Turns out that the best investment for retirement these days isn’t GameStop stonks that’ll take you straight to the moon, but rather video games! Before you start hoarding all those old 32-in1 TV game cartridges though, it’s worth noting that it’s good video games in mint condition that’ll secure you a hefty payday.
Super Mario 3D is a great game to play solo or with friends and shows off some of Nintendo’s best level design yet, while Bowser’s Fury is an inventive take on the Mario formula that’s more generous with its content than it ought to be. Both games make for a fantastic bundle and should be checked out by fans and non-fans alike.
What if the worlds of Nintendo and Sony’s greatest games were merged though? You’d get a Mario Bros. game that I’d actually want to play, as imagined by David Romero. Using Bloodborne’s Gothic Victorian aesthetics as inspiration, Romero created several masterpieces that’ll have you yearning for someone to mod them into existence.
Nintendo is kicking off the celebrations by doing what it does best: Reviving Mario’s greatest hits and charging you yet again to experience them on its Switch console.
Announced earlier in the year, LEGO Super Mario is exactly what it sounds like: A chance to create your own Super Mario levels, bringing the mustachioed plumber from his 2D origins and into a more three-dimensional setting. So how much will it cost you?
Looks like Nintendo is ready to bring the classics back! After thee and a half decades of headbutting bricks and consuming groovy mushrooms, everyone's favourite Italian plumber is getting ready to relive some of his greatest games on Nintendo Switch.
How has this never been done before? On the one hand, you have LEGO. The premier name in creativity and construction, literal building blocks for the imagination. On the other hand you have Super Mario, Nintendo’s most famous mascot who made a name for himself by stomping on turtles and busting blocks for a living. Put the two together, and you’ve got LEGO Mario, a match made in heaven between franchises.
In a quick top ten, raise a glass and salute the work of audio wizards who came up with the following bits of sound so good, we can’t help but smile every time we hear them.
CS: GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) is one of the most popular first-person shooter games, …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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