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...scene earlier: exploring Princess Peach’s castle to the tune of “When I’m (Super Mario) Sixty-Four,” hearing “I’m Looking Through You” when the x-ray visor was used in Metroid Prime, watching Dr. Robotnik of “Sonic” fame sing “I am the Eggman / Goo goo g’joob!” Surely that stupid pink dinosaur in “Mario Tennis 64” would have been more likeable...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Magical Mystery Tour of Video Game Music | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...making it sound like the next game of the year [Sept. 10]. He stated that the story is "rich and complicated in ways that we're not used to in video games." But long before Halo 3 was conceived, there were The Legend of Zelda and the Castlevania and Metroid series. Even the more recent Mario games have a deep story line. Halo's formula is to introduce a masked spaceman hero, put him on a strange outpost in space and antagonize him with aggressive aliens. Adrian Goldberg, Laguna Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...making it sound like the next game of the year [Sept. 10]. He stated that the story is "rich and complicated in ways that we're not used to in video games." But long before Halo 3 was conceived, there were The Legend of Zelda and the Castlevania and Metroid series. Even the more recent Mario games have a deep story line. Halo's formula is to introduce a masked spaceman hero, put him on a strange outpost in space and antagonize him with aggressive aliens. Adrian Goldberg, LAGUNA HILLS, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sources of Addiction | 9/19/2007 | See Source »

...most games, the female is the one being rescued. But in Metroid, the main character was female. Is Nintendo trying to make games more appealing to female players? -Rosendo Leon, Vista, CaliforniaI wasn't the one who created Metroid, but I have long been interested in games with females playing the lead role and I think we will continue to see more. Nintendo doesn't try to focus on games that specifically appeal to females-we just try to create games with a universal appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Shigeru Miyamoto | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

...party circuit. Featuring drummer Spencer Seim from post-hardcore savants Hella, the group legitimizes the project in part with their impressive underground cred. The songs on the album range from spazzed-out level select ditties to "Kraid's Lair," a haunting boss theme from the classic NES game "Metroid." Regardless of origin, all the tracks burst out of the tightly-wound rock quartet with a depth only hinted at in their previous, synthesized iterations. The concept, while undoubtedly gimmicky, is far from innovative; suburban nerds with Nintendos and guitars have been combining their twin passions even before the anthemic...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nintendo Rock: Nostalgia or Sound of the Future | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

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