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Hargon Is Gone
Having gotten a bit bored of losing to Zeromus in Final Fantasy IV, I decided to do another playthrough of Dragon Quest II, this time on the Switch, which I think is the same version you can get for cell … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Chess, Dragon Quest, Games, Humor, Language, Magic, Monsters, Music, Religion, Video Games | Tagged beran, brecconary, demons, dragon quest ii, dragon warrior ii, dragonlord, eye of malroth, hargon, mages, malroth, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, nintendo switch, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess of moonbrooke, rendarak, tantegel castle, whackolytes, wrecktors, zahan |
Games and Goddesses
Gamemaster Classified: An Insider’s Guide to Nintendo’s Coming of Age, by Howard Phillips and Matthew Taranto – Back in the day, Howard was a very visible part of Nintendo’s marketing, especially in Nintendo Power, known for his signature bow tie. … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Art, Authors, Aztec, Book Reviews, Castlevania, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Humor, Kid Icarus, Magic, Mario, Mayan, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Rick Riordan, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aidan moher, airships, artemis, athena, dawn of the jaguar, devil world, divine might, fight magic items, gamemaster classified, ghosts n goblins, hera, hestia, howard and nester, howard phillips, ixtab, j.c. cervantes, kings of the wyld, matthew taranto, natalie haynes, nicholas eames, nintendo, nintendo power, owlbears, rick riordan presents, shadow bruja, sky skipper, the adventures of bayou billy |
Quidnunc Pro Quo
A Thousand Ships, by Natalie Haynes – This book dives into the thoughts and actions of numerous women involved with the Trojan War, giving their perspective on the whole thing. It utilizes a lot of sources, and gives each one … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Catherynne M. Valente, Comics, Greek Mythology, Humor, Kirby, Mythology, Technology, Television, Toys, Video Games | Tagged a thousand ships, dream land, gaia, hirokazu hikawa, king dedede, kirby manga mania, kirby right back at ya, mushrooms, natalie haynes, nintendo, nintendo power, odysseus, osmo unknown and the eightpenny woods, pangirlin, pangolins, penelope, quidnunx, skadgebat, super mario manga mania, trojan war |
Guests from Another Game
You might well know by now about my mixed feelings on crossovers, how I love the idea but think they bring their own headaches, particularly when it comes to continuity. What’s kind of strange is that crossovers in the Mario franchise … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal Crossing, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Toys, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged basketball, behemoth, bomberman, cactuars, captain olimar, crossovers, culex, dungeons and dragons, final fantasy ii, final fantasy iv, fortune street, fox mccloud, golbez, inklings, king bowser koopa, link, malboros, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario and sonic at the olympic games, mario hoops 3-on-3, mario kart, mario kart 8, mario kart arcade gp, mario kart tour, mario sports mix, mobile golf, moogles, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, namco, nes open tournament golf, nintendo, ochus, otyughs, pac-man, punch-out, samus aran, slimes, splatoon, super mario bros. 3, super mario rpg, super smash bros., wario, wario blast featuring bomberman, warp zones |
Oh Yeah, Mario Time!
I have pondered Mario’s age before, and mentioned how he’s officially supposed to be in his mid-twenties. But then, I grew up with the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, where Captain Lou Albano was playing Mario and Danny Wells Luigi in … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Donkey Kong, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged captain lou albano, comet observatory, cranky kong, danny wells, donkey kong, donkey kong jr., ice ice outpost, kamek, king bowser koopa, koopalings, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario kart, mario kart 8, mario mario, new donk city, nintendo, paper mario color splash, pauline, princess daisy, princess peach toadstool, Rosalina, shigeru miyamoto, star children, super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy, super mario odyssey, time travel, toad polar expedition, wario, wario land 4, wendy o. koopa, yoshi, yoshi's island, yoshi's island ds |
Wonder Boy on Adventure Island
In my latest installment of video games I don’t know much about but have some interesting trivia regarding, I remember seeing an arcade game called Wonder Boy at a diner on a family trip before my parents split up. Those … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Ethnicity, Food, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Relationships, Television, Video Games | Tagged adventure island, adventure island ii, adventure island iii, angels, bees, bock lee temjin, boy, bug-tte honey, camptosaurus, dinosaurs, eggplant, elasmosaurus, fairies, honey bee in toycomland, honey girl, hudson soft, jeannie jungle, king drancon, master higgins, master wigins, monster boy and the cursed kingdom, monster world iv, nintendo, nintendo power, pina, princess leilani, pteranodon, sega, sega master system, takahashi meijin, tanya, tina, tom-tom, toshiyuki takahashi, triceratops, wonder boy, wonder boy in monster land |
Conquer Yourself
My wife has been playing Kid Icarus: Uprising, and there’s a character in it called Dark Pit. A little bit of research reveals that there’s also a Dark Samus and a Dark Link, or rather several Dark Links and Shadow … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Comics, Focus on the Foes, Greek Mythology, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged akira himekawa, biolizard, black doom, bowser koopa jr., calatia, clones, coming home, dark link, dark meta knight, dark mirror, dark pit, dark samus, dimension mirror, doppelgangers, dr. eggman, dr. gerald robotnik, dr. ivo robotnik, four swords adventures, ganon, in search of the king, kid icarus of myths and monsters, kid icarus uprising, king charles, king dedede, kirby and the amazing mirror, kirby triple deluxe, link, luigi mario, manga, maria robotnik, mario mario, metroid prime, mirror of truth, mirror world, mother brain, nintendo, nintendo comics system, ocarina of time, palutena, pandora, phaaze, phazon, pit, pittoo, pop star, princess lana, project shadow, putt, samus aran, shadow dedede, shadow kirby, shadow link, shadow mario, shadow the hedgehog, simon belmont, space pirates, spirit tracks, super mario sunshine, the adventure of link, the legend of zelda four swords, triforce, vaati, valiant comics, videoland, waluigi, wario |
A Portable Port of a Prequel
I finished the Game Boy Color version of Dragon Warrior III last week, so I might as well say a bit about it. You probably already know this, but the series was always Dragon Quest in Japan, but became Dragon … Continue reading →
Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Language, Magic, Names, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, dragon quest iii, dragon warrior, dragon warrior iii, erdrick, game boy, game boy color, king lars, king lorik, loto, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, nostalgia, tantegel castle, wynn, yukinov |
Keeping Up with the Koopas
Picture by Marhiin There isn’t a whole lot about Bowser’s family in the Mario series. Even his seven kids have been retconned into not really being his children, which raises the question as to where they come from. We never … Continue reading →
Posted in Albums, Cartoons, Comics, Families, Mario, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged blue bowser, bowser koopa jr., dry bowser, jellyfish, kamek, king bowser koopa, larry koopa, larry mullen jr, ludwig von koopa, mario party, morton downey jr., morton koopa jr., new super mario bros., nintendo, nintendo comics system, paper mario color splash, princess peach toadstool, roy koopa, super mario bros. the lost levels, white knuckle scorin' |
The Brothers Are History!
We all know that the format of the original Super Mario Bros., now thirty years old, influenced a lot of other games. Most of them are different enough to do their own thing, but not so much in the case … Continue reading →
Posted in Mario, Music, Video Games | Tagged armin gessert, chris huelsbeck, commodore 64, great giana sisters, hard 'n' heavy, manfred trenz, nintendo, rainbow arts, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario land, time warp productions |