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As far as I know, there is one genre that Capcom never took their popular Street Fighter II series of games – kart racing. They have been involved in puzzle games, fighting games of course, and even a crappy live action movie and plenty of anime stuff. Not kart racing for some reason though. Thanks […]
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Super Mario Kart Probably Ended Your Friendship – September 1st, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
September 1st, 2014 
Carl Williams If you are a retro gamer of any sort then you know at least a little bit about Super Mario Kart. This game was not the first racing game, just like Super Mario Bros was not the first side scrolling action game but Nintendo did it their way and created a new genre. Mario and […]
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Game Hack: Super Mario Kart Becomes Mario Kart 8 on Super Nintendo
June 18th, 2014 Carl Williams What if Nintendo did a demake of Mario Kart 8 and it was for the Super Nintendo? Well, no need as some enterprising fans have done just that, though they hacked Super Mario Kart and created a reasonable facsimile of Mario Kart 8 using the Super Mario Kart engine.
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Twenty Super NES Cult Titles Free on Nintendo Switch
September 9th, 2019 Carl Williams After the announcement during the latest Nintendo Direct live streaming, the home of the great N in Kyoto has made available the first twenty Super NES titles playable on Switch at no additional cost to all subscribers of the Online service of their hybrid console (although the new Lite version will only be a portable […]
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Super Nintendo Mod Improves Mode 7
April 21st, 2019 Carl Williams When Nintendo was planning their Super Nintendo console they knew they had to do something to set it apart from the rival Sega Genesis, and to a lesser extent the NEC Turbo Grafx-16. Rather than just being a 16-bit version of their Nintendo Entertainment System with more colors and parallax scrolling, Nintendo went with something […]
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Revolutionary – Why Mario Kart Wii is the best game ever made.
August 27th, 2018 Carl Williams For a game to be good, it does not need to have immense graphics, nor does it need ingenious concepts. It doesn’t even need to be ingenuitive, it simply has to be playable. What is meant by this is that a game needs to be able to be played over and over again without losing […]
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Super CLASH Bros Pits Characters Against Each Other in Mash Up
August 15th, 2018 Carl Williams Super Smash Bros has certainly lit the gaming world up with trash talk, fun at parties, and probably ruined a friendship or two (not as many as Super Mario Kart but still a few). One thing that many gamers hate about Nintendo’s offering is certain characters are not available to play as. Who hasn’t wanted […]
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New Super Nintendo World Images Emerge from Japan
August 16th, 2017 Carl Williams I feel bad for you if you were not already aware that there is a Super Nintendo World theme park being built in Japan. Seriously. Where have you been living? Anyhow, there is a Super Nintendo World theme park being built in Japan. Right now.
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Nintendo Removes Gaming Staple from Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch
July 7th, 2017 Carl Williams Nintendo has pushed the envelope with Mario over the years. They did this many times – such as using the character in other genres from what gamers knew him for. From racing in Mario Kart to being a physician in Dr. Mario, the iconic character has pushed boundaries in many genres, not just action adventure. […]
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Could Nintendo Be Preparing the Super Nintendo Mini?
December 27th, 2016 Carl Williams Nintendo is renewing rights to classic hardware, including the Super Nintendo controller. Could this be the early rumblings that the Nintendo Super NES Classic Mini is on its way?
