Tag: mario

Friday 3-30-18: Bricked Switches and Obscure Mario Costumes

On March 30, 2018

Now it actually is Friday. Here’s the news.

Third Party Charger Bricking Switches
Classic Digs with Mario Odyssey Costumes

Switch a Brick

Now that the Nintendo Switch has been out a while, a number of third-party chargers have circulated the market. The problem is that many users are reporting that these chargers are bricking their systems. After some in-depth analysis by Nathan K., a freelance hardware engineering and product development expert, we find out that it’s because the Switch is full of USB-C protocol errors. While some brands are safe, you cant trust a non-Nintendo product to reliably charge your system or dock. Be warned Switch owners.

Odyssey Costumes

Nintendo announced two new costumes for Super Mario Odyssey today, a Baseball outfit, and a Satellaview suit. The baseball outfit looks standard. but I noticed it has the same colors as the Seattle Mariners, a team that Nintendo used to own. The Satellaview is actually a reference to a space suit Mario wore in a commercial for a satellite attachment to the Super Nintendo that released in 1995. Deep Digs.

That’s all for this week. I look forward to some weekend recuperation. I do have something planned for April Fools day, however. Be sure to check back on Monday for a weekend wrap up. Otherwise, have a great night!

Monday 3-5-18: Final Fantasy Hacks and Mario is a Plumber

By Branden

On March 5, 2018

In daily update, News

Welcome back to another fun day of recapping the weekend. Heres the news.

Twitch Clarifies Clothing Rules
Final Fantasy XV PC Crack
Bethesda to Attend E3
Mario is Still a Plumber

Twitch Clears Up Clothes

When the popular live streaming service announced an upcoming rule change, folks were confused as to what they meant exactly. This led the company to clarify. According to Twitch, when a streamer is broadcasting, the clothing they wear should be appropriate to the content of the stream. So “workout clothes would be appropriate for a fitness stream and a swimsuit would be appropriate for a stream from a public beach.”

Personally, I hate this. Twitch has a problem with low-key lewd streams, where women wear revealing clothing, promoting adult oriented snapchats in exchange for subs. Now Twitch is saying that their outfits are acceptable because of the streaming content. They’re feeding an increasingly toxic aspect of the site. But hey, it makes them money.

Final Fantasy XV Crack

Hackers hit a new record when they successfully bypassed Final Fantasy XV’s DRM system 4 days before it even launches. Chinese hacking group 3DM discovered that the Chapter one demo of the game was unencrypted and DRM free. Using that in conjunction with the preload files of the game on Origin, they have managed to crack the game in its entirety. I won’t provide links, but I’d be lying if I wasn’t impressed.

E3 2018: Featuring Bethesda

the major game publisher has announced their participation at this year’s E3 with a cute papercraft video. What do they have planned this year, I wonder. They tend to have some fairly cool announcements saved for the event. Though there’s no way of knowing until it happens. When it does, I’ll be sure to let you all know.

Mario is a Plumber After All

Pitchforks flew when Nintendo announced that Mario was no longer a plumber. It made sense, when was the last time he did any plumbing? Regardless, fans were saddened by the canonical declaration. Well, now Nintendo has thrown us for another loop when their Japanese website updates to state that Mario’s occupation is a plumber. When translated into English, Mario’s bio says “occupation is plumber.” So now I don’t know what to think!

Thanks for reading, everyone. Kind of a cool news day. March is also developmental disabilities awareness month. So I wanted to mention one of my favorite charity organizations, Able Gamers. They help those with disabilities get the things they need to play video games, like customized controllers. That’s pretty cool if you ask me. Check back tomorrow for the latest news in video games. Otherwise, have a great night!

Thursday 1-11-18: Luigi Odyssey, Dark Souls on Switch, and Trump’s F-52 Mistake

By Branden

On January 11, 2018

In daily update, News

Thursday! I forgot to post yesterday, I’m sorry! Here’s the news.

