Mario In The Multiverse ROM Hack Draws Inspiration From Rayman, Spongebob, Pokémon, & More.
The ROM hacking community suffered a great loss recently with the closure of ROMhacking.net after almost 20 years, a site that dedicated its time and energy to changing the perception of ROM hacking in the space and providing a place for creatives to come together to share creative ideas. The site is still open for […]
Kraft Team Up With Nintendo For The Ultimate Pasta Party
When you celebrate 30 years of a popular easy-make pasta brand, the last thing you want is a cake with candles in it. As a man of Italian heritage, I would much prefer to have a couple of candles sticking out the top of a bowl of bolognese just like Mama makes, and I’d like […]
Super Mario Ice Cream Collaboration Makes Nintendo Even Cooler
There are some titles that I write for Retro Dodo that make me chuckle a lot because I get to whip out the Dad jokes, and this is definitely one of them. Nintendo has whipped out, or rather ‘whipped up’ something else that has made me pretty excited this morning too as I discovered their […]
Unused Mario Vs Donkey Kong GBA Cutscene Discovered, And It’s Completely Bananas
I love it when gamers dig around in old games to try and find secrets or bits of code that might allude to lost pieces of gaming treasure. They’re like the deep-sea divers of the gaming world, and more often than not, they come back with neat bits of information that show either the evolution […]
After 28 Years, Somebody Has Completed Super Mario 64 Without Jumping
It’s taken almost three decades but a dedicated Super Mario 64 fan has beaten Super Mario 64 without jumping once. Twitch streamer Marbler accomplished the feat earlier this week, despite previous assertions from the Super Mario 64 community that the task was impossible. Marbler utilised various techniques identified by players over the preceding twenty-eight years […]
Mario Builder 64 Brings User Generated Content To Nintendo’s Classic Platformer
Modders have released Mario Builder 64, a tool that allows players to create and share their own user-generated levels. The new ROM hack for the classic Nintendo 64 title produced by homebrew developers Rovertronic and Arthurtilly allows players to design and build their own Super Mario 64 levels within the ROM, as demonstrated in the […]
Super Mario Land, Alleyway And Baseball Have Arrived On Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo has added a trio of classic Game Boy titles to Nintendo Switch Online with Super Mario Land, Alley, and Baseball all hitting the subscription service. Nintendo shared the news via social media this morning, with a simple post that includes brief snippets of each newly added game in action. Super Mario Land first appeared […]
Super Mario 64’s Cool, Cool Mountain Door Finally Opens From The Outside
It’s been 28 years since Super Mario 64 launched but the previously unopenable door in Cool, Cool Mountain has finally been opened from the outside. Discovered last month by Super Mario 64 speedrunner Alexpalix, who overcame the notoriously impassible door in Cool, Cool Mountain with the help of an extensive knowledge of Mario’s moveset and […]
LEGO Has Eight New Mario Sets On The Way For Summer
Toy maker LEGO have unveiled eight brand new sets based on Super Mario, with the collection arriving on the 1st August 2024. The new Mario range sees plenty of characters from Nintendo’s flagship series receiving the LEGO treatment, with prices, number of bricks, and product numbers listed below. Interestingly, the ascending product codes for the […]
A New Trio Of Classic SNES Games Has Launched On Nintendo Switch Online
Three more classic SNES games have come to Nintendo Switch Online as Super R-Type, Wrecking Crew ’98 and Amazing Hebereke join the service. Nintendo revealed the news overnight with a Twitter post revealing the trio of new titles for its subscription service. Users are required to download a small update to the Super Nintendo Entertainment […]