Mario Bros. - Virtual Console Articles

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  What youve always wanted to know: Why Mario is a plump shape

  Nintendo Everything: Through the many interviews of Iwata Asks, weve found out some very interesting things about Mario. Weve learned about plans for a rifle, beam gun, and rocket in the original Super Mario Bros., heard why Shigeru Miyamoto included coins in the game, and received a ton of other interesting tidbits.
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  RPGs dominate Japanese sales charts, PS3 version of EoE/RoF manhandling 360 version

  With role-playing games claiming the first two overall spots and six of the top ten, buying RPGs was obviously the hip thing to do in Japan this past week. - RPGLand
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  Merry ChristNES; Free 8 Bit Christmas Songs

  Doctor Octoroc gives us 8-bit renditions of our favorite christmas themes... with a video game twist!
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  AKASHI (Mario x Mickey) by Dave Bondi

  Nike and Honda aren't the only people doing hybrids now. Dave Bondi's AKASHI figure is a great smash-up of two of the worlds most noticeable characters, Mickey and Mario. The physical features of both melt together seamlessly as each lend a hand into creating something new. AKASHI stands a proud 9? tall and is limited to only 200 pieces.
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  Mario-Inspired Jazzy Song Hits Indie Scene

  Kotaku writes: I'm a fan of game-music, music inspired by games, and music made by games. It's all good, or at least it can be. So my interest was piqued when reader Jim emailed to let us know that indie bands Kaki King and The Mountain Goats had gotten together to record a six-song EP entitled Black Pear Tree. Among the songs can be found Nintendo-inspired goodness Thank You Mario Buy Our Princess Is in Another Castle. Coming in at ...
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  Meet Charles Martinet at Nintendo World for Mario Super Sluggers Launch

  To celebrate the launch of Mario Super Sluggers, Charles Martinet, the voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, and more will be in attendance at the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan on August 24th, signing autographs and giving out a mysterious special gift from Nintendo to those who purchase the new Mario sports title.
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  Nintendo Luminary Shigeru Miyamoto To Keynote 2007 Game Developers Conference

  Creator of Game Icons Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Nintendogs To Discuss His Creative Process. Videogame development legend Shigeru Miyamoto will make a rare public appearance at the 2007 Game Developers Conference (GDC) for his first keynote since 1999. Dubbed The Spielberg of Video Games by Time Magazine, Miyamoto, Nintendo's Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Entertainment Analysis & Development Division, will present the talk, A Creative Vision. In this session, he will reveal how a singular creative vision drives his ...
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  Nintendo Brings the Games to the People

  In 2003 about two dozen video game designers and engineers gathered in a room at Nintendo's (NTDOY) Kyoto headquarters to divine the future of the video game console. The company was three years away from launching a new machine, but hadn't decided on any of its core technologies yet. Naturally, the talk was heavy on chips, graphics, and software. Then someone mentioned moms. Though kids had long been the main audience for Nintendo's consoles and games such as Super Mario ...
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  Wii Virtual Console Games: Less than $10?

  How much would you pay for Super Mario Bros. 3? Chances are you paid full retail for it on NES and then maybe you paid $34.99 for it when it came out in October of 2003. How much would you pay to play it on your Wii? Nintendo president Saturo Iwata addressed the Virtual Console pricing in a talk he gave in Japan. Games will cost between 500 and 1000 yen, this converts to between $4.50 and $8.99 for Virtual ...