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Are you a Nintendo addict - take a look here and see if you can recognize yourself with any of these signs!
Read the shocking story about all the drug paraphernalia in Super Mario Bros. Read about how Mario gets "high" on strange mushrooms and an interesting theory about why Mario's dream in SMB2 (the whole game is a dream) was so weird...
Is Mario an innocent plumber or a addicted drug user? We'll don't take this article too seriously but bear in mind that it just might be true... ^_^
Debate this article on our Message Board
I'm sure that many of you Nintendo fans out there have, at one point or another, felt some sort of emotional connection to your games. Although video games have been called by some to be only mindless button-pushing, there are some moments when there is a deeper meaning behind what we play...
We have wrote down what would be good, and would be bad if life was like a Nintendo game.
Many years ago Nintendo surprised us by telling the world that Bowser had children. The following is a collection of theories on how Bowser was ''blessed'' with those seven bundles of torment.
Most people accuses Peach for being a helpless bimbo. After all it is always SHE that Mario must rescue from the Bowser's clutches in every Mario game. The author of this article is of another opinion. Read what he thinks...
Further reading: OH NO! The princess is gone... What's new!
Read NintendoLand staff member Jason Whitman's reflections&thoughts about the Pokemon phenomenon!
Read the inspiring story about how a, at first very skeptical gamer, became obsessed by the Pokemon phenomenon.
By: Mattias
Liedholm
A gripping article debating what will happen to the big "gaming treasure"
of great old Nintendo games that now have been outdated by the new fancy
"next generation" consoles and 3d games for the PC...
Also look at this
article from another writer who doesn't share the same opinion.
I have found out that the legend of the Triforce is not true! Read about why I think so!
Have you ever wondered about the Mario Brother's? Seriously? Why would somebody pick two plumbers to save the Princess? And why is Mario so fat? Dan gives his opinion on the matter.
A time ago, Nintendo released big news on their website: a new Mario fighter game titled "Smash Bros." would be released for the N64. This is news that fans have been awaiting for a very long time. Yet one can't help but wonder: Does this mean Nintendo is caving for the fans?
Are you one of the many people out there who eagerly awaits the day when Luigi finally gets his own game? Then this is right up your alley.
An article that reflecting upon whether the gameplay has continued to improve over the years in the rate in which the graphics has done, or if it hasn't improved at all. Maybe it is the other way around...
Back in 1989, Nintendo forever changed the landscape of portable gaming with its release of its Game Boy unit, but something was missing, the color... Finally ten years later Nintendo releases a color version of the Game Boy. Is this new Game Boy Color the answer to all Game Boy players prayers?
This article is written by a video game store owner that is part of a chain known as FuncoLand. He has in the last couple of months experienced a increase of demand for old NES consoles and games. Gamers have even gone so far as to trade in their PlayStations and N64s for an NES and a library of games!
By: Silent
Axis (Stuart Ng.)
An article discussing the contents in an previous article named The
Golden Era which propagated for the "Golden Era" of old
Nintendo consoles like the SNES, NES and the Game Boy. Interesting reading!
By: Rob
Quinton
An article about Nintendo and PC-games from a grown-up gamer who despite
that he has got married, still
enjoys games with the same enthusiasm as a 14-year-old
"as
a true gamer, the gaming blood refuses to die."
By: Matthew
Persram
Another
article that debates Princess Peach's ability to always get kidnapped
over and over...
Further reading: Peach
- A helpless bimbo or a strong independent woman?
By: Justin
An
article debating the whole element of time travelling in Zelda : Ocarina
of Time, especially the ending where Link travels back in time to regain
his lost years...
The conclusion of the article: the game couldn't have ever happend, because
it conflicts the principles of time...
By: Toasty
A nicle
little Mario poem...
By: Gengar1022
The
always so actual question "Was the games better before?" isdebated
in this article. Is it true that people of today are obsessed with the
visual and sound quality of the game, paying little attention to story
or plot but just looking for something to "pass the time" with?
By: Toasty
A cute
Yoshi poem to lighten your day up!
By: Dan
C
The
main reason why, Mario looks the way he does in Donkey Kong and Super
Mario Bros is that it was easier to design him that way, because of the
limited resolution and number of colors avaibale on the NES. How has Mario
developed through the years, when better and better graphics has enabled
him to become more and more detailed, or maybe more interestingly, has
it been to the better or worse?
By: Anonymus
A Nintendo
player who prefers to be anonymus, tells about how he was transformed
from a Zelda hater to a believer after he had played Zelda IV : Link's
Awakening.
By: Rodney
Smith
In
this new article the ever interesting subject: Competition; is it good
or bad and what is the consequences of it?"
