Hello, friends. Now, I know you’re mostly here for the latest in iOS news and reviews, with a side order of mobile in general. Indeed, I and the others at TouchArcade do our very best to provide you with all kinds of stuff to read about the world of mobile gaming. But what do we do when we’re not playing and reporting on the newest mobile games? Well, in my case, I do some writing for my personal site, Post Game Content. It’s basically where I put my writing that concerns non-mobile gaming. The Shadowy Consortium that rules with an iron fist from the penthouse floor of TouchArcade Towers felt that my most recent set of articles on Post Game Content might be of interest to our readers, so here we are.
It probably doesn’t surprise any regular readers that I love retro games in general, so Nintendo’s new Classic NES Mini has been quite exciting for me. As such, I’ve been doing a fun advent calendar-style look at each game included in the Mini line-up. Each day, I cover a different game, giving my opinion in brief along with some trivia and other data. Some of the games on the NES Mini can’t be found on its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom Mini, and where that occurs, I cover a game from each. New entries will appear every morning until December 24th. There are lots of other goodies on Post Game Content, too, so make sure to poke around a bit. You’ll find RPG Reload-style articles about NES Mega Man clones, reviews of non-mobile games, editorials about the industry at large, and more. Here’s a sample of one of the Nintendo Mini Advent Calendar pieces, covering Mario Bros..
The Nintendo Mini Advent Calendar: Mario Bros.
Original Console Release Date: September 9, 1983 (JPN)
No. of Players: Up to 2 Players, Simultaneous
Mario Bros. doesn’t get much respect these days. It’s perhaps understandable, given what came after. On top of that, it’s a pretty repetitive game with some downright quirky physics. It offers less variety than Donkey Kong, and I think it’s certainly arguable that as a single-player game, it’s good rather than great. You really have to get into the score-chasing element, and some players aren’t into that kind of thing. Beyond that, you have to learn how to deal with the awkward movements of Mario. You don’t have long to do that, as the game starts throwing obstacles that will alter the physics even further before you’re too many stages in. It’s a tough game, and the rewards for success are minimal.
But you know what? I really like this game. There’s a real sense of mastery you can develop as you play, and although you’re doing more or less the same things in each stage, it feels more substantial than Donkey Kong. There are also a couple of important innovations in this game. Mario can no longer die from falling too far, the way he could in Donkey Kong. And let’s not forget the two-player mode that introduced the lovable Luigi, either. The sort of competitive cooperation involved in the multiplayer of Mario Bros. would end up making its way back into the Mario series years later, and you can see the blueprint for that here. It’s still quite a bit of fun to play with a second player even if you don’t care about scores. The NES version is an excellent port of the arcade game, too. Clunky and antiquated though it may be, I’ll always keep a light on for this game.
Play It Because: You want to have a friendly rivalry with a second player.
Bonus Trivia: Although it’s one of Nintendo’s more widely-ported titles, Mario Bros. only received one sequel that actually built on its mechanics: the Virtual Boy title Mario Clash. It’s one of my favorite Virtual Boy games!
If that was to your liking and you want to check out entries on the 37 other games found on the NES Classic Mini and the Famicom Classic Mini, you can head on over to the start of the series at Post Game Content and begin reading. If that wasn’t to your liking and you’re wondering what this is even doing on a mobile game site, well, do your pal Shaun a favor and look the other way just this once, okay? If nothing else, it’s a good reminder of Nintendo’s past as they take their next big steps into the future, one that will certainly involve mobile in some form.
On Friday CAVE are releasing a F2P (i think) version of Bug Princess called Bug Princess: Gold Label.
https://mobile.twitter.com/...
For non believers
This Bug Princess game looks pretty cool actually.
>I just signed an NDA to prepare some coverage of a huge title that's hitting the App Store sometime tonight/tomorrow
Ah, finally, Sonic 06 Remastered for iOS is gonna be great.
What other games is there
My money is on The Witness! Mystery....Myst.....Myst-inspired... The Witness! He also said AAA Game.
I'm guessing Vice City Stories.
https://mobile.twitter.com/...
