Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life Researchers from a technology company Virtual protocol they published a paper on a new artificial intelligence model of text-to-video conversion, MarioVGGwhich can simulate shots of Super Mario Bros via some basic text input (thanks, ArsTechnica). The model ran through 737,000 frames of Mario Bros., showing Nintendo’s beloved plumber in ...
My best friends and I usually take turns playing games on game nights. These are often competitive shooters or co-op survival games that are particularly well suited to our needs. However, one night about two years ago, we hit an impasse until one of us jokingly interjected, “Let’s just play Mario Kart.” Within minutes, we ...
Image: Nintendo Life Happy MAR10! Well, almost. Mario Day is on March 10, so we’re republishing our list of the best mainline games starring a plumber. Which is the best Mario game ever? Where do you even begin to rank all the Mario games? Let’s face it, anyone in the top 10 could legitimately take ...
Image: Nintendo / Universal Pictures You remember when we highlighted the wonderful efforts @KeshiCorner in preserving Zelda history by 3D scanning a bunch of rare figures from the 1980s? Well, they’re back at it again with another batch of great figures from Bandai that would otherwise have been lost to the merciless passage of time. ...
Image: Nintendo Life During a recent interview with Gene Park of The Washington Postfamed Nintendo composer Koji Kondo recalled his work with Nintendo and the impact his music had on the industry after it was inducted into the National Music Registry. One particular anecdote that caught our eye happened just one year after the launch ...
Nintendo is the undisputed heavyweight champion of video game heroes. Your pantheon of key protagonists –Mario, shortcut, Samus– features some of the most iconic characters in all media. While the gameplay gimmicks and boss fights may be different, what unites them is their pure warmth in the face of overwhelming odds. Nintendo’s less popular characters ...
Image: Nintendo Life If you hopped on social media this morning, you were no doubt inundated with reports on the 81st Golden Globe Awards. We’re here to add to that, because we’re nice, but also because it’s somehow, Somehow relevant to Nintendo. You see, when introducing the nominees for Best Original Song, artists Andra Day ...
Video games are definitely not real life. I get that. But it’s still weird to realize that certain game characters that seem to have been around for ages aren’t that old after all. For example, according to a new video from Nintendo, Mario’s nemesis is –bowser– is only in his thirties. Some of you may ...
Picture: Nintendo / Lighting Entertainment When I saw that Super Mario Bros Movie, The only moment I lost my composure at the cinema was when Jack Black’s Bowser sang his piano ballad “Peaches” in the middle of the film. it was silly pathetic, and damn catchy. Last week, a school audience was able to relive ...
Fans are looking forward to a successor to the switch have to wait a little longer. Nintendo confirmed in its most recent earnings call that no Switch 2 or Switch Pro is expected in the coming months. 2024 could finally be the year we see which new console the company is working on, but in ...
