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Classic Video Games With Real-Life Backdrops Are Delightful
Video games from the 8-bit and 16-bit era mixed with real life environments look awesome, and it’s a technique that lets anyone’s creativity shine. It’s something that Kotaku has covered before, but it would be a mistake to not share the new ones.
Earthbound, A New Zelda And More: See All Of The Latest Nintendo Direct
In case you missed the first broadcast, or want to cycle back to make sure you heard something right — there were a lot of games, some with release dates, some without them — here’s the full 37-minute Nintendo Direct that the company put out this morning.
Western Earthbound Fans Spam Japanese Mother 2 MiiVerse
This Sunday, I spent about an hour delving through the past 24 hours of messages on the Mother 2 MiiVerse page that went live last week as part of the Mother 2 (Earthbound) re-release on the Japanese Wii U virtual console. What surprised me as I looked through the message board was the amount of messages in English I came across.
Earthbound Invades The Japanese Wii U With Lots Of Little Extras
As part of the Famicon’s (Nintendo Entertainment System’s) 30th anniversary in Japan, Nintendo has been releasing various retro titles on the Wii U for the insanely low price of ¥30 yen ($0.30). The first title released this way was the NES classic Balloon Fighter. The following game was Fire Emblem: Monsho no Nazo, the first Fire Emblem game on the SNES. But, starting last Wednesday, Nintendo moved on to its third title, Mother 2, or as it’s known in the West, Earthbound.
Nintendo Bossman Has One Of The Coolest Video Game Jackets Ever
Fun fact: Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata was one of the main programmers on Mother 2 (aka Earthbound) for the SNES. Iwata uploaded this photo on Twitter overnight of a badass Mother 2 sukajan.
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