MegaMan52

I saw Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Party packaged together at either Best Buy or Toys R Us on Monday.

Edit: this is what I saw:

13 minutes ago, Estil said:

How do you figure?  2001-2007 sounds like a pretty decent run to me.

It was supported in America until 2008, with Samurai Deeper Kyo.

Original GBA games: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Sonic Advance trilogy, Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, Metroid Fusion, Wario Land 4, DK: King of Swing, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, Star X, Kuru Kuru Kururin, Duke Nukem Advance, TMNT 2007 (the GBA actually got the best version), Polarium Advance, and others.

Ports: I actually like the GBA version of Yoshi's Island a little more than the SNES version. It is a more faithful port than the other games in the Mario Advance series (playing it on the Game Boy Player with a Hori Digital controller brought back memories of me playing the SNES version), Baby Mario doesn't sound as annoying, and it has six extra levels. Also, some of the music in the GBA version of Mega Man & Bass sounds better than the SNES version in my opinion (especially Astro Man's stage and the boss music). However, I'd prefer playing A Link to the Past and Donkey Kong County on the SNES.

I think i like the GBA's library slightly more, but not by a whole lot. Both libraries are great.

All levels unlocked:

104 First-Place Wins:

Next goal: get to Level 99*.

Looks like an update was released. I haven't noticed any differences, but apparently a few bugs were fixed.

I noticed some glitches before (not sure if they've been fixed):

-Sometimes I couldn't shoot fireballs for a few seconds. I understand that the game only allows two on the screen at once, but occasionally I couldn't shoot fireballs at all even when there were none on the screen.

-In 1-3, as regular Mario, I touched a Hammer Brother and received a Fire Flower at the same time. Mario transformed, but I still lost.

-Something really memorable (and unexpected) happened on my 70th win: there was only one other player left, and I ran out of time. Right before the results appeared, the other player screwed up (KO'd) and I got first place. I don't know if this is actually a glitch, but it hasn't happened to me since.

What a week.

2 hours ago, Estil said:

I just saw some on Ebay; will those work just as good in a Game Boy Player?

Yes.

The Japanese Game Boy Player manual actually mentions the original Game Boy Cleaning Kit and shows a picture of it being used to clean a Game Boy Player.

Mike Jones is better than Steve.

Well, the Lolo series comes to mind.

In Japan Lolo 2 and Lolo 3 are Adventures of Lolo and Adventures of Lolo 2, respectively. Lolo 1 didn't come out in Japan originally. Instead, Japan got the Eggerland games for Famicom and Famicom Disk System. Lolo 1 is basically a compilation of rooms from those games, with updated graphics.

That's what happens when you battle someone who has been playing Super Mario Bros. for over 30 years.

I'm currently playing Super Mario Bros. 35. Already got first place:

Digital purchases:

Unlike Mega Man 2, Paper Mario: TTYD deserves the praise that it receives. However, that being said, the first Paper Mario is my favorite in the series. The music is more memorable than the others, and it has a larger variety of environments than its sequel (deserts, flower fields, mansion, toy box, and summits as opposed to mostly castles and forests).

Just wanted to point out that Elevator Action EX's screen has music (the same music that plays on the title screen).

Also, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe's screen has an unused sound that can be played with a Game Genie.

Favorite:

Runners-up:

In 2010, I sold these NES games: 

I also had a Top Loader NES so that I could play Ufouria. I still have the eBay Receipt/Statement from when I bought it:

Blockbuster Video

Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)

EB Games/Electronics Boutique

Mario Tennis

Future Shop

Donkey Kong 64 (very briefly...I was outside of DK's Treehouse and after I dropped down, the game reset)

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (in 2007, oddly enough)

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Party 3

Super Mario Advance 2

Super Mario Sunshine (one of those Interactive Multi-Game Demo Discs, where you could choose from a few of the platforming mini levels)

McDonalds

Mario Tennis (on a black and white screen, and there was no sound)

Playland (Vancouver, B.C.)

Virtual Boy (briefly...don't remember what game)

Wal-Mart

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (may well have been the first game I played at a store)

Super Mario Sunshine (a little difficult to play, since the screen was above the game shelves)

Zellers

Luigi's Mansion

I hope Super Mario Sunshine gets a (real) sequel someday. It deserves one.

Sunshine doesn't deserve all of the hate it receives. Without it, my collection of 3D Mario games would be very incomplete:

I like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine more than Super Mario Galaxy.

I'm more excited about Super Mario 3D World finally coming to Switch than any of these other announcements. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit does look cool though, and I plan on buying both the Mario and Luigi Karts sometime.

I can't decide, so I'll just say PS1 and GameCube.

Glad I still have my original copy that I bought in Dec. 2006, which only cost $30. Still play it along with New Leaf.

I've gotten back to playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online. It's unfortunate that the game doesn't display the Engine Class when the results appear, but I managed to get first place in Excitebike Arena on 200cc this morning: