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Now quick, somebody upload a level with these "unused" assets! :evil:

Spin jumping on top of a giant bobomb dodging spikes while carrying another bobomb... Derp.

Cheaters gonna cheat. Haters gonna hate...

The author seems to forget Yoshi Wolly World is coming holiday 2015 in north America...

I'm down with this. I absolutely loved World of Goo and Little Inferno.

Yes, I absolutely need this to match my Mario 3D Sprite Sculpture!

I think you get the unlock on your screen, but you still need to scan the physical Amiibo to add mystery blocks into custom levels. But if you play a level that has said Amiibo in it, I assume it's only added to your checklist.

I placed a Rosalina at the end of my Shell Shocking Goombacide because I love her...
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Might need to incorporate Wario in future designs because he seems to be unicorn as well...

I've got to buy this!

@shani yeah, the whole deal in the end credits of Mario 2 with Mario waking up and realising it was all a dream prooves it's non-cannonicity. But many enemies were introduced in SMB2 that make appearances in future games. Pokeys, Shy Guys, Bobombs, Sniffits, Birdo...

@arronishere Or 3D Land. Or SM64 DS, Lost Levels, All Stars, SML 2 & 3, or SMRPG, or any of the Paper, M&L games.

Nothing for me this week, b/c I'm getting the retail disc for Super Mario Maker...

w00t, 100th post!

Loads better than the "Hong Kong Original" Somari the NES/Famicom got...

Holy Cow... Seven charges! I would imagine with all the customers rushing to the banks to issue chargebacks, this will quickly escalate to a PR nightmare. I wonder whatever the UK's equivalent of the Better Business Bureau will have to say? Maybe it's a scheme and the extra funds are getting siphoned to a Swiss bank account? Somebody's job is getting axed for sure, possibly jailed.

I hear you. Sometimes I school the competition, but mostly come out in the middle of the heat.

On the topic of whether or not to use a Dpad: I first determine if the game is reading it as a digital or analog input. Tilt the thumbstick ever so slightly until your character moves. Now push it all the way to the edge. If you character speeds up, it is analog control and you should use the stick. If your character moves at the same speed regardless of how far you tilted, then it is digital and you should use the Dpad. Platformers designed for analog movement tend to be clunky when controlled only by the Dpad, especially in 3D.

Special case for Super Mario 3D Land/World where Mario essentially moved at constant speed regardless of how far the stick was tilted, but there were about 16 or so discrete directions Mario could travel in. Only 8 of these were accessible via the Dpad.

Good things often come in threes, like the Original super Mario Brothers. Please, Please, PLEASE make us a Super Mario Galaxy 3, for Wii-U or NX...

I suppose they'll reimburse people's overdraft charges to their bank accounts too...

2D Mario: Super Mario World.
3D Mario: Sunshine.

I was in a 3D mood when I voted.

Might want to ask if they'd like some cheeze to go with that whine!

@ManateeBlubber Some dude made a heavily modified motocross bike with ski attachments and a rear wheel with padle shaped grooves that provided thrust on land or water. Dude rode his bike across the water. It was epic!

@lateral_centro never got the poison river one. After finally getting Yoshi all the way to the Island on the boats, I dropped down the tube. Never could get every coin but finally made it to the end alive. Took the exit pipe like an idiot.

Pachinko I did once after an insane amount of tries. You can access the Pachinko machine with either the hover or rocket nozzles. Hover is much more useful.

@hcfwesker Yes, blame their behavior on ultraviolent video games. Just what we need: more censorship. Not that banning ultraviolent games would affect Nintendo in any way. Life is not a friggin video game. People aren't just pixels on a screen to be gunned down. Crisis averted. Lock 'em away and toss the key...

Couldn't find Smash series Mario, Peach, Bowser, or Yoshi? Those are like everywhere here in the US. Who'd of thought? And why don't they stock 'em like this in the US???

