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Welcome to issue #31, tomorrow is a special day. It is the 57th birthday of a very famous fighter from one of the greatest fighting games ever. Despite being a fighter, he is also a movie star and wears a red gi. Can you guess who he is (answer at the bottom)?
News
Atari has revealed pre-orders for a master collection of 10 games for the 2600 and they look amazing - but $1000 and limited to 100 units. Link
Konami is selling its latest ‘Power Pros’ baseball video game for $1. It started as a game or the Super Famicom and has not been so popular outside Japan (for the PS4/Switch) [Video Games Chronicle). Link
Some smart gamer has made a Mario game in No Man’s Sky [Giant Freakin Robot]. Link
And another has made the Legend of Zelda in Minecraft [AFK Gamer]. Link
Nintendo has announced that they are bringing some classic Game Boy and Game Boy Advanced games to the switch, including Super Mario World and Tetris [Axios]. Link
Universal Studios will be doing a live stream of the opening of Super Mario World on the 15th of February (Wednesday). Link
And if you want to know the Mushroom Cafe menu - then Pirates and Princesses have got you covered. Link
A speedrunner has broken the record to complete Mario 64 - in only 46 mins, and 56 seconds [Reutir]. Link
Earthworm Jim 4 has been officially cancelled [MXDWN]. Link
Analogue has announced final orders for the Super NT (with an all-black version) and Mega SG - beautiful hardware. Link
Features
Reutir has a feature on the mystery of Bowser’s brother, the other villain of Mario. Link
And they also have an article on how Zelda revolutionised the industry. Link
Study Finds has a list of the top 5 video games ever, and three are retro games. Link
“Get something that’s fun to play, then think about the story” - the Guardian have a feature on how and why Nintendo continue to succeed. Link
Lists and Rankings
CBR share a list of the 10 best Anime video games that were not released in the West. Link
Shacknews look back at the best-selling Zelda games of all time. Link
The Gamer gives you the best Star Trek games of the 90’s. Link
And they also give you 7 8-bit era games that still hold up well today. Link
GamePur ranks the best 10 Sonic games. Link
CBR give you a list of the 10 best secret worlds in gaming. Link
And that’s a wrap. Ken is the birthday boy! Thanks for reading, if you want to follow our series on the top 20 SNES games you can do so on Tiktok, Instagram or YouTube - and we also have a RetroShell Reddit. Thanks for reading!
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