First Mario Odyssey Update Add Luigi
Dark Souls Announced for Nintendo Switch (and others)
Trump Says We Sold Planes from Call of Duty

Luigi’s Balloon World
The first update for Super Mario Odyssey has been announced. The free update will add a new game feature called Luigi’s Balloon World. In the game you can now find Luigi, talking to him will allow you to take on the quest of either hiding, or finding, a balloon. The catch? The balloon will be hunted down by another player in the world, or you will be hunting down a balloon another player has hidden, respectively. This is an incredibly creative way to find new life in the 3D platformer. Expect the update around February.

Dark Souls for Switch
That’s right, the famously punishing RPG will be getting a remaster, one that will not only be coming to PS4 and Xbox One, but Nintendo Switch as well! The expected launch of that is on May 25, 2018.

Trump Mistakes Jets
In a statement pertaining to the sale of fighter jets to Norway, Trump accidentally claimed we had F-52 fighter jets. The problem is that the F-52 Fighter Jet is an entirely fictional aircraft that exists in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The quote itself is as follows.

In November we started delivering the first F-52s and F-35 fighter jets. We have a total of 52 and they’ve delivered a number of them already a little ahead of schedule.

I can see where he got his numbers confused, but this is still pretty unprofessional. A nation’s leader should be absolutely certain of their words when discussion weapon sales to foreign countries.

That’s all for today. Thanks for reading, everyone. I was caught up yesterday with recording new video footage for a client. Be sure to check back tomorrow for more amazing news. Otherwise, have a great night!

Tuesday 12-26-17: Ubisoft AI, Super Mario ROMs, Switch’s Golf Game Gone, and ARMS’ Final Update

By Branden

On December 26, 2017

In daily update, News

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you had a good gift-giving season and will have fun on New Years. Heres some news from the last few days.

Ubisoft starts up an AI research facility
Super Mario Land 2 DX releases
The Golf game hidden in the Switch is removed
ARMS updates for the last time

La Forge, Ubisoft’s AI Facility
Ubisoft is looking to merge together the gap between gaming AI research, and scientific AI research with their new facility, La Forge. The gimmick here is that Ubisoft staff and academics will work together to help make advancements in AI. some of which will be used on their games, some of which that will be released academically. This is supposed to be mutually beneficial, though it’s too soon to know how well it works.

Super Mario Land 2 DX
Super Mario Land 2 was considered much better than the more popular predecessor, but it was still flawed. Fans have banded together to create a ROM hack of the game that has some notable changes. The biggest one being that it has been converted into full color. They also fixed the input lag and even added Luigi as a playable character. I always love seeing passion projects completed. You can see the ROM for yourself here.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/

NES Gone
A while back, gamers discovered that by performing certain actions, a motion control version of the classic NES Golf could be played within the Nintendo Switch’s software. Many believed this to be a homage to the late Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata. In a recent firmware update, that easter egg has now been removed. The removal as equally unknown as its inclusion.
I actually have a copy of NES Golf, its one of my favorite NES games. After Iwata’s passing, I wrote his name and dates on the back as a tribute. Rest in Peace Iwata, you are missed.

ARMS update
The popular Switch fighting game, ARMS, had updated to version 5.0. This new version includes a new character, the Scientific CEO madwoman, Dr. Coyle (she’s my favorite for sure). Unfortunately alongside this update is the announcement that from here on out, ARMS would only receive balance patches and no more additional content. This is a shame for ARMS players, what few there are.

Thanks for reading again! no news yesterday because its Christmas, the same can be assumed for next Monday on New Years, depends on how free I am.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more of the latest and greatest in gaming news. Until then, have a great night!

Monday 9-4-17: Secret of Mana Gameplay, Xbox price cuts, and Mario Odyssey Amiibos

By Branden

On September 4, 2017

In daily update, News

Monday 9-4-17

I apologize for lacking any posts over the weekend, I was as busy as I could be. As for this week, Its started out mildly so far. The Secret of Mana 3D remake has had some gameplay footage released, Xbox is dropping their prices, and the Super Mario Amiibos. More below.