Image: Joshua Barretto via YouTube Last month here on Nintendo Life we covered the story of a coder named Joshua Barretto who decided to remake Super Mario 64 for Nintendo’s 32-bit handheld, the Game Boy Advance. If you weren’t already impressed by this technical feat, this palm-sized project now has a new update. In a ...
Image: WayForward WayForward shared some surprise news at its Anime Expo panel this year, revealing the Game Boy Advance sci-fi adventure title Sigma Star Saga will return to “modern platforms” in 2025. This 2005/06 “favorite game/RPG” will also be available as a Game Boy Advance “repro cart” next year. This title, originally licensed by Bandai ...
In 2002, a group of friends in Italy started developing an action platformer with RPG elements for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Then 22 years passed and now, in 2024, It was is finally coming to the GBA, ending one of the longest delays in video game history. Kotaku hopes for the (reported) comeback of Spyro ...
Image: Nintendo Life We’re back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get into this week’s game, let’s take a look at what happened the last time we looked at the two regional covers for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Despite the two classy designs on display, Europe and North America’s dark, ...
Gif: Joshua Barretto / Nintendo / Kotaku A fan developer does something that seems impossible: porting Super Mario 64 to the Game Boy Advance. And so far, their progress has been impressive. 6 things you should know before starting Persona 5 Tactica Developed and published by Nintendo in 1996 for the N64, Super Mario 64 ...
Kate Gray, Associate I might polish Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door this weekend! I just got to level 60 in the Pit of 100 Trials and I’m pretty sure I can get through all 100 levels if I come back after another chapter or two. I’m about to ride the Excess Express, which is one ...
@Krull Yeah, it’s one of my favorite games ever, and if they treat it right, I’d love to play it on Switch. But I agree, the size increase they did on the Tactics Ogre looks terrible. The iOS/Android port of FFT actually looks great. The backgrounds are rendered in high definition, but they haven’t messed ...
Image: Nintendo Life The turn of the millennium was a tumultuous one for Sega and its fans. The Dreamcast’s launch in 1999 after a series of hardware missteps and internal company strife was exciting, but the system failed to gain enough traction despite its innovations and a slew of blue-sky patented software. The news in ...
Image: Nintendo Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has opened a new undergraduate class dealing with the game design of the Fire Emblem series. Yes, Fire Emblem. At the University. And that’s where we thought ‘Film Studies’ sounded great. ‘Fire Emblem Design and Analysis‘ will begin at Carnegie Mellon in the fall semester of this ...
Image: Sega Ah, Super Monkey Ball… Since its debut in 2001, Sega’s platforming, puzzle-solving, party extravaganza has had its ups and downs over the years, but nonetheless remains a firm favorite among gamers – especially those with a penchant for Nintendo consoles. In fact, Super Monkey Ball has appeared on nearly every Nintendo Wii U ...
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