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Nintendo is Great

Dylan Cornelius

a beautiful, trenchant journey playing every game for every Nintendo console/handheld library. We proceed in (mostly) chronological order. Currently enjoying: NES, 1988 and Switch 2, 2025.

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Super Mario Bros. Special is a Freaky, Fantastical, Nintendo-Approved ROM Hack

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Behold! Two of the Worst NES Games of All Time!


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PUBLISHER/DEVELOPER: Kemco

RELEASE DATE: Dec. 22nd, 1987 (JP), Dec. 1988 (US)

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WOULD PLAY AGAIN?: Not if I can help it.


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RoboWarrior is a Fake Bomberman, and Skate or Die! is Wonderfully Ridiculous


RoboWarrior


PUBLISHER: Jaleco

DEVELOPER: Hudson Soft

RELEASE DATE: Aug. 7th, 1987 (JP), Dec. 1988 (US), Sept. 27th, 1989 (EU)

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