By: Gareth
Hall
Many
have accused Nintendo of doing too cute games. Nintendo claims that they
want to develop games that even smaller kids can play, but what happens?
They miss out the 18-30 age group, who after all is the ones who have
the most money...
By: Gareth
Hall
Although
some mags have given games a 100% score, no game is truly perfect! To
demonstrate this, Gareth Hall has gathered a list of some of the finest
games of all time, just to prove that every game has it's fair share of
flaws...
By: Toasty
Did
you know that the timelines in most of Nintendo's mayor game series are
messed up in one way or another...? E.g. in StarFox the ages of the different
members of the Star Fox team vary greatly between the games.
By: Toasty
Why
is Bowser so popular? Is it something in his image or is it just so that
all evil video game monsters are reckoned to be cool? No Bowser has got
something that other video bad guys haven't. Here our article writer 'Toasty'
tries to make out what that is...
By: Travis
Sparks
A moving
story about the life of a "Nintendo nut"... Read it and remember!
By: Marc
Duddleson
There
are many unsolved mysteries surrounding the Zelda series and it's every
returning hero; Link. Marc Duddleson tries to unveil some of them in his
very own personal interview with the Hero of Time himself...
By: Disco
Matt
Many
are the ones who think that Luigi has been forced to stand in the shadow
of Mario too long now, and should get his own game... Disco Matt fears
so much for Luigi that he reckons that if Luigi doesn't get his own game
soon he might turn evil just to get a chance for a bigger role in a Mario
game!
By: Disco
Matt
Ever
wondered how old Yoshi is?
Well no-one knows, so it's up to the fans totry and find out. Disco Matt
has tried to guess Yoshi's age in this article. Come read what he says.
By: Toasty
Here
is a compatibility test, which will help you find out with which StarFox
guy you would get along well, where you to meet in real life (not that
there's any chance of that ever happening, but who cares? ^_^).
By: Disco
Matt
Here
Disco Matt presents his own version of why Ganondorf has managed to be
defeated by Link over and over again. "Greed, power and envoy has
beaten Ganondorf every time when he encounters Link. But, the greatest
weakness that Ganondorf has is his incompetence."
By: Mattias
Liedholm
The
"N" feeling is the sensation that every Nintendo player have
felt, at least one or two times, probably more... A sense of beeing completely
amazed by a game and not beeing able to think of anything other... A sense
of complete and utter devotion to a game that you really love above everything
else...
By: Toasty
In
the last released Mario games Mario has got less and less attention, in
favour for other minor characters like Toad, Peach and Bowser. Question
is, do we really want it this way?
By: Super
Markio
Another
article debating the weird timetraveling ending in Zelda 64 where Link
travels back in time to 'regain his lost years'...
By: Gareth
Hall
A superbly
written and touching article about the life and death of a close ally
to Nintendo: the Cartridge. From the early NES days up until today...
Read it and weep!
By: Marc
Duddleson
An
article where the author claims that when the next generation of game
systems (the 512bit systems) comes, Nintendo will release the final console.
After that ther will not be any more consoles, because they don't need
to be better...
Debate this
article on our Message Board
By: Cole
Wise
This
is the life of a true gamer... He started playing when he was only 3 years
old, with Zelda 1, and is now 14 years old. Read what he has got to say...
By: Cole
Wise
Who
will be the losers and winners of the battle between the next generation
consoles, and what should Nintendo do with their console; the Dolphin?
By: Cole
Wise
Everyone
who's played Pokémon know that it is a jolly good game but is it
really better than Zelda?
read the follow up to this
article.
Debate this article
on our Message Board
By: Jess
A comparison
of the different Mario games. Which game is really the best, or are they
all equally good?
By: M.
A. Clark
Is
Zelda II the failure its made out to be? What would have happened had
Nintendo not released this game? Its influence reaches SMB 3 and Super
Mario World.
By: Jonathan
Cimmino
A short
article about why Super Mario Bros is the best Mario game.
By: Mattias
Liedholm
An
article written by a sceptic who tried the game and was hooked. Now he
can't stop playing!
By: Demon
The
author has the opinion that Pokémon is evil and that it will be
the downfall of Nintendo. Read what he has to say.
By: Jonathan
Cimmino
An
article debating why Luigi has never been such a big hero as his older
brother; Mario.
By: Jonathan
Cimmino
A poethic
article written by a Mario fan.
By: Jonathan
Cimmino
The
Mario games are filled with them, they give him his super powers and help
him in every where. I'm talking about the Mushrooms. Where did they come
from and would Mario manage without them?
By: Cory
Edward Ross
Many
people have forgotten the ground-breaking games that have become the basis
of the vast gaming spectrum that we see today. Sure, everyone knows "Super
Mario Bros..", but what about the long forgotten ones?
