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Wario
Mario was back for another adventure. But this time, it was personal. Hiroji Kiyotake, the director of 1992’s Game Boy hit Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, wanted to pursue the idea that this time Mario wouldn’t be fighting to help or save someone else. Hence: Wario, Mario’s greed-and-crime-focused rival.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Waluigi’s debut in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In the decades since, the lanky loser has become something of a meme among gamers. But I’m here to say that, no, my love for Waluigi is pure, and I’m sick of hiding it behind…
This week, I’ve been playing the latest entry in Nintendo’s series of wacky compilations of seconds-long “microgames”, the first for Nintendo 3DS (and the first since 2010’s WarioWare: DIY). It’s out in Australia today, and I’ll have a full review next week, but for now I’m still going through all…
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