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If you’re a big gamer fan like we are you’ll definitely appreciate this: a custom made 110% accurately crocheted Super Mario amigurumi in the raccoon suit!! This is from the classic NES game Super Mario Bros 3 which pushed the limits on the gaming console’s graphics, playability, and fun factor. You know what happens when Mario touches the feather, he transforms into Raccoon Mario and is able to fly high into the sky, extending the gameplay beyond the ground and opening an entire new world of bonuses and hidden secrets. These factors all made Super Mario Bros 3 a truly awesome game, and this super-awesome crochet Super Mario is just as awesome. It’s so accurate down to the “M” on the cap and perfect proportions, it makes you wonder if this Mario doll simply popped out of your TV screen. No word on whether this will go on sale or not, but you can check out the creator’s website Cute Amigirumi for more video-game inspired crochet amigurumi creations and check out more Mario crochet pics while you’re at it. We also featured her R2D2 crochet and Waluigi on Code Retard previously.

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We love video games and we loves cars, and we love it even more when the two things come together. So of course we couldn’t pass up on this opportunity to show you a crazed Street Fighter nut dressed as Ryu demolishing some poor car in a junk yard. We don’t know what’s funnier: the fact that he’s trying to recreate the bonus stage where you beat a car to dust in the game or the fact that somehow doesn’t feel as satisfying as playing that stage in the game. We don’t know what we were expecting. Here’s the reference video below:

Punch-Out!! was a much beloved game on the original Nintendo Entertainment System, and now the highly anticipated reintroduction on the Wii is now available for pre-order on Amazon for the low price of $39.99 with free shipping. The game is set to hit store shelves in a few days on May 18th.

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Hey, we love anything Mario Kart related. Here’s a cool video of scenes from Death Race with a Mario Kart soundtrack playing in the background and some opportune sound effects. Who knew there were so many similarities between the game and the movie? We think we like this version better than the original.

If you own Rock Band 2, you may be keenly interested knowing how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2 so that you can effectively double the number of songs to play. We personally find the original Rock Band songs a little more “accessible,” meaning there are more songs in the original that are familiar than in the sequel so if you just jumped straight into Rock Band 2, so do yourself a favor and import the original game songs. The trick is having a Rock Band 1 game disc available and buying something called an export key from the PSN (PlayStation Network) store. The process isn’t clearly documented anywhere, and game forums telling you “just get the export key” are vague and mysterious so we’re documenting the step by step instructions for PS3 with screenshots on how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2.

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Minor Rant!

Street Fighter 3 was released and promptly became a huge commercial failure. Capcom wasn’t even going to put Ken or Ryu in it to begin with. Why did they even call the game Street Fighter? I mean it would have been perfectly fine to just slap another name on it and call it a day. I propose from now on, we call it: “F’ing Assbackwards Game Sucks”, FAGS for short. FAGS is just a crappy Game with Ken and Ryu, no wonder it never really amounted for anything.

Cast of retarded characters:

Ibuki = Little kid trying to go to college and ninja about.
Elena = Little kid from an underprivileged village.
Makoto = Little kid to take over Sakura’s stalker job.
Necro = Mutated pedo with a little kid sidekick/wife. He can also generate electricity.
Yun = Little kid busy being a twin and saving China or something.
Yang = Little kid busy being a twin and saving China or something.
Urien = ??? He can change the color of his skin and shoot energy, supernatural enough for me.
Oro = Centuries old one armed man.
Dudley = Vigilante hell bent on getting his daddy’s car back.

According to Nintendo UK general manager David Yarnton, the company will most likely phase out the DS Lite handheld if the upcoming DSi ‘thrives.’

Yarnton would not commit the company to any such plans, but did note that if enough buyers purchased the updated handheld, the DS Lite would most likely be discontinued, just like its fatter brother, the original DS, was.

“We’ll let the market decide,” he said. “We expect some people will upgrade, but we also anticipate that we’ll win over people who were still undecided on DS — the extra features will help convince them. There’s an extra incentive.”

The DSi is slated for an April 3rd release date in Europe followed by a North American release two days later.

The system will cost $169.99 USD in North America and will cost around GBP 149 in Europe, both 50 dollar premiums over the current model, the DS Lite.

To get Pokemasters hyped over Pokemon Platinum which will be released this month for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo has teamed up with Toys R Us to bring a special download event to avid Pokemon fans. For a limited time from March 8 until Saturday March 21, Pokemon gamers can bring their Pokemon Diamond or Pearl games to their local Toys R Us to take advantage of TRU’s Nintendo Wifi hotspot where the rare golem Pokemon Regigigas can be downloaded for free. Regigigas, Pokemon number 486 on your Pokedex, cannot be caught easily unless you want to gather a Regirock, Regice, and Registeel and trek your way to Snowpoint Temple. This is by far the easiest way to get Regigigas legendary Pokemon just in time for you to transfer to Pokemon Platinum when it launches the day after this TRU Pokemon event ends. So hurry up because this special download event ends in two weeks!

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Rockstar Games, known for its legendary Grant Theft Auto series, is re-releasing the original game and GTA2 for free under its Rockstar classics program for free download. These games were both innovative and ground-breaking in gameplay, freestyle exploration, and plain addictive fun. All you need is to fill out a small registration form and you’ll be happily on your way to retro gaming bliss. Wild Metal is another game being offered for free download. These games have all been ported to run on today’s latest hardware.

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