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Podcast: NLFM Episode 9: Halloween Hootenanny

NLFM Episode 9: Halloween Hootenanny

You don't need to be the master of unlocking to access these horror treasures

Boo! It's a regular fright fest in this episode of NLFM as we queue up some of our favorite horror game tracks. BEHOLD! the wonders of mad science gone wrong! GASP! at the children of the night! WONDER! how Chuck D. Head doesn't need more painkillers! RUN! from the Scissorman! Dare you listen? Dare you not? In case you've..

News: The First Nintendo Console to Play DVDs was the NES

The First Nintendo Console to Play DVDs was the NES

Well, sort of

The humble Nintendo Entertainment System has been everything from a lunchbox to a guitar, but for those who like the classic experience of putting media in and getting entertainment out will be intrigued by this latest mod that turns the console into a fully functioning DVD player. A little more complex than simply putting a DVD player...

News: October is Spook Month on Nintendo Life

October is Spook Month on Nintendo Life

Frightful Fridays and Scary Saturdays ahead

As we all know, October 31st is All Hallows Eve, popularly known as Halloween. It's a night when some of you will dress up in your favourite fear-inducing garb and haunt the town, others will dress up as well but instead go to screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and others still will stay home and watch Ernest Scared Stupid. It's also a month..

News: Hey PlayStation, It's Your Birthday! It's Your Birthday! *Does Camp Dance*

Hey PlayStation, It's Your Birthday! It's Your Birthday! *Does Camp Dance*

The PlayStation turns 15 today in Europe

Happy Birthday to you, Tekken and Point Blank 2, Happy Birthday dear PlayStation, Happy Birthday to you! Brappppppppp! The original grey box launched on September 29th, 1995 in Europe. Ridge Racer was the big title from the launch line-up. The brand later became synonymous with Final Fantasy VII, Wipeout, Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo and Tomb Raider..

News: Next Year Will See 750 Metroid Prime Gunships Landing on Desks

Next Year Will See 750 Metroid Prime Gunships Landing on Desks

First 4 Figures continuing its Metroid Gunship Series

If the recent listing of the life-size Samus Aran promotion statue was too big for you to handle, then you might be interested in First 4 Figures' latest model in its Metroid Gunship Series as it's considerably smaller and won't be a nuisance when it comes to vacuuming. The Metroid Prime Gunship, as featured in Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime:..

News: Miyamoto and Itoi Discuss Mario, Rubik's Cubes, TV and More

Miyamoto and Itoi Discuss Mario, Rubik's Cubes, TV and More

Top Nintendo designers shoot the breeze

Nintendo's Iwata Asks series has provided us with plenty of fascinating insights into the creation of the company's games, the minds of its creators and the creative spirit that defines its output. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo legends Shigesato Itoi (creator of the EarthBound games) and Shigeru Miyamoto sat down to speak..

News: Super Mario Bros. was Gaming's Big Bang, says Kojima

Super Mario Bros. was Gaming's Big Bang, says Kojima

"One of mankind's greatest creations," says great man

It's been 25 years since Super Mario Bros. hit the world of gaming, and its influence is still felt widely around the world. Konami legend and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is just one individual whose life was altered by the plumbing adventure. Kojima has said: With the creation of Super Mario Bros., Shigeru Miyamoto not only altered..

News: Nintendo Turns 121 Years Old Today

Nintendo Turns 121 Years Old Today

That's old

It was on this day in 1889 that a playing card company opened up in Kyoto, Japan, headed up by Fusajiro Yamauchi. Its name was the Nintendo Playing Card Company – catchy, right? – that went on to become one of the world's biggest entertainment companies. If you want to know more about Nintendo's history, the excellent The History of...

Interviews: Brian Provinciano - Retro City Rampage

Brian Provinciano - Retro City Rampage

Vblank Entertainment's open-world game looks set to hijack your 8-bit heart

Grand Theftendo may have started out as a pet project of Vblank Entertainment's Brian Provinciano, but eight years later it's turned into one of the most intriguing games slated to hit WiiWare in the form of Retro City Rampage. The novelty of an 8-bit open-world game was enough to put it on our radar, and the amount of..

News: Catch a Live Stream of Symphonic Legends This Thursday Evening

Catch a Live Stream of Symphonic Legends This Thursday Evening

Orchestral arrangements of classic Nintendo games

If you've not got any plans this Thursday night, then be sure to tune into a live stream of Symphonic Legends' orchestral renditions of classic video games. Produced by Thomas Boecker with Jonne Valtonen taking lead composer duties, the WDR Radio Orchestra will be performing at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall on the 23rd September so even if you don't..

News: Aussies Can Share Their Favourite Mario Moments to Win a DSi XL

Aussies Can Share Their Favourite Mario Moments to Win a DSi XL

Red, blue or yellow up for grabs

North America's Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary site opened recently, and now Nintendo of Australia has launched its 25th Anniversary competition website offering one misty-eyed gamer the chance to win a brand new DSi XL. If your entry is selected as the best Mario memory, you could win a red, blue or yellow DSi XL as well as a copy of New Super Mario Bros.. Need..

