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Mario's Darkest Secret: What Happened to Donkey Kong Jr.?

October 26, 2015, 7:47 pm | article | 13 comment(s)

Mario is always the good guy, right? But who is responsible for the disappearance of Donkey Kong Jr.?

Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death for SNES Reaches Kickstarter Goal; NES and Wii U Still Possible

April 4, 2015, 9:09 pm | news | 0 comment(s)

Collectorvision Games has been working on a variety of products for retro consoles such as the NES and SNES. Creating new games for old hardware might seem like a strange idea, but with an ever-growing

Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death for SNES Kickstarter is Live; Wii U Stretch Goal

April 3, 2015, 8:32 pm | news | 0 comment(s)

It's not always about the new and greatest Nintendo games here at Nintendo Enthusiast, it's also about games for classic systems as well. You may remember our interview with John "Gamester81" Lester of Collectorvision

Sega Genesis Got a Power Boost Right Before Release to Compete With SNES

February 4, 2015, 7:23 pm | news | 9 comment(s)

In a recent publication featuring interviews with Masami Ishikawa, the product designer of the Sega Genesis, the designer revealed that the Genesis\' power was augmented slightly in the very last stages of product

Face Off: Chrono Trigger VS Final Fantasy 6

February 2, 2015, 4:38 pm | article | 12 comment(s)

Welcome to the weekly Nintendo Enthusiast series Face Off! Every week, we’ll be pitting two or more games against each other – sometimes from the same franchise, sometimes just similar games from the same genre. Either way,

Justice Beaver Reaches Funding Goal; New SNES Title Expected June 2015 with Wii U Version Possible

January 29, 2015, 8:36 pm | news | 1 comment(s)

Justice Beaver is an interesting game, if only for that fact that it\'s a new SNES game being made in 2015 in cart form. The icing on the retro-cake is that the game

Hetfield90 Beats Mega Man X 100% World Record With Brand New Glitch

January 27, 2015, 4:01 pm | news | 0 comment(s)

A whole new world~

Face Off: Super Metroid VS Metroid Prime

January 26, 2015, 1:33 pm | article | 44 comment(s)

Welcome to the weekly Nintendo Enthusiast series Face Off! Every week, we’ll be pitting two or more games against each other – sometimes from the same franchise, sometimes just similar games from the same genre. Either way,

Super Mario World Beaten Within 5 Minutes

January 23, 2015, 1:47 pm | news | 19 comment(s)

Speedrunner SethBling has just set a new world record for beating Super Mario World on the SNES coming in at a time of 4:49.8.

Face Off: Super Mario World VS Sonic 3 & Knuckles

January 19, 2015, 1:50 pm | article | 38 comment(s)

You decide which is better in this Face-Off between Super Mario World and Sonic 3 & Knuckles!

IndieGoGo - Justice Beaver Looking to Hit Your Super Nintendo in Cartridge Form

December 3, 2014, 1:09 am | news | 2 comment(s)

One of the best things about being a Nintendo fan is that the classic systems such as the NES and SNES still have a high popularity. With many retro collectors seeing a rise

Retro Corner Ep. 2 - Retro Gamers Holidays Gift Guide

November 27, 2014, 4:21 pm | article | 1 comment(s)

So the retro gamer is an interesting creature to shop for, because you can\'t just go buy the latest and greatest video games for them. They like the old school. The vintage. The

Kickstarter: HD Retrovision Bringing Component Video Cables to Genesis and SNES

November 2, 2014, 1:49 pm | news | 2 comment(s)

If retro gamers have one glaring issue with playing their classic systems on modern HD TV\'s, it would be the graphical issues. Those classic SNES cartridges never look good on a HD TV.

$2Stop\'s Incredible Yoshi\'s Island 100% Speedrun Record: 2:34:48$

2Stop\'s Incredible Yoshi\'s Island 100% Speedrun Record: 2:34:48

October 31, 2014, 6:34 pm | news | 5 comment(s)

If you\'ve ever played Super Mario World 2: Yoshi\'s Island for SNES, you really need to see what it looks like at maximum velocity. Twitch.tv highlight included.

Introducing Retro Corner with Shawn Long! Episode 1 - Game Cartridge Cleaning

October 28, 2014, 4:30 pm | article | 2 comment(s)

Welcome to yet another corner of Nintendo Enthusiast: Retro Corner! I (Shawn) love retro games just as much (and sometimes more than) newer games, so I\'ve decided to launch a new series dedicated

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