Nintendo’s history with online gaming is like a mail-in rebate. You get your product at a value (in this case, free), but have to put in some cumbersome time to reap the benefits. I’m talking about friend codes, Nintendo ’s numerical code that players must swap with each other to do battle online. Oh, and they have to do a different code for each and every game.
But according to IGN’s Nintendo Podcast, that could soon end. They claim a “major” upcoming game will go live sans the codes, thus ending the need to pencil and pad your way into online battles. Yet “major” doesn’t necessarily mean “first party,” so perhaps this is just a Third-party title going against the Big N’s muddled standard.
Mario may be the master of Mushroom Kingdom, but that hasn’t stopped programmer Jay Pavlina from dragging other classic NES icons into goomba territory in his new aptly-titled game Super Mario Bros. Crossover.
In this undefinabley-awesome act of retro bliss, players get the chance to rampage through all the levels of the original Super Mario Bros [...]
Title: Shenmue
Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Developer: Sega AM2
Publisher: Sega
Released: 2000 (NA)
Intro:
Shenmue was to be the first of a yet-to-be-finished trilogy by director/writer Yu Zuzuki.
Originally designed for the predecessor of the Dreamcast, the Sega Saturn, Shenmue eventually evolved into a launch title for the Dreamcast.
Shenmue showcased the Dreamcast’s power by featuring [...]
Title: Axelay
Platform: SNES
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Released: 1992 (NA)
Axelay is a top-down shooter from Konami, makers of the classic shooter series Life Force and Gradius.
Unlike tradition shooters, players don’t get upgrades by flying over power-ups dropped by defeated enemies, but instead enhance their ship by advancing in the game and earning upgrades.
The [...]
