Syncopation In The Super Mario Bros. Theme [Syndicated]

[Kotaku proudly presents the following in-depth look — and listen — to the evolving music of Super Mario Bros. via gaming blog Cruise Elroy] More

Syncopation In The Super Mario Bros. Theme [Syndicated]

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Capt. Mario Answers The Call Of Duty [Screengrab]

Mario as veteran spec ops commando and Peach as kidnappable scientist in “Super Mario Warfare” by the talented and regularly featured Agent Scarlet, as seen at DeviantArt via GameFreaks . (Thanks, Morris!) More

US game sales sink 15% in Feb., BioShock 2 best-seller

Xbox 360 outsells Wii for first time since 2007; PS3 sales up 30%; New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Modern Warfare 2, Wii Sports Resort, Mass Effect 2, Dante’s Inferno, and Heavy Rain all make top 10.

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Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

U kart touch this. Is there any other game that has dominated its field so conclusively and with such tenacity? Super Mario Kart is seventeen years old yet it remains the touchstone and the benchmark for its peculiar subset of the racing genre. Crash Bandicoot came tantalisingly close to taking the plumber’s crown in 1999 with Crash Team Racing, but its otherwise been a one horse (and kart) race. What’s surprising is that it’s taken SEGA so long to offer up its take. Less surprising is the fact that, like so many others, it has produced something that lives almost completely in Nintendo’s shadow, copying the Mario Kart template, pasting SEGA stuff over the top and doing almost nothing to move the core ideas forwards. For the elements that are new we can thank Sumo Digital, a developer that understands SEGA racing well thanks to its loving work on the recent OutRun games and also has prior form in the “all-star” format following SEGA Superstars Tennis. Unfortunately, the bold ideas here begin and end with one word: drifting. Read more…

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Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

U kart touch this. Is there any other game that has dominated its field so conclusively and with such tenacity? Super Mario Kart is seventeen years old yet it remains the touchstone and the benchmark for its peculiar subset of the racing genre. Crash Bandicoot came tantalisingly close to taking the plumber’s crown in 1999 with Crash Team Racing, but its otherwise been a one horse (and kart) race. What’s surprising is that it’s taken SEGA so long to offer up its take. Less surprising is the fact that, like so many others, it has produced something that lives almost completely in Nintendo’s shadow, copying the Mario Kart template, pasting SEGA stuff over the top and doing almost nothing to move the core ideas forwards. For the elements that are new we can thank Sumo Digital, a developer that understands SEGA racing well thanks to its loving work on the recent OutRun games and also has prior form in the “all-star” format following SEGA Superstars Tennis. Unfortunately, the bold ideas here begin and end with one word: drifting. Read more…

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Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

U kart touch this. Is there any other game that has dominated its field so conclusively and with such tenacity? Super Mario Kart is seventeen years old yet it remains the touchstone and the benchmark for its peculiar subset of the racing genre. Crash Bandicoot came tantalisingly close to taking the plumber’s crown in 1999 with Crash Team Racing, but its otherwise been a one horse (and kart) race. What’s surprising is that it’s taken SEGA so long to offer up its take. Less surprising is the fact that, like so many others, it has produced something that lives almost completely in Nintendo’s shadow, copying the Mario Kart template, pasting SEGA stuff over the top and doing almost nothing to move the core ideas forwards. For the elements that are new we can thank Sumo Digital, a developer that understands SEGA racing well thanks to its loving work on the recent OutRun games and also has prior form in the “all-star” format following SEGA Superstars Tennis. Unfortunately, the bold ideas here begin and end with one word: drifting. Read more…

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Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

Review: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

U kart touch this. Is there any other game that has dominated its field so conclusively and with such tenacity? Super Mario Kart is seventeen years old yet it remains the touchstone and the benchmark for its peculiar subset of the racing genre. Crash Bandicoot came tantalisingly close to taking the plumber’s crown in 1999 with Crash Team Racing, but its otherwise been a one horse (and kart) race. What’s surprising is that it’s taken SEGA so long to offer up its take. Less surprising is the fact that, like so many others, it has produced something that lives almost completely in Nintendo’s shadow, copying the Mario Kart template, pasting SEGA stuff over the top and doing almost nothing to move the core ideas forwards. For the elements that are new we can thank Sumo Digital, a developer that understands SEGA racing well thanks to its loving work on the recent OutRun games and also has prior form in the “all-star” format following SEGA Superstars Tennis. Unfortunately, the bold ideas here begin and end with one word: drifting. Read more…

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Biohazard 5 Alternative Edition Sees Gold Sales In Japan [Sales Get]

The re-release of Resident Evil 5—aka Biohazard on that side of the Pacific—looks like it has already paid for itself, the zombie hunting adventures of Chris and Jill delivering another 143,000 scares to Japanese gamers. This week also saw another PlayStation 3 exclusive or two arrive in Japan, Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, selling well enough to score a top ten showing, but unable to push past the long term appeal of Nintendo’s Tomodachi Collection. Man, that thing can sell. Some of the week’s other new debuts, like Dante’s Inferno for the PS3 and Hyakumanton no Bara Bara for the PSP couldn’t muster enough interest in the Japanese consumer to put them in the top ten. But represented they are, alongside Media Create’s other top thirty bestselling games in Japan. Here they are… 01. Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (PS3) – 143,000 / NEW 02. God Eater (PSP) – 64,000 / 470,000 03. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 44,000 / 3,366,000 04. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (DS) – 44,000 / 1,217,000 05. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 31,000 / 2,849,000 06. Heavy Rain (PS3) – 27,000 / NEW 07. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 26,000 / 1,665,000 08. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia (DS) – 24,000 / NEW 09. Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International (PS3) – 15,000 / 113,000 10. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) – 11,000 / 1,761,000 11. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (The Best) (PSP) 12. Quiz Magic Academy DS: Futatsu no Jikuu Koku (DS) 13. The Prince of Tennis: Motto Gakuensai no Oujisama -More Sweet Edition- (DS) 14. Dante’s Inferno (PS3) 15. Sacred 2 (PS3) 16. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) 17. Dynasty Warriors Online (PS3) 18. End of Eternity (PS3) 19. Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver (DS) 20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 21. Inazuma Eleven 2: Fire / Blizzard (DS) 22. Zangeki no REGINLEIV (Wii) 23. Pop ‘n’ Music Portable (PSP) 24. Nodame Cantabile: Tanoshii Ongaku no Jikan Desu (DS) 25. Dragon Ball DS 2: Totsugeki! Red Ribbon Gun (DS) 26. Classic Dungeon: Fuyoku no Masoujin (PSP) 27. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 28. San Goku Shi DS 3 (DS) 29. Hyakumanton no Bara Bara (PSP) 30. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 (PSP)

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Europe Gets A Bunch of Nintendo Release Dates [Nintendo]

First Australia had its Nintendo Summit and then America has its Nintendo Summit . Now Europe is having its… Nintendo Summit . For big titles like Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Other M, Nintendo of Australia gave release dates like “mid-year” . Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be released in North America on May 23, but won’t be out in Europe until May 23. Metroid: Other M will be out in North America on June 27, but Nintendo dated the game for “third quarter” in Europe. Monster Hunter Tri will be out in Europe on April 23, but will be released 3 days earlier on April 20 in North America. Sin & Punishment: 2 will be released in North America as Sin & punishment: Star Successor on June 7. The game will be out earlier in Europe, getting released on May 7.

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