#February2012

Video: Subway Super Mario Bros. Lightens The Commute

Gypsy Joe Trane laid down some classic Super Mario Bros. riffage on the R-train heading towards Manhattan, inspiring a sullen-looking appreciation from all the passengers aboard. Me? I would have been inappropriately booty-popping writhing on the nostalgia python.

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Nintendo Posts First Annual Lost In 30 Years; IS THE COLOSSAL.

The Nintendo Destructo-Machine is beginning to grind to a halt. After years of bludgeoning their enemies, they’re about to post a serious loss. Even crazier, the first loss in 30 years.

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Video: Miyamoto Confirms He’s Working On Unannounced Original Game. Hell Yeah.

Remember that time when Shigeru Miyamoto announced he was retiring and then everyone shit themselves and Nintendo shit too and then he wasn’t retiring anymore? Yeah, last month was awesome. Miyamoto still is kickin’, and he’s working on an original game. Hell yeah, Shiggy!

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‘The Legend of Zelda’ Gets Official Timeline. Two People Who Care Are Stoked.

I’ve never tried to make much of the Legend of Zelda timeline. Just rolled with it. Where everything fits in? Who gives a fuck. There’s the Temples of Fire, Water, Might, Youthful Enthusiasm and Shadow Lords every game, and a lass who needs saving. That’s always been enough. For people who demand more!, who demand coherency!, you can now relax. The timeline hast been revealed.

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Old Gameboy Ad Explains My Childhood Obesity.

Go outside? Pah! I have Tetris and Wario Land to play! And god fucking knows, you can’t see shit in the sunlight.

Cosplay: Lady Link Makes Me Feel A Tingle In My Triforce. Bad Pun? Hyrule! Strike Two?

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Wrapped Deluxe NES For $16,000? ‘Tis The Season Or Some Sh*t!

Yo! How much you willing to plunk down for an original NES “wrapped” super deluxe version? $150? Okay that’s a good starting point but let us barter until you say $16,000.

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N64 In The Bathroom = Boss Mode Toilet Time.

Someone clearly has figured out the (multi)universe.

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Creator of Mario and Zelda Is “Retiring”. Note The Scare Quotes.

Shigeru Miyamoto is a true boss of the gaming world. The dude created Mario. And Zelda. Throw your hands up for him. Every journey has its end, and Miyamoto has announced that he’s retiring. Kind of. Sort of. Maybe? The truth is a lot less sexy than traffic-snagging headlines.

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Rumor: Sony Dropping Their Own ‘Super Smash Bros.’ Type Game.

It’s a move that makes too much sense. Sony bundles up a collection of their characters and has them throw down in a Super Smash Bros. manner. Too much sense to actually happen? Not if one Twitter account and the rumor mill has anything to say about it.

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