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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 |

Grand Unified Marioverse Theory

I’m glad to know I’m not the only one interested in mapping the Mushroom World and riveting together a sense of continuity for the Mario games. Like Oz, the games show a whimsical world where the creators weren’t all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Maps, Mario, Metroid, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, banjo-kazooie, brothers bear, crossovers, diddy kong racing, dk vine, donkey kong country 3, gulliver, hyrule, king bowser koopa, link's awakening, luigi, mario kart, mario kart 8, mushroom kingdom, mushroom world, ocarina of time, paper mario, paper mario: the thousand-year door, princess peach toadstool, reddit, skyward sword, starfy, super mario bros. 3, super smash bros., wario, wart, yoshi, zelda timeline |

Dig Dug Divorce

You know about Dig Dug, right? If not, I wrote a bit of an overview on it before. It has creative gameplay, featuring a hero who digs tunnels and inflates enemies with an air pump. While the hero was simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Gender, Metroid, Pac-Man, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged ataru hori, baraduke, capcom, cranky kong, dig dug, dig dug digging strike, dig dug ii, masuyo tobi, mr. driller, mr. driller g, namco, paccets, samus aran, super smash bros., susumu hori, taiyo tobi, taizo hori |

Sprite Size Matters

It can be difficult to determine the real-life sizes of video game characters, or cartoon characters for that matter, especially when there aren’t very many points of comparison. Sprite size isn’t even always that useful, especially in earlier games. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Mario, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged captain lou albano, captain olimar, captain snes, doki doki panic, donkey kong, final fantasy iv, ganondorf, gorillas, king bowser koopa, king dedede, king kong, lara croft, link, luigi, mario kart, nintendo adventure books, ocarina of time, palom, penguins, pikmin, pit, porom, princess daisy, princess nadia of guardia, princess peach toadstool, rosa joanna farrell, Rosalina, samus aran, shigeru miyamoto, super mario bros. 2, super smash bros., the adventure of link, the legend of zelda, the wind waker, toad, wario |

Luma Park

I haven’t actually played Super Mario Galaxy, and when I saw Tavie play a little bit of it, it looked complicated. I guess it’s just that I’m old-fashioned, and used to seeing Mario in only two dimensions. Nevertheless, I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged grampa in oz, king fumbo, lumas, maribella, mario kart, mushroom king, mushroom kingdom, nintendo comics system, prince tatters, princess daisy, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, stars, super mario 3d world, super mario galaxy, super smash bros., waluigi |

These Hands Don’t Help

I’m sure there are many video games with disembodied hands or arms, but I’m probably not the only one who immediately thinks of the Wallmasters from the Zelda series. These are giant hands that hide in walls or ceilings until … Continue reading →