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This category page covers the broader scope of Nintendo news, documentaries, interviews, and op-eds. We cover everything from amiibos to Zelda.

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MarIQ uses neural networks to teach itself to play Super Mario Kart

Nintendo November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by lukealexdavis

Using Python, neural networks, and deep Q-learning, you can train a bot to play Super Mario Kart.

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Happy 35th Birthday, Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 by Andrew Martin

What else really needs to be said about the Nintendo Entertainment System, the greatest console ever in my opinion? OK, I can say a lil’ bit.

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Restoring a $2 Game Boy Color but it’s ASMR

Nintendo September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by lukealexdavis

Watch as Odd Tinkering transforms a filthy $2 Game Boy Color, sold as not working, into a fully operation handheld console.

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Now you can play on a N64 emulator in VR

Nintendo September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 by lukealexdavis

Every wanted to play N64 on a VR headset? Well, now you can thanks to Avaer Kazmer’s N64 VR emulation kit.

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Speedrunning Super Mario 64 in 7 minutes

Nintendo August 27, 2020January 6, 2021 by lukealexdavis

TASBot goes wild on a Super Mario for your amusement and Games Done Quick.

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A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros

Investment platform Rally bought a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. for $140,000

Nintendo August 14, 2020January 6, 2021 by lukealexdavis

If you can find some coins down the back of your sofa, consider investing in shares in a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. worth $150,000.

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‘DOOM’ Meets ‘Super Mario 64′ In Awesome-Looking New Mod

Watch: ‘DOOM’ Meets ‘Super Mario 64′ In Awesome-Looking New Mod

Nintendo March 30, 2020January 8, 2021 by Andrew Martin

You wouldn’t think DOOM and Super Mario would work in a game but this mod proves that idea wrong.

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How would a SNES sound with a Sega Genesis sound chip?

How would a SNES sound with a Sega Genesis sound chip?

Nintendo SEGA March 23, 2020January 7, 2021 by lukealexdavis

The battle for 16-bit supremacy was era-defining. But what if the SNES had the Sega Genesis’s sound chip?

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Donkey Kong Country, "Aquatic Ambience"

A 3-hour playlist of relaxing SNES soundtracks

Nintendo September 3, 2019January 18, 2021 by lukealexdavis

Everything from Chrono Trigger to Donkey Kong Country features on this 3-hour SNES music YouTube playlist. ASMR didn’t exist in the 90s but new age music did. It’s a genre that gets a bad rep but if Enya made video game soundtracks, maybe they’d sound like some of these tracks. For all its technological advances, …

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Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’

Why You Should Play ‘The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’

Nintendo May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by Andrew Martin

Few games have considerably ramped up my anxiety levels in my time on this planet (nearly 30 years). In fact, so few have evoked this feeling that I have a hard time remembering them by name. That is, of course, aside from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Majora and I first crossed paths in …

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