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If you are old enough to remember the excitement of each and every new NES game being released, no matter how insignificant, then Retro Game Challenge will certainly be a positively nostalgic experience for you. Comprised of faux Famicom games, Retro Game features a crazed, Max Headroom-esque game master who… Continue Reading »

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Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box) is selling Super Mario plush keychains or, really, mini stuffed characters with keychains protruding from their heads. Of course, if you are a Japanophile you’ll consider hanging these from your cell phone or backpack instead of using them for your car keys. The… Continue Reading »

Here’s another wacky Nintendo product from Japan. Made to look like an old school Famicom controller, this little device actually controls a mini Mario figure that hits little golf balls. Hour and hours of desktop gaming, literally. There’s also a Luigi version available on the site but any true gamer… Continue Reading »

Nintendo doesn’t know what it’s doing with multiplayer online gameplay.  It’s just that simple. The Famicom and the Super Famicom, and the Nintendo 64 had online peripherals which were never a wide enough success to release in the US market.  Nintendo tried, and it decided nobody cared… and then the… Continue Reading »