News: Steve Wiebe Reclaims Donkey Kong World Record

Steve Wiebe Reclaims Donkey Kong World Record

The high score merry-go-round keeps turning

Billy Mitchell, Hank Chien, Steve Wiebe: these men are the giants of Donkey Kong, throwing the world record around like a numerical barrel. Chien bested Mitchell, then Mitchell topped Chien, and now long-time underdog Steve Wiebe has reclaimed the top spot by a whisker. Mitchell's previous best stood at 1,062,800, with Wiebe's new world record reaching..

News: Nab a Life-Size Samus Statue on eBay

Nab a Life-Size Samus Statue on eBay

Auction site sells heroine

Ever wonder what happens to all those amazing life-size statues and installations in game shops after they're taken down? They usually end up on eBay, of course. That's the fate of this Metroid statue created to promote celebrated first-person adventure Metroid Prime, currently on sale for a measly £65. Standing 190cm tall and weighing some 50kg, as you'd expect the..

News: Nintendo Declares Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Website Open

Nintendo Declares Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Website Open

Due to be updated in coming weeks

First a logo, then a collector's edition pack; now the Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary celebrations get even wilder, with Nintendo of America rolling out website for the portly plumber's quarter-century. At the moment there's not really a lot to see other than a trailer and some pixel art, but Nintendo promises to make the website the centre of information for..

Feature: How ColecoVision Became the King of Kong

How ColecoVision Became the King of Kong

How a trip to the toilet in Nintendo's Japanese HQ resulted in one of the most famous coups in video game history

When you think of the early '80s video game scene one name instinctively springs to mind: Atari. This pioneering firm had practically invented the concept of the interactive television experience, and its all-conquering VCS (also known...

News: Metroid 64 Was This Close to Existing

Metroid 64 Was This Close to Existing

Not that close, actually

There was no Metroid game on Nintendo 64, Samus Aran skipping the console altogether save for a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Series creator Yoshio Sakamoto has revealed in an interview with UK magazine GamesTM that the heroine's history could have been very different, as Nintendo approached a third-party to develop an Aran adventure, but the developer declined..

News: Game Over for Nintendo of America's Former Redmond Headquarters

Game Over for Nintendo of America's Former Redmond Headquarters

The birthplace of Mario is no more

It's always sad to see something with so much history behind it get demolished in order for it to continue to progress. With the positive vibe that the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. has generated, it's a shame to see Nintendo of America's old Redmond, Washington offices; the birthplace of Mario, get bulldozed to the ground. A reader at CVG sent in pictures..

News: Jonathan Ross's Ceiling Lights Up with Mario Sprites

Jonathan Ross's Ceiling Lights Up with Mario Sprites

Video of presenter's home shows sparkly ceiling

Jonathan Ross loves many things, not least of all Twitter and controversy, but he loves gaming as well. As part of this month's Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary the presenter has thrown open the doors to his gaming lair, showing not only his lack of progress on Super Mario Galaxy 2 but also his pixel

News: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Means Euro Club Nintendo Gets Updated

Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Means Euro Club Nintendo Gets Updated

Share your love for Mario and enter Nintendo's video competition

Anniversaries are wonderful and joyous occasions to celebrate with loved ones. What makes them better is if you can win prizes in the process too, and that's exactly what you can look forward to as Nintendo celebrates one of the biggest NES titles continuing to entertain having launched a quarter of a century ago. In celebrating 25..

Features: We Want Your NES Stories!

We Want Your NES Stories!

Tell us your 8-bit bits

October 18th marks the 25th birthday of the NES's North American debut, then only to a select number of cities, and we're celebrating by bringing you a veritable coin box of features and treats. And we want to make you, our beloved readership, a part of the celebration. We'll be running a feature that puts the spotlight on...

News: Billy Mitchell Was Never the Donkey Kong Jr. Record Holder

Billy Mitchell Was Never the Donkey Kong Jr. Record Holder

Score was beaten before he started

Last month, Billy Mitchell beat Hank Chien's Donkey Kong score to reclaim his place at the top of the game's scoring girders. On the same day, he also felt like setting a new high score on Donkey Kong Jr., something we reported on last month. Now it transpires the latter record is not really a record at all, Mitchell's score having been beaten before the bearded..

News: Nintendo Rolls Out Logo For Mario's 25th Anniversary

Nintendo Rolls Out Logo For Mario's 25th Anniversary

Most likely coming soon to a retro enthusiast near you

So Super Mario Bros. released on the NES in 1985. We ran out of fingers and toes trying to figure out how long ago that was, but our theory is 25 years. We feel pretty good about this theory in light of a recent trademark filing by Nintendo of this here image. It doesn't say "25"...

Podcast: Episode 19 - So Long, Farewell

Episode 19 - So Long, Farewell

Full of audio treats you simply will not believe

The Nintendo Life podcast is taking a break for a little while, but this final-for-a-while show is crammed full of quality items. Terrible accents, anonymous listeners pretending to host talk shows about genitals – yes, really – and the culmination of Sean Aaron's interview with Gaijin Games's Chris Osborn, there's never been a more varied or..

News: iFixit Tears the Virtual Boy Down to Prevent Gamers from Tearing Their Hair Out

iFixit Tears the Virtual Boy Down to Prevent Gamers from Tearing Their Hair Out

All you need to know should you attempt to fix one

Why call out a plumber when you can fix the problem yourself? Why buy a sandwich when you can make your own for less? Perhaps more annoying than blocked u-bends and fancy lunches where the bread costs more than the meat is when electrical goods breakdown. Machines are supposed to just work – and when they don't, some of us consumers want to be..