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Mario Party 9 Review

The crew is back and rowdier than ever in Mario's latest bash.

After nearly five years since Mario's last party, it may have started to look like the portly plumber was all partied out. With a new developer and a new direction, Mario Party 9 brings the series back in a big way. Even with a multitude of party games available on the Wii, Mario Party 9 still stands out for numerous reasons, though it's also bogged down by an abundantly luck-based system.

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Mario Party 9 - "Whats New: Story Bosses" Trailer

Mario Party 9 adds a new feature to the series: Boss battles.

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Mario Tennis Open - Teaser Trailer

The Mario Tennis series will have a new iteration coming for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Nintendo Direct Reveals The Last Story Coming to America, Other Announcements

A collaboration title and release date also announced.

This morning, Nintendo had its Nintendo Direct video presentation and several announcements were made. Top among them was the announcement that The Last Story, one of the titles targeted by the Operation Rainfall movement, will be coming to North America this year courtesy of XSEED Games. The Last Story is the latest, and perhaps last, RPG developed by Mistwalker head and creator of the Final Fantasy series, Hironobu Sakaguchi.

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Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Review

The ghost of Wii Sports lives on... and on.

Not content to release a "dull and outright boring" 2012 Olympics mini-game collection just for the Wii, Sega was kind enough to spread its time-tested mediocrity to the 3DS.

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Koopalings, Airships and Tanookis Oh My! - Mario Mania #3

The finale of the NES trilogy is truly a classic to behold.

The year was 1990. It is about a year before the Super Nintendo makes its debut, but the NES is enjoying brisk sales of both hardware and games. The previous year Nintendo released its first handheld system, the Game Boy, and unleashed the addiction known as Tetris. This was, however, in North America. As I eluded to in Mario Mania #2, a Famicom player often had a different, exclusive set of hardware to play with than his counterpart in North America. The Japan-only accessory, the Famicom Disk System, was one of them.

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Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - Nintendo 3DS Launch Trailer

The Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games will be available on February 14, 2012.

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Nintendo Reveals New Club Nintendo Rewards

Dr. Mario, Kirby, and Majora's Mask have been swapped out of the rotation.

Today, Nintendo made available two new Club Nintendo awards, each clocking in at 150 coins. Both Art Academy: First Semester and Mario Party 2 are now available for redemption until the end of the month, February 29. The two titles supplant last month's four choices, which included The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Dr. Mario Express, and Kirby's Dream Land.

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