By: M.
A. Clark
With
all the hype, its hard to be objective about OoT. Is it the best game
in the series, or does it have to settle for second (or, egad, third?)
best? Is it like Star Wars Episode I, all special effects and no substance?
Find out a few thoughts from a fellow gamer!
By: Jonathan
Cimmino
An
article on the popular subject; Why Nintendo is better than the Playstation.
By: M.
A. Clark
Why
is it that Playstation seemingly has more games and a better selection
than N64? Which system is really better? Will the Dolphin put the quality
of gaming back into the Video Game industry? Find out a few thoughts from
a fellow gamer.
By: M.
A. Clark
Zelda
64 and SNES Zelda has several similarities, almost to the point that the
basic game design of Zelda 64 is a remake. Read here for more information
on this intriguing phenomena! Just a few thoughts from a fellow gamer.
By: Cole
Wise
A follow
up to the article Pokémon
vs. Zelda.
By: Squire
Nomad
So
you thought that Square only changed FF4 when they made it into FF2 over
here...? Well, did you know that FF6 was also changed in MANY ways before
it was released in the US and Europe...?
You didn't? Then read this very informative and interesting article.
By: Ferris
Beuller
A Zelda
article, debating how Nintendo has spoiled their newest two Zelda games
by making them too easy to complete, and giving the player too many hints.
The writer uses Zelda 1, for the NES, as an example on how it should be
done.
By: Cory
Edward Ross
An article about one of the great SNES games which, despite their greatness,
passed unnoticed when released.
Now Cory wants to let everybody know that there is a very good Nintendo
RPG named, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom that you all just
have to try.
By: Martin
Elmer
An article devoted to the one of the most faithful Mario enemies; the
Koopa Troopa!
Read about it's develoment and what the future holds...
By: Abbey
"Link" Thomas
What if, in our day of technology and hecktic flow of life, a person is
sucked into the realm of Hyrule? How would they react to us?
By: Demon
An clever and funny article about why video game heroes always will be
in war with eachother, no matter what...
By: Mandy
Owston
A cute poem about Mario..
By: Kotsopoulos
An article about how challenge has taken a downfall the last years. The
games aren't as tough as they used to be. Instead the developers focus
on graphics and forget that a good game is a long lasting game..
By: Demon
An article debating the subject: who is Nintendo's true mascots? Mario.
Link or Pokémon...?
By: Steven
Michael Shon
One of many articles debating the ending of Zelda : Ocarina of Time. This
time the author thinks that he has found perfectly logical explanation
for the game's rather confusing ending...
By: Kotsopoulos
An article devoted to the masterminds at Rare!
By: Kotsopoulos
Zelda : Ocarina of Time has got a very confusing ending, no doubt about
that. The last one to try and make sense of it all is, Kotsopoulos. Let
us hear his version!
By: Bahamut Dragons
An Mega Man fan reminisces about all the Mega Man that has been made,
throughout the years.
By: Tony
J. Rosling
Yet another article on the Zelda 64 ending. This one is a bit different
from the other ones, though.
By: Melissa
Mario Sister
When the uthor sent a letter to Nintendo, a while ago, she got the answer
that Nintendo didn't accept game ideas from amateurs. She became furious,
but later learned a perfectly sensible explanation for Nintendo's blunt
answer...
By: Bahamut Dragons
Bahamut Dragons' second article. Last time he went through the Mega Man
games, and now it is time for the Castlevania series!
By: Bahamut Dragons
This time Bahamut Dragons' reminisces about all the Turtles games.
By: Josh
Hannon
A gamer recalls about the "Golden Age", when the NES dominated
the video game market with games like SMB, Zelda 1 and Mike Tyson's Punch
Out!...
By: Erico
A vivid article about a gamer's first feeble steps. His first encounter
with the wonderful "grey box"...
By: Female_Link/Mewtwomewt
The author Female_Link/Mewtwomewt has grown tired of the raging war between
Pokémon and Anti-Pokémon fans.
By: Ian
Finkelstein
An article written by a 14 year old NES lover who would gladly trade in
his Sega Genesis and his Playstation for an old NES.
By: Bahamut Dragons
Have you ever noticed how RPG heros never go to the bathroom, never eat
and only sleep when they need to heal?
Well, RPGs are filled these unrealistic things.
Bahamuth Dragons brings you a thorough investigation from the world of
magic and heros.
By: Alex
Pappas
When everybody else is going crazy whenever a new console is released,
this game has already found the only console he'll ever need; the NES...
By: DarkLink24,
Master of Darkness
We all know of Pokemon, the cute and lovable characters that bring fantasy
and imagination to kids worldwide. But what about Digimon, the new hot
craze that has come among us? It has gotten lots of fans. Now the question
is: Is Pokemon a creator or an imitator?
