While the North American box art for the original Mega-Man (NES, 1987) is infamous for its terrible design, the PAL version (seen in its entirety below) was actually pretty sick.

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NES Open Tournament Golf, known in Japan as Mario Open Golf, is often considered the first Mario Sports title.

The game also introduced Mario's stars and stripes outfit, which would eventually be seen in the Super Smash Bros. series.

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2023-02-24

In the late '80s Nintendo released a slew of official Legend of Zelda Valentine's cards.

Since Valentine's Day is this Tuesday we thought we would give them to you 😘

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Though the original Pokémon Red and Green launched in 1996, development of the games began as early as 1990.

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2023-01-27

One of the strangest Mario tie-ins was the 1991 album White Knuckle Scorin'. The accompanying comic book gave listeners a strange (and at times inappropriate) story to go with the track list, which included songs by Roy Orbison and... others.

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2023-01-05

Warios Weihnachtsmärchen (Wario's Christmas Tale) is a comic published in the German Club Nintendo magazine in 1995. The comic parodies A Christmas Carol, with Wario in a role similar to Ebenezer Scrooge and various video game characters in supporting roles.

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In October 2014, Pokémon commissioned horror manga superstar Junji Ito () to produce a few spooky illustrations of Ghost-type Pokémon.

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2022-10-22

The art and design of the original Panzer Dragoon (Saturn, 1995) was heavily influenced by the wordless comic book series Arzach, created by French artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Giraud even helped with the game, illustrating the Japanese cover art.

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When Mario dons the Tanooki Suit in Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1990), he gains the ability to transform into Statue Mario. This statue resembles the monk Jizō, said to be the guardian of children souls.

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In Japan, the Street Fighter II character Mike Bison (left) is a boxer modeled after Mike Tyson. This name was shortened to M. Bison and moved to the character Vega (right) for international release, as Capcom feared bad press and potential legal issues.

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Chocobos first appeared in Final Fantasy II (FC, 1988). It is rumored that these large flightless birds were inspired by the "horseclaws" featured in the popular manga (and later movie) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

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2022-07-23

Mario's stars and stripes outfit first appeared in 1987's Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course. It would reach players outside Japan with 1991's NES Open Tournament Golf. Happy 4th of July!

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According to the instruction manual for Wario World (GC, 2003), Wario weighs 308 lbs (140 kg). He's a big boy.

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The newest Pokémon titles, Scarlett and Violet, launch on November 18. The following Nintendo consoles and games were released on the same date:

- Game Boy Color
- GameCube
- Wii U
- Skyward Sword
- Metroid Prime
- Pokémon Sun/Moon

And more!

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The protagonist of the Mr. Driller series (Susumu Hori) is the son of the protagonist from the Dig Dug series (Taizo Hori). In fact, the first Mr. Driller game was originally developed as Dig Dug 3.

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2022-05-20

Outside of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Disney's Aladdin was the best selling game for the 16-bit Sega Genesis. An estimated 4 million copies were sold.

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The game Power Punch II was released in 1992 for the NES. Strangely, the game is a sequel to nothing, as there was no original Power Punch 🤷‍♂️

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2022-03-31

According to Kirby's official profile from Kirby 64 (2000), the pink puff's favorite hobbies include napping, snacking, and singing.

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The Life Fitness Exertainment System was an exercise bike peripheral released for the Super Nintendo in 1994. Exercise leotard sold separately.

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While the North American box art for the original Mega-Man (NES, 1987) is infamous for its terrible design, the PAL version (seen in its entirety below) was actually pretty sick.

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