Super Mario Bros 2

Super Mario 2 with drumming - like video game music should be

January 25th, 2008

It’s a well known fact that drums make everything better. So it’s no surprise then that Italian drummer Andrea Vadrucci’s drumming to the 8-bit melodies of Super Mario 2 makes it phenomenal. Someone should really get together with this guy and produce some banging Nintendo covers. Not like that hasn’t been done before.

via Wiifanboy

PAL Virtual Console set for heap of Japanese goodies

September 14th, 2007

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Nintendo must be feeling bad about screwing their loyal European and Australian fan base for so long. What gives me that idea, you ask? They’ve just announced that a heap of previously Japan-only titles will be released on the Wii Virtual Console in PAL territories throughout September - with no such announcement made so far for the US.

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