What do you mean Bowser’s not so bad? Who the F**K is Smithey?!
Hot damn it’s good to see Squaresoft and Nintendo getting along together again. Of course, some of you may not remember the rough spot in the companies’ history - it wasn’t pretty to say the least.
And one of the best examples of this reunion is the re-release of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars for the Wii. This is a favorite even among the RPG elitists.
Have you ever played an SNES emulator on your PSP and thought to yourself what it might be like to play with the original controller? You know you have. Well this guy made that dream a reality and actually took a classic SNES controller and PSP 2000 and modded them both so he could use the classic pad. Some may say that this is unnecessary, but this is both cool and serves a purpose as it is for someone who can’t use a PSP well.
Some time ago I was contacted by a nice guy in the US. He asked me wether I would be interested in building a psp mod for his partner. She has limited use of one of her hands and as such cant use a psp, but she can however use a SNES controller perfectly (I’ve seen it, its quite a talent). So he asked if I would be able to add a SNES controller to a PSP for her.
NOTHING LIKE A GOOD OLD PICK AND FLICK ADVENTURE!!
Seriously, how friggin’ nineties is this game? In a time of Koosh Balls, Micro Machines, Tamagotchi, Stretch Armstrong and Toxic Crusaders, Boogerman fits right into the mix. I wonder how it would fare these days? Not that there’s anything over-the-top about the premise, but with today’s “sue everyone” attitude (something that was still a humorous, fledgling concept in the early-to-mid nineties), who knows what would happen to a company that dared to “encourage kids to attack and defend themselves with their own mucous.”
And for those of you who have no idea what the hell I’m talking about, well, just click the link. You might learn something. Something useless of course, but still.
Uugh, it is very early in the morning for me. What the hell is a caveman Ninja anyways?
Everyone knows that we here at Loot-Ninja are very avid gamers. We constantly challenge ourselves and never back down from any difficulty level. We will tear off your heads and shit down your necks - with gusto. Your parents will be crying in a corner as we stand on your head victoriously.
But sometimes we just aren’t in the mood for any neck-shitting, y’know? We’ll be sitting at home with some beer or whatever and don’t feel like decimating some faceless schmuck online. “What do I want?” You ask yourself. And then there’s the answer.
Two little cartoon things jumping and flailing and throwing bones at other little cartoon things that are jumping and flailing about. We just sit back and play through a game that any nine year old can beat.
Now you may be thinking to yourself “Wow Schwinghammer, you’re way off the mark! I want to be dragging some asshole out of his car in GTA IV and beating him with his own shoes.” So go friggin’ do it already!! But first ask yourself, when was the last time you just laid back and relaxed with an ol’ Hop-n-Bop game?
So this marks the first installment of our weekly series of retro reviews here at Loot-Ninja. We have chosen Super Mario Kart as the first review because for a lot of people it still stands as the pinnacle of the series. Anyone who’s been listening to our weekly podcast knows that I’ve been all over this game like a fat kid on a cupcake the past few weeks. So I’m going for it. Some of the jargon used will be explained for the younger crowd. Frickin’ kids.
Here is a nice look at the different iteration of Mario Kart on the different consoles over the years, a lot of the same mechanics and gameplay is still in effect, but you can see the evolution in the graphics. Even though the SNES version is the most inferior when it comes to graphics it was probably my favorite, with my least favorite game being Double Dash for the Gamecube.
This is one of the hardest Super Mario World SNES mods I have ever seen, not to mention one of the best runs as well. This guy makes every correct jump and times each spin jump perfectly, I would have been dead about 10 seconds in or I would have broken a controller in frustration. Watch this!
Everyone loves countdowns. Especially when they are a highly contested topic such as video game superlatives. Here is the thrilling conclusion to the 20 SNES games of all time.
I love countdowns. I don’t know why. I’ll even watch a countdown on something I could care less about. I do care about the top 20 SNES games though. There is bound to be some arguing here. What do you guys think?
Here is the first SNES emulator for the iPhone, you can see this guy playing ChronoTrigger on his iPhone. I think this emulator will work great for RPG’s, but probably not a good idea to mash on your iPhone touch screen when playing a shooter game like Contra. This guy also gets down to a little F-Zero, just imagine getting the Final Fantasy games on your iPhone or even your iTouch, the Fort Minor song is also a nice touch.
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