The Mario Kart series is one of video gaming’s most popular franchises, and it all started here, with Super Mario Kart. Critics have heaped on loads of superlatives to this initial installment: best SNES graphics, top console game, one of the greatest of all time. However, I am of a slightly different persuasion…
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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Wii U
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker is a platformer/puzzle hybrid first introduced in Super Mario 3D Land – after almost 30 years, Toad finally gets his own game in the Mario universe! This game is full of amazing graphics, creative level design, and a fun new way to look at the platforming genre.
WarioWare: Twisted! – GBA
Platform: Game Boy Advance Release Date (NA): May 23rd, 2005 Developers: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Puzzle Nerd Rating: 8.5 out of 10 The WarioWare series of games doesn’t get much attention in the upper circles of gaming, which is surprising considering how unique the premise is. WarioWare is perhaps the most novel take on… Continue reading WarioWare: Twisted! – GBA
Hotel Mario – CD-i
Platform: Philips CD-i Release Date (NA): 1994 Developer: Philips Fantasy Factory Publisher: Philips Interactive Media Genre: Puzzle, Platforming Nerd Rating: 3.5 out of 10 Well, here it is: the much hated, exceedingly notorious, widely panned, critically derided, universally shunned…Hotel Mario! As Nerd Bacon approached its 700th article, NerdBerry and I were trying to figure out a… Continue reading Hotel Mario – CD-i