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The Nintendo Issue

The Nintendo Issue

The Nintendo Issue

Ocarina of Timelines

Chronology isn’t usually a big deal in videogames; timelines tend to go in one direction – forwards – and each game in a ...
By Logan Westbrook Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2011
The Nintendo Issue

The World in a Chain Chomp

Everything that makes Super Mario Bros. 3 truly special is exemplified, for me, by a single image: A chain chomp breaking free of ...
By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2011
The Nintendo Issue

The Perfect Puffball

The majority of Nintendo’s flagship crew is easily describable: The plumbers. The ape. The elven hero. Then there’s the cheerful pink ball (blob? ...
By Tim Latshaw Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2011
The Nintendo Issue

Who Cares About Mario?

When I ask ten-year-old Amanda what the first Nintendo thing she ever remembers is, she seems a bit confused, at first. We’d been ...
By Chris Chafin Legacy AuthorApril 19, 2011
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