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Rare Classics Come To Nintendo Switch

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2024/02/21

Nintendo released a batch of unexpected classic video games from developer Rare this morning for the suite of Nintendo Switch Online apps in North America. Subscribers can now enjoy Snake, Rattle, & Roll and R.C. Pro-Am for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Killer Instinct and Battletoads in Battlemaniacs for the Super NES, and the underrated Blast Corps for the Nintendo 64. This is the first time many of these games have been re-released at all. I'm happy to see them back, particularly Blast Corps

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Next Nintendo Console Supposedly A Year Away

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2024/02/19

I'm not a fan of video gaming rumors anymore. A product is released when it's released, and I have enough going on in my life that I can wait for it. Do I want to play the next Super Mario game? Absolutely. Do I have other things to do in the meantime? Also yes. That's why I'm not that disappointed when I read a report from Kyle Orland at Ars Technica indicating that Nintendo is now targeting the first quarter of 2025 as a release window for its successor to the Switch. He cites a number of sources

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Dance Between Interwoven Mario And Donkey Kong Themes

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2024/02/13

Of all of the Nintendo Game Boy Advance games that could be remade for Switch, I really didn't expect 2004's Mario vs. Donkey Kong, but here we are twenty years later and the game is due out at the end of the week. Previews so far have focused on the new levels and the two-player mode, but I'm excited about the soundtrack. The GBA version sported some fun music that was held back by hardware limitations, but now, on the Switch, the orchestra can run wild. Consider the game's title theme, for

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Lost Satellaview F-Zero Tracks Return

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2024/02/10

It's time for a brief history lesson. Back in 1994, Nintendo began creating video gaming content for the BS-X Satellaview satellite modem add-on for the Super Famicom. This device connected to the console's AUX port and allowed players to download games and other content via satellite. Much of the content was recycled from retail Super NES releases, though some of it (such as an Excitebike sequel featuring Mario or a remake of the original The Legend of Zelda) was brand new. Curiously, some of the

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Lost Co-Op Mode For Mega Man 10 Discovered

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2024/02/08

Capcom took Mega Man back to his 8-bit roots for Mega Man 9, structuring the game based on the features and abilities seen in Mega Man 2. By the time Mega Man 10 was in development, the team at Inti Creates had a little more freedom to experiment and iterate upon some interesting concepts. While the finished game has some new material including adding Bass as a playable character, a series of recently recovered early versions of the game for Microsoft Xbox 360 shows that there was a lot more planned

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The Many Faces Of Sonic The Hedgehog

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2024/02/07

The original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis has to be one of the most ported games of all time alongside arcade hits like Pac-Man. For what was meant at one time to be a console exclusive, Sega has sent Sonic out to as many devices as it can. Over at Fanbyte, De'Angelo Epps has chronicled many of those ports (the list stops short of appearances over the last decade; the article is dated December 1969 so I do not know when it was written) and denotes the little technical details that make

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David Crane Reflects On Bringing The Ghostbusters To...

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2024/02/06

One of my very first computer games was Ghostbusters for the Commodore 64, and being a fan of the animated The Real Ghostbusters (at age six, I hadn't seen nor did I even know there was a movie yet!), I eagerly played the game to completion many times over the years until my parents sold the C64 in favor of a Windows 3.1 PC from Gateway 2000. It's a tightly structured game that allows players to start their own Ghostbusters franchise and is just as much about money management and inventory than it

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Power Button - Episode 377: The Best That 2023 Had To...

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2024/02/05

Another year done, so it's time for us to look back for our annual Game Of The Year episode. There are some surprises on this year's list as we each have a Top 6 that we're counting down, plus there's honorable mentions and a separate list for best remastered releases of the year. Join us for a supersized show! Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, toss this RSS feed into your podcast

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Power Button - Episode 376: 2023's Biggest News...

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2024/01/29

Now that the dust has settled and 2023 is in the books, it's time for our annual look back at the video gaming industry's biggest news of the year, and folks, I hate to say it, but it's pretty dire. Lots of bad news came out of last year including layoffs, leveraged buyouts, and lesser quality games at higher prices. We're going to revisit it all over nearly ninety minutes, so get comfortable and settle in. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with

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Power Button - Episode 375: The Future Of Law...

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2024/01/22

Listen to this week's podcast or there will be... trouble. We're focusing on RoboCop: Rogue City for the Sony PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox X|S, and PC this week, discussing all of the ways that it honors the original films and how much of an asset Peter Weller is to the RoboCop characterization. Minimal spoilers for this one, so if you're planning on playing it, it's a safe listen. If you're on the fence about it, hopefully I can persuade you. I recommend a making-of documentary about the original

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