Those lofty stretch goals will doom them. SNES, MD ports? Amiibo?

Ever since the first level editor for Super Mario Bros by YY came out (allowing anyone to make their own ROM hacks), I swore Nintendo had to release a Mario game that let you create your own levels. Every kid in the 80s doodled in notebooks dreaming up their own levels. Now those levels can become reality!

VS Excitebike: Let's see...
7 courses. Play the qualifier lap (no bikes) to race in the final (with bikes). Bonus intermission after the 3rd and 6th tracks where you jump obstacles.

Overall more intense and tighter lap times compared to NES version.

@SlayerG Glad to hear is getting a restock. I got her already but she's always been one of my favs. I wonder if they're still doing Mario Party reskins for Rosie, DK, and Wario? I've got the Smash Wario (imported, never seen a US version) but would love a classic color scheme. And Daisy and Waluigi if they ever do a wave two Mario Party...

Dr Mario ordered. Can't believe it's still online...

So there's "mega Yoshi" Amiibo now? My yarn Yoshis just arrived from Japan and now there's a vetter version?

LOL Nice. Return of the death stare!

LOL Nice. Return of the death stare!

LOL Nice. Return of the death stare!

LOL Nice. Return of the death stare!

Nice little writeup. I won't be getting this (and truth be told I don't even own an Android device) as I now have most of the Amiibo I wanted. I love them too much on the shelf in addition to gaming perks.

@IceClimbers Consoles are a bit more complicated than that. Traditionally, consoles are loss leaders, especially at launch. Sell more consoles at a lower price; get more revenue from increased game sales. Also advertise the crap out of it, something Nintendo failed to do with Wii-U during it's year-long head start.

@Toad Shovel Knight has been out for a long time, least as a download...

That said, I may buy a copy to keep sealed like I did with Luigi-U.

They had better release it in a separate game + Amiibo bundle. I need this to match my 3D Sprite Mario dice sculpture...

Mario64 is still great and I play from time to time. I remember being blown away the first time I played the game... in 2004 no less!

Wow. Idiocy knows no bounds. Glad these perps got apprehended. Every other day some "lone wolf" snaps. Gun violence has got to stop.

Just glad I got the frikken Luigi diorama on ebay from a couple years back.

Good riddens...

Maybe if Mario were holding a cucumber instead?

Collecting is still half the fun. Take that away and you got nothin'

Ah, the secret warp pipe. I remember playing on my Game Boy Color back in the day. I made it to World 8 and took the warp back to World 5???

Later on I picked it up on All Stars w/ World for SNES, then picked up the GBA Famicom Mini Series #21 from Lik-Sang. Good times. I generally loathe tough-as-nails platformers, but the way Lost Levels keeps kicking my @$$ keeps me coming back for more in a way that no other game does.

Especially with the blind leap of faith over a pit, praying that the Koopa Troopa will be in the right spot to make a clean hop to safety, or dastardly castles with their mazes. I never could finish 8-4 before the timer expired, even with save states.

And this is coming from someone who loathes "Nintendo hard" games like Megaman, etc, but I'll be Bowser's whipping boy any day...

No VC... again

That video was wicked!

I definitely has it's charm. I recently picked up a DMG Game Boy and installed a backlight mod. This really helped a lot. My first Game Boy was the Game Boy Color in 1998 when I was a senior in high school. That did not stop me however from diving into the world of monochrome Game Boy games, but recently picking up an original led to a greater appreciation for the monochrome library.

Fascinating. I've been on a Tetris beinge myself lately.

I'm definitely getting the disc version, preferably with the Amiibo bundle.

@AG_Awesome Some games allow two player control when played on a Super Game Boy. I don't know which ones. You'll have to try them and see. Game Paks with SGB enhancements are marked on the cartridge.

Yes, Super Game Boy "arcade mode" is region locked. I load both regions on my Super Game Boy. See video link to see what happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR5NY8vYWg4