go for something bigger: “What we’re doing is building out the Angry Birds world. Pac-Man is only game. Mario is a better benchmark.” It may well be but do you think Angry Birds can fly past Mario? Or is that hyperbole?
Out now | £varies | Angry Birds (via Wired)
