Nintendo is in attendance at CES 2012, and has brought its upcoming console along with it. But with more than 6 months having passed since the Wii U’s unveiling, surely Ninty should have something new to show off? Read more
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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)
If you’re planning on getting a Nintendo 3DS, but a shelf or drawer doesn’t seem, Nintendo enough for you, then clap your eyes on this beauty, a Mario model that’s shaped with arms outstretched, specifically to hold your Nintendo 3DS when your eyes aren’t fixed to the screen.
Nintendo has got such a big pile of plaudits for the Nintendo 3DS announcement and the games it unveiled during its E3 2010 keynote that criticising it feels like turning up at a birthday party and stomping on the cake. But I’m not afraid to be a gaming grouch so I’ll come straight out and say it: pushing out new instalments of familiar franchises, reviving retro classics and mistreating Mario once again left me disappointed…