Before there were loot boxes, there was just the Nintendo Gamecube. It just keeps getting better and better.
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In case you're living under a rock: Super Mario Odyssey releases tonight at 12am EST and the internet is in an absolute frenzy over the game.
Super Mario Odyssey is described by Nintendo as the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine titles that released in 96' and 02' respectively. That's right, 64 is 21 years old and Sunshine is 15 this year. Feeling old yet?
SMO has been getting rave reviews across the board and is on track to become the highest reviewed title of all time, which has us absolutely STOKED to get our hands on it.
Those of us who haven't gotten the game delivered to us early still have a few hours to wait (looking at you Amazon buyers). So let's kick back and enjoy some of what the internet has been saying about the game to fuel our personal hype trains.
This kid is destined for great things. I'm getting solid Jimmy Neutron vibes here. Wait, Neutron probably would've built one that actually worked and shit, but still, there's an unmistakable amount of brain power being employed here by the lil cardboard-craftin' brainiac.
I doubt I'm alone when I say that when I was a kid and I came face to face with my parents' tough, stonewallin' verdicts I'd divvy up my reactions between pitching obnoxious fits, or rebelling in acts of sheer stupidity that almost always guaranteed shittier consequences. So, big ups to this little dude. Maybe his parents were swayed to buy him a working Nintendo Switch, after all his hard work.
Via Waterjet Channel
The Nintendo Switch hasn't had the easiest of launches. While people seem pretty into the system itself, Nintendo has been plagued with dead pixels, controller issues, saving problems, and very few launch titles. Still, the Nintendo 64 lauched with Super Mario 64 and Pilot Wings 64 and people were still pretty psyched sabout it.
Remember?
But still, you've got to give it up to Nintendo, apparently, they built a pretty sturdy system. I mean, check out this video of someone blasting the Switch with a waterjet at 60,000 PSI. Despite the fact that they cut through the glass and some sort of liquid starts pouring out of the screen, the machine contnues to play Zelda. It's really impressive and cool.
The Reviews Are In: People Are Tasting Nintendo Switch Cartridges For Some Reason and They Are Gross
In today's installment of "What the Hell Is Wrong With People and Why Are They Doing That," people are so excited for the Nintendo Switch that, for some reason, they're tasting the cartridges.
This all started when video game reviewer Jeff Gerstmann threw one of the cartridges back to see what it tasted like and, poof, a meme is born.
I put that Switch cart in my mouth and I'm not sure what those things are made of but I can still taste it. Do not try this at home.
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) February 25, 2017
Now, according to Mic, the cartridges intentionally taste bad, as a Nintendo rep points out. The video game-company says, "To avoid the possibility of accidental ingestion, keep the game card away from young children. A bittering agent (Denatonium Benzoate) has also been applied to the game card. This bittering agent is non-toxic."
Well, now other people are trying it out. I hope everyone's happy with themselves.
Via Robbie Frederick
Nintendo ever protective of its business, successfully pulled off a banana peel assault mission on a Japanese business that was trying to scrape together some extra yen by simulating the iconic Mario Kart, in real life. If there's one thing the go kart business MariCar likely learned, it's that you don't go to battle with the damn titan of brands.
Via CrowbCat
Mario's good at a lot of things: Running, jumping, getting big, turning into a fire dude, being a doctor, plumbing, painting, and driving a go kart.
One thing he's not particularly good at is being a real-live human being.
YouTuber CrowbCat made a few modifications to the trailer for Super Mario Odyssey, the game that sticks Mario in a realistic urban setting, which only highlights how weird looking Mario really is. He did them one better, stucking a 6-foot tall Mario inside Grand Theft Auto, so you can see how gross it is for Mario to go to the strip club. Weird.
See:
via CrowbCat
The idea of Mario, not only disrespecting Peach this way, but also engaging in any type of sexual situation makes me sick to my stomach. But aside from that, you can see Mario drive and explode in a helicopter, fall off a building, and meet a hail of gunfire at the hands of the Liberty City Police.
via CrowbCat