Hmmm wonder what it could be?! Is it a AAA release?
Binding of Isaac?
Is evocreo 2 coming out this week or next week
They did say in a couple weeks and this was like 3 weeks ago
Werewolf Within:PSVR!
I know they said they'd announce it, but I'm still hoping for a surprise iOS port of Knights of the Old Republic 2 by Aspyr. Very unlikely, but one can dream.
Well, I'm not the one who had to sign the NDA so I guess I'll say it:
Superman 64 Remastered!
Remastered? Blah! Just give us the original goodness.
YES!! I've been waiting for so many years to have a game on my phone that will make me want to destroy it with a hammer.
ROCKY!
GTA Vice City Stories for the win!
This was my guess, too. Not that excited about it personally, but definitely a triple-A title.
I never got to play it back in the day, so I am hoping it drops tonight.
The comments here are the best part. Sadly most games on these lists are just awful. But the hilarious Superman 64 comment and more is what I'm here for.
This is why I just don't give any hints as the last time I said anything it was for Jade Empire and NeoGAF wanted to tar and feather me for getting excited about a video game.
You might look great all tarred and feathered. Don't knock it till your rocking it. 😸
Why would they tar and feather you for getting excited about Jade Empire? Looked like a pretty solid game to me.
Who knows, people just like being angry.
God damn right I'm angry that those asshats were angry at you!!
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
It had more to do with the way he phrased his statement then the actual game. He said it was something to get excited about or something along those lines and some people lost it when they found out it was jade empire as though they were expecting it to be fallout 4 or something. People are turds.
It's probably GTA VI. ;)
This week should be called "The Silent Week"...
I hope is the witness.
BoI: Rebirth
The Witness
Prevail
Kingdom
Static Sky
Antihero
Z-Exemplar
Dandara
Huntdown
Pan-Pan
Is that really the games that are coming out today/tomorrow or those are the ones your hoping for 😒
just hopes of course.
Oh
but man, we have Bully!
I really hope binding of Isaac comes out tonight I'm not keeping my fingers crossed for prevail but that would be amazing and please for the love of God let sister location finally hit
Your comment is the best literally me right now
Where's skull girls mobile
Good question. All seems rather quiet on that front.
Let's hope this week and next week is a strong week since the App Store freezes
In 2 weeks
Where the hell is Isaac? This is becoming a joke now.
"I hope everyone is having a fantastic International Civil Aviation Day"
....not the first thing I think of on December 7.
Exactly....kinda missed a big other event that happened on this day, oh 75 years ago.
😂😂😂😂😂
Yea. Something about it being a day of infamy. Anyway, my guess for tonite is sonic three and knuckles. That or FF VIII
These posts always lead off with a weird, often made-up holiday most people don't know about.
I assumed it was deliberate.
Damn straight, it's Festivus!
Hoping for XCOM 2!! Come on baby!!
Wish this would be true
Galaxy on fire 3 was meant to be out?
It is out
Yes, that might well be the big one. Plenty of people excited about that one, though not all in a good way, with its F2P switch.
I'm betting GoF3 isn't the big one though. TA announced earlier that this would come out on the 8th. No need for an NDA there...
Still crossing my fingers for BoI:Rebirth!
Me to friend me too BoI: Rebirth all the way I'm hoping
I hope it's something better than that
Nah we need this lol
Just about to post that lol
Galaxy on Fire 3 - Manticore by FISHLABS
https://appsto.re/gb/puT-9.i
Won't let me start a new game thread about it though
Pretty sure it's not boi rebirth since they are supposed to announce the release date this week. It would be nice though !
Sigh, that sadness that overwhelms you when you got the date for Super Mario Run wrong 😕
Maybe binding will come. As if I'll actually play it, I collect games like squirrels collect nuts, and spend the time I could be playing games writing stuff like this and reading about all the new games coming out.
I MAY have a problem.
Haha omg I buy games like crazy and hardly play most of them too lol! Major problem here , but a fun problem. I think I just like to buy shiny new things lol.