Let's make Mario: Halloween Horrors

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Wii U

Halloween is upon us, and no doubt many of you are preparing your costumes and getting ready to start scaring. However, if you’ve got some time to spare this All Hallow’s Eve you might want to jump into Super Mario Maker; the Mario brothers aren’t strangers to creepy haunted houses…

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Review: Yoshi’s Woolly World

Categories: Reviews, Wii U

For 20 years, fans of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island have been patiently waiting for a worthy successor. Though the floaty, egg-centric platformer has gone on to inspire an entire series of follow-ups, none have been able to recapture the precise chemistry of the original, until now. After decades…

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Nintendo NX needs to support Wii U games

Categories: Wii U, Features

File this conjecture under ‘potential crimes against humanity’, rather than ‘wishful thinking’. We’re currently in the middle of a maelstrom of rumors and speculation about Nintendo’s upcoming console, codenamed NX, which is due to be formally revealed sometime in 2016. Much of what’s being discussed with regards to the new…

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Halloween Splatfest is a dress-up showdown

Categories: News, Wii U

You’ll get more than one chance to play dress up next weekend. You can ramp up for your spooky parties, tricks and treats by heading to Inkopolis this week and casting your vote for your favorite romanticized historical rogues: Pirates or Ninjas. The Splatfest starts on Friday, October 30th at…

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Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash amiibo support detailed in new video

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Wii U

Update: Nintendo has released the official list of amiibo supported in Ultra Smash. See the press release below for details: amiibo Compatibility: Players can choose supported amiibo figures to be partners in online doubles matches, or players can enlist them to battle strong computer-controlled opponents in the offline Knockout Challenge…

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Review: Super Mario Maker

Categories: Reviews, Wii U

If Super Mario Maker was the only video game ever made, gaming would still be a valid hobby. That’s partly because Mario games are, in essence, the pastime’s purest form of fun, but Maker’s real accomplishment is peeling back the design curtain and giving players every tool they need to…

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