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That's right, PixlBit now has user blogs. It's pretty awesome, if I must say so myself.

Well, it's been a year in the making, but PixlBit finally has user blogs. Yes, that's right, user blogs. Want to write your own review for a game, how about an editorial? Got a grand idea for a feature, just want to get some stuff off your mind? Good, because we want to hear it. If you don't have an account yet, now's the time to make one and get blogging away.

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Two games in one part! Can you guess which one I like better?

Different things usually happened with Nintendo in two completely different continents. While the NES arrived in 1986 in North America, Japan was already in its third year of Famicom glory. Nintendo’s then-released Famicom Disk System introduced the battery back-up save feature, eliminating the need for long over-drawn password saves. Games like Metroid and The Legend of Zelda greatly benefited from this innovation. It was also this year that Nintendo saw fit to release a sequel to Super Mario Bros, appropriately titled Super Mario Bros. 2. This was a completely different Super Mario Bros. 2 than the one North Americans got in 1988. So what in the world happened?

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