Early 3DS adopters, your smorgasbord of throwback make-goods is now only a day away. Nintendo recently announced via its Twitter account the full line-up of ten Famicom / NES virtual console games headed for the company’s Ambassador Program. Owners of the 3D handheld in Japan and North America can look forward to re-acquainting themselves with such 8-bit classics like Metroid, Super Mario Bros., Ice Climber, Zelda II : The Adventure of Link, Balloon Fight, Donkey Kong Jr., NES Open Tournament, Wrecking Crew and Yoshi. Those golden games of yore will be available to download from the eShop tomorrow, but gamers looking for the GBA goods will have to wait until later this year.

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Rayman Origins is just like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, except you can slap the other players. And I think we can all agree that is the exact feature Mario needed.

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Super Nintendo Console is among the most famous gaming consoles of all time. It was the most popular gaming console in the 80′s and 90′s. It is a pleasure to tell you that it was the most innovative gaming console in its time and later consoles followed its innovative design and processing features to optimize their performance . Current games available in Sony play station or Xbox 360 are violent and often use harsh language. If you are afraid that your kids are learning harsh language and violent nature from those games, you better give your kids a Super Nintendo console that offers classic and non violent games like the famous Super Mario or Final Fantasy that offers violence free entertainment.

Most of the Nintendo console games are non violent. If you recall the most popular Nintendo game, “Super Mario Bros”. The game is about the adventure of two brother Mario and Luigi and the thrill of the game is wondering in a world full of mysteries and surprises and collecting bonus coins. Your kids would love these things just as you might have enjoyed in your childhood. And the good thing is that your worries about your kids getting spoiled by those violent games.

Super Nintendo console is able to provide violence free entertainment to your kids. Games like Grand theft Auto exposes your kids to extreme violence and harsh language. You must be careful or you might see your kids following the lifestyle and talking like the gangsters shown in all those violent console games.

Buying a Super Nintendo console for your kids can be difficult. It is not that available as other game consoles in the video game stores. However, a great way to get one for your kids can be buying the console from online video game console stores. You will also be able to get all the games available for Nintendo gaming console in those online stores. Just ensure that you buy the full set not just the console. The console won’t work without all the necessary elements such as controllers, connection cords etc. while searching for games try the online auction stores to get Super Nintendo Console game bundles which consists of a variety of games. You can read more about Super Nintendo games here.

This old gaming console might turn out to be Gold for you It is quite true in reality and if you are worried about your kids exposed to things not for their age through all those modern violent games, you may consider about buying a Super Nintendo console to offer your kids violence free games for your kids. Even you can join them and teach them some tricks from your childhood. Wonderful, it will be for you!

Producers and directors, take note: the video game movie — and the inevitable franchise that follows it — will never succeed as a film. Sure, that may sound hyperbolic, especially since movies like ‘Tombraider’ and ‘Pokémon’ have had significant box office success, but the formula, as it is, it will never work.

At Switched, we are the video game generation. We grew up with NES, we cut school to procure ‘Goldeneye,’ and we are all buddies on Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network. Furthermore, we, like the rest of America, like a good, solid blockbuster. Poetry isn’t needed, but an engaging story and maybe a character that makes us smile are. ‘Iron Man’ succeeded, and, hell, some of us cite ‘The Dark Knight’ as one of the best movies of the past ten years, so we have no problem with films that look to geekdom for inspiration. But video games, well, they are interactive. As participants, we guide, direct and connect with the character and their plight directly. The player becomes the avatar, allowing us to connect directly to the game. This means, as blockbusters like the ‘Final Fantasy’ series have demonstrated, a certain suspension of disbelief is possible. And that’s necessary, because even though the gameplay is great and you’ve been snuggling up to the character for 30 hours, the plot — if not flimsy in the first place — only becomes more convoluted and hard to follow.

So, here is a thesis. The cinematic history of the video game adaptation has been appalling. Its evolution has occurred in phases, with each one being more heinous than the last. The current phase is no exception to that rule, as evidenced by the steaming pile of horse bile that is ‘Prince of Persia.’ We’ll point out what went wrong, and perhaps how, if ever, these movie mistakes can be remedied.

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This is one series of games that doesn’t need to be retooled, revamped, updated, or changed dramatically in order for it to compete with the likes of Modern Warfare 2. In fact, there really is no competition for Mario Bros games. Historically, they sell, are highly rated, and have a long shelf-life. This game is no different. It is classic Mario at his best.

The game really feels like they took some of the best ideas, bosses, levels, and music from each of the Mario bros games and retooled them for NSMB Wii (New Super Mario Bros Wii). In fact, it feels mostly like Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros 3 rolled into one, with a little bit of Super Mario Galaxy thrown in as well… and that, my friends, is an AWESOME combination!

New Super Mario Bros game. Wii, like all the previous releases in the Super Mario Bros. franchise is a side-scrolling platforming game where players collect coins as they attempt to make their way through progressively more difficult game levels using their ability to time jumps over obstacles and avoid a slew of enemies.

But although the game contain several well-deserved nods to previous games in the series in the form of iconic characters like Mario, Luigi and two Toads, as well as familiar enemies, sound effects and levels, it is not simply another trip down Mario Bros. memory lane. Taking advantage of the flexibility and power of the Wii and Wii Remote, New Super Mario Bros.

Wii manages to preserve the retro experience that fans love about the series, while adding new game features. Notable additions among these include, expansive play levels and new powerups and characters, but by far the most important, and in fact game-defining new feature is simultaneous multiplayer.

Key Game Features

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a combination of cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save them from danger or toss them into it.
• Supports 2-4 players in multiplayer mode.
• Mario, Luigi and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can even ride different Yoshi characters and use their tongues to swallow enemies – or their fellow players.
• In some areas, players use the motion abilities of the Wii Remote controller. The first player to reach a seesaw might make it tilt to help his or her character reach a higher platform – and then tilt it incorrectly just to mess with other players.
• New items include the propeller suit, which will shoot players high into the sky with just a shake of the Wii Remote and Mario’s new ability to transform into Penguin Mario.
• At the end of each stage during the simultaneous multiplayer mode, players are ranked based on their score, the coins collected and the number of enemies defeated.

I was able to play Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the new MGS title for Sony’s PSP, at last year’s Tokyo Game Show (where the game was playable for the first time). I thought it was pretty good back then, and now the Famitsu, Japan’s (and probably the world’s) best selling video game magazine reviewed the title and gave it a perfect total score of 40.

That 40/40 score means that four Famitsu editors rated Peace Walker with 10/10, the first time for a PSP title ever. Maker Konami plans to ship the game in the US on June 8 (see cover art above) and in Europe on June. The Japanese version will be released as early as April 29.

The last game getting this score was New Super Mario Bros. back in November 2009. For some reason, the number of perfect scores awarded by Famitsu has accelerated in the past years.

Here is a time line for all of Famitsu’s 40/40-games so far:

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, for Nintendo 64)
2. Soul Calibur (1999, for Dreamcast)
3. Vagrant Story (2000, for PlayStation)
4. The Legend of Zelda – The Wind Waker (2003, for GameCube)
5. Nintendogs (2005, for the DS)
6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, for PlayStation 2)
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, for the Wii)
8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, for PlayStation 3)
9. 428: Fusasareta Shibuya de (2008, for the Wii)
10. Dragon Quest IX (2009, for the DS)
11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009, for the Wii)
12. Bayonetta (2009, for PlayStation 3/XBox 360)
13. New Super Mario Bros. (2009, for Wii)
14. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, for PSP)