By: Adam
Smith
Adam Smith tells us what he thinks is the 10 safest bets when you make
an RPG.
By: Melissa
Mario Sister
Some people have problems keeping apart fantasy and reality. This article
is about the psychotic people other there who paint Pikachu slaughter
pictures and write 'Luigi-murders-Mario-with-a-chainsaw' type of fanfics.
Disgusting , I say and I think you'll agree!
By: Kotsopoulos
Will Nintendo's era as one of the top video companies to end now that
abandone the cartridge for the CD/DVD format? The author has his fears
that Nintendo's lack in experrence with the new format will be a mayor
problem for the future of the company...
By: Kotsopoulos
Nintendo grew and grew and their consoles claimed new ground all over
the world. There was no end to it! This was then, but now history is taking
another turn. It started with the N64. Nintendo lost popularity because
of its 'childish' image. Will this trend continue after the release of
the Dolphin as well?
By: Angewomon
An article debating the never ending subject, Nintendo vs Playstation,
CD:s vs Cartridges...
By: Kotsopoulos
Competition between companies often results in better games, right? Well
the author of this article has another theory, called 'the Ripple Effect'.
The Ripple Effect is when a popular genre is flooded by mediocre games
just because all the companies wants to make money out of the genre.
By: Toasty
A once in a lifetime look inside a real die-hard Marioholic's brain. Mario
fanfic writer and Mario nut, Toasty reveals everything about his fanatic
Mario obsession!
By: Mme
"Link" Thomas
What is Sarias intentions? Is she a calm forest girl, or peace hungry
hippie? Find out all about it in this paranoid article...
By: Mme
"Link" Thomas
Are the Nintendo characters trying to communicate with us? Yes this is
the question the author of this article started to ask himself after having
had numerous strange dream, involving Nintendo characters.
By: Link64z465
A Nintendo veteran gives his view of Nintendo today.
By: Cory
Edwards Ross
A salutation to all the evil and twisted arch enemies of all video games!
By: Female_Link/Mewtwomewt
The author's second article about the anti-Pokémon phenomena.
By: Vivian
Lam
This article writer claims to have solved the mystery of Zelda Ocarina
of Time's confusing time travel ending...
By: Camero
Pokémon has many fans across the globe. But it's got a bunch of
enemies as well... The author of this article for example, claims that
Nintendo is neglecting it's other older characters just because Pokémon
brings them more money.
By: Tuxedo
Mario
Pokémon has annoyed a lot of people, not at least all the hardcore
Mario fans. The message is simple; don't forget your old friend the plumber!
By: Luigisista
A witty poem/song with a nice twist. Enjoyable for all Mario fans!
By: Thing
from the Deep
Shigeru Miyamoto's decision to give Mario a more mature style has upset
many faithful Mario fans. All changes are trying, but the author of this
article doesn't think that we should worry too much about it...
By: Yoshi 64
The most sensible article we've received in a long time. An article to
all the Luigi lovers out there who hate Mario just because he takes all
the fame from his younger brother...
By: mushroom
3456789
It has been said many times before, graphics is nowadays overshadowing
all other criterias for what people looks for in a game... No more gameplay
- Just flashy graphics...
By: mushroom
3456789
A poem dealing with the story of The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time.
By: Vince
Valdez
A well written and long historical lesson about the history, present and
future of the video game industry.
By: Wotan-Anubis
Another one of these 'it was better in the 80ies' articles. Wonder why
there are so many of them... Because they are right, maybe...?
By: Klaus
Withheld
An angry article on how the Pokémon phenomena is just a way for
Nintendo to empty the parents' pocket as efficiently as possible. The
author also claims that Pokémon gives kids bad moral values.
By: Pierre-Luc
Gagn
Yet another article debating the ever so controversial subject of how
the different Zelda stories really work together..
By: Pierre-Luc
Gagn
A hearty good bye to the Grand Adventures and to its webmaster; John Rogos.
By: WA
The final 'Zelda 64 time travel problem solved' article...? Probably not.
By: WA
Yet another article about whether or not Pokémon is threatening
Mario as the number one Nintendo mascot.
By: Alex
Yet another article about whether or not Pokémon is threatening
Mario as the number one Nintendo mascot.
By: Ian
Samson
A well thought out article about the Pokémon cartoons.
By: Areyah
A beautifully written and emotional Zelda poem. Saria longs for her long
lost friend Link...
By: Bowserfan
A short article about Nintendo games in general and to learn to appreciate
them.
By: Areyah
Another poem from the same author who wrote the Zelda poem 'Why?'. This
one is about